Does anyone remember the 747s?
Nov 6, 2007, 9:18 pm
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We used to affectionately to call AC 606 Six Oh Fix.I worked more than one flight when the blue "lav juice" leaked into the row directly behind.
It always amazed me how those lumbering jets would shake,rattle and roll for take-off. Too bad CO has no plans order any 747-8's.The 747 is the real Queen of the Sky, not the 777.
It always amazed me how those lumbering jets would shake,rattle and roll for take-off. Too bad CO has no plans order any 747-8's.The 747 is the real Queen of the Sky, not the 777.
Nov 6, 2007, 9:54 pm
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The L-1011 is one aircraft I wish I had found a way to fly before DL retired them in 2001.
Nov 6, 2007, 10:06 pm
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Nov 6, 2007, 10:10 pm
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747 vs L-1011
CO's equipment today is so smooth that you don't even appreciate the size/weight/distance you're moving like you used to in the "old days."
Nov 6, 2007, 10:21 pm
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There were a lot of cool CO interiors. Sondra and I flew the 747 LAX-HNL, then DC10 HNL-GUM-HKG. Attached is a picture of the DC 10 Bar in 1992, when we both were a bit younger
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17911789@N06/1897321551/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17911789@N06/1897321551/
Nov 6, 2007, 11:51 pm
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There were a lot of cool CO interiors. Sondra and I flew the 747 LAX-HNL, then DC10 HNL-GUM-HKG. Attached is a picture of the DC 10 Bar in 1992, when we both were a bit younger
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17911789@N06/1897321551/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17911789@N06/1897321551/
And then there were the A300s.
Last edited by BF263533; Nov 6, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Nov 7, 2007, 8:11 am
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Nov 7, 2007, 8:48 am
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Tragic L-10
to JFK (or maybe it was IDL then) that turned around and flew
back into the south FL swamp and became the subject of a film
Years later I flew many flights on refurbed EAL L-10s that
Fawcett flew MIA to Lima w/ 3 classes (fortunately in 1st)
ALWAYS preferred the DC-10s (my alltime favorite heavy)