I was hired by North Central Airlines in 1975 and of course was a CV-580 FO. NCA flew a lot of NHL charters as the 580 was right sized and quite fast for short/medium trips. One flight was taking home he Buffalo Sabres and the one FA was unfortunately a smallish male. After the flight took off the m...
Jump to postBTW, why do the USMC have their own Hornet fighters? What is their mission, compared to the USN? Why do the USMC still use the older version? And what is their mission? Same reason why the Marines have their own tanks, boats, helicopters, carriers, etc. They want a full set of capabilities for thei...
Jump to postI started with North Central Airlines in 1974 as a CV-589 FO. One of our routes were FAR, DVL, etc across N. Dakota and S. Dakota. We had regular passengers that were plying their wares. Ladies of the evening (I'm sure they worked all hours) and once a week we'd take 2-3 from one station to the next...
Jump to postI started with North Central Airlines in 1974 as a CV-589 FO. One of our routes were FAR, DVL, etc across N. Dakota and S. Dakota. We had regular passengers that were plying their wares. Ladies of the evening (I'm sure they worked all hours) and once a week we'd take 2-3 from one station to the next...
Jump to postMy favorite plane to fly. TO performance, at time fuel efficient which meant great range. Landing performance was exceptional. Example: Landing at Midway RW 31 you could make the 4/22 turnoff with just less than moderate breaking. DC-9 (10s, 30s,40s, 50s), B727-200s could not do that except with hea...
Jump to postHistorically at the start of invasions the aggressor takes out all military aircraft and military installations wherever they are. Commercial airports are in peril. I guess it depends on how much Putin cares about bad press.
Jump to postTook off to the West once and checked in with Departure Control and was told "Ya got a sail at 2 o'clock." It was a thunderstorm.
Jump to postBoth my flight and the inbound flight were B-757-200s.
Jump to postWere any of you there during the major DTW meltdown in January 1999, when the crappy terminal was still in operation? I was, and it was actually unplanned! Original itinerary: SEA-MSP-DCA on a DC-10-40 and 320. l saw the huge storm on the news before leaving SEA, but figured I was safe because of t...
Jump to postOn a sad note a NWA flight attendant was killed in a pedestrian/auto accident. He came to the road, look left and stepped into the road and was killed by the vehicle coming from the right.
Jump to postI flew the first airline flight out of the new terminal. And oddly enough on my jumpseat was the Captain of the first airline arrival. He had flown an redeye in and I was taking him home to MEM.
Jump to postI'm no aerodynamacist, but won't the larger size of the Neo engines have a more significant effect on the wake turbulance than their thrust which, as you say, is about the same for all types? Should be less, effectively same thrust is spread over a larger area. The velocity of the exhaust compared ...
Jump to postNice to hear Dl. will standardize the cockpits. In the sadly 70s,when we were still Southern Airways,we bought Deltas last DC-9 10s and they had FD-108 flight directors and we has FD-109s on ours, it took a little bit of getting use to.Then we bought some more along the way as we turned into Republ...
Jump to postI'm confused. A 440NM range so even a 250 NM flight cannot return. Does that mean the plane makes one flight then spends many hours recharging the battery? Or do a battery swap at each destination? Extra batteries at most destinations? Mechanics at those stations? How can they make any money?
Jump to postTC957 wrote:Reno is also over 4400 feet high so that'll adversly affect aircraft performace in high temps.
Very interesting replies. I'm not technical but I do know that car batteries have problems in cold weather. Could this be a problem for electric planes in north/south mid-high latitudes and flight levels?
Jump to postI was a RC DC-9 Captain at the time of the NWA merger. When the ops were merged I had 3 NW FAs on a DTW-BOS flight with some sort of meal service. In my FA briefing I found out they had never been on a DC-9 much less crewed it. I told them I would fly as slow as possible and maybe give then and extr...
Jump to postIn the winter time the perfect plane for IWD is/was the CV-580.
Jump to postWayne Newton did way more for Las Vegas and for a much longer time than Reid.
Jump to postThe new terminal will be complete next year. The airport manager said, “the airport at full gate capacity will be similar in size to the Colorado Springs Airport or the Long Beach Airport.” Can PVU truly become an alternate airport to SLC? G4 already does AZA, DEN, LAX, TUS, and SNA was announced y...
Jump to postif not better on the CRJ550. I'd imagine DL/AA will eventually take a look at the 550. The CRJ550 is United's solution to a United scope problem, plain and simple. The plane makes even less sense than it did when it was introduced. It's premium heavy, catering to business travel. Business travel is...
Jump to postI'm not aware of any project in the 50 seat range. In my opinion, the option is lower frequency service on larger aircraft. Due to the requirement if an ATP, higher benefits, and taxes, some airports just will not be viable. Some might see 9-seat turboprops for limited service. Perhaps a new 50 sea...
Jump to postI remember a Captain in the 70's that had a small pair that'd he use on the ground.
Jump to postI can't believe the P-3 isn't mentioned. There are tons of them flying as tankers and being converted and for one big reason. They have bombay doors and the conversion is much easier. They don't need a 10,000 foot runway and are a very nimble aircraft. There are also lots of them available as the wo...
Jump to postI was flying an Electra from LGB to YUM for DC when they were flight testing the DC-10-30s. Had lots of employees and one engineer told me that KLM had more STCs that DC. Don't know if it was fact but he said it.
Jump to postA question: The 777 and 777X planes are thoroughly modern in most ways, and lend themselves to updating. The MAX is not, and in a number of ways requires kludges to function. And when the kludge does not work, the work around may require multiplying kludges. That seems to me sufficient to say the t...
Jump to postNorth Central Airlines CV-580 training circa 1975. A lot of training flights at Farmington, MN and a few at St. Paul, MN. An interesting flight at STP I had flown first and went back and sat in a passenger seat and on the takeoff the right engine feathered after liftoff. The student did his checklis...
Jump to postCV-580 in ORD (mid 1970s) an elderly lady went down to the ramp to board through the plane's air-stairs, but somehow got confused and went around to the other side and sat on the belt loader and ended up in the forward baggage compartment (on main level.) Luckily there was a door from the baggage co...
Jump to postHow much would it cost to bring it up to Air Force 1 specs?
Jump to postSounds like OC has Pilgrims on their board.
Jump to postspeedbird52 wrote:I really want to see a video of A380 scrapping. Imagine the process breaking up such a big aircraft will be!
Denver built a 16,000' runway. Photo on p. 45 of the SLC master plan looks like there'd be plenty of room at SLC to extend one or both parallel 16-34 runways to that length, to the north. So why not just extend an SLC runway to 16,000'? Could that deal with the range / weight penalty problem for mo...
Jump to postcathay747 wrote:azjubilee wrote:These flights are not for currency.
You say that with remarkable assuredness, as if you have inside info. Care to elaborate?
I am going to take a guess at this. Go into the database and look up F-27 N31HG. It appears to have a lot of blue surfaces. I cannot find who the owner of the aircraft is, so her are my guesses: 1) It belonged to Howard Hughes along with the hangar 2) It is the original Dept of Energy hangar that i...
Jump to postHmmmm? BBC no one will get that confused.
Jump to postI can't see Delta tucking tail and run. They have a good hub in SEA (not as good as AS) and already Asia flights with a rapidly growing FF base. DL could lower their fares on competing AA routes and see who cries Uncle first. My guess it'd be AA.
Jump to postSpaceshipDC10 wrote:
After the Republic - Hughes Airwest merger I bid into LAS base as a DC-9 FO and after a couple of months I noticed a fairly high number of Captains wore a hearing aid in their left ear. I asked and was told their hearing loss was from the "Whistle Pig" flying (F-27.)
Jump to postkiowa wrote:Intra-island on a 737 works but back and forth to the mainland is painfull. 4 hours on a 737. Yuk!!
Answer to the OP. Long, longer, and ridiculously long.
Jump to postAmsterdam for the sheer volume of traffic/pax is pretty impressive.
Jump to postI javen't seen or heard of this, but wouldn't the A220 be a great biz jet? I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Jump to postTo solve the wingspan problem, how about a small wing attached to the top of the fuselage? A bi-plane. I'm sure there are many experts/knowledgeable people on this board that can comment and I look forward to their posts.
Jump to postDL will probably grow SLC when new terminal opens. First phase October 2020 and when second phase gates will jump from 71 to 77 and all jetways which will help the RJ to mainline trend.
Jump to postWould the A330's be too old for DL? Silly question.
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