Re: Why no Boeing 707 stretch?

[quote="ELBOB"]There was also the 707-700 Stretch proposal in 1977/78 with CFM56s. 200 inches longer than the baseline -700 to carry 180 passengers in mixed config. That's curious as I clearly remember flying the old 707s configured to carry 186 passengers. th stretch would carry less people

Re: Flights between metro area airports

Rio-Sul and Oceanair operated flights between CGH and GRU in the late 1990s early 2000s.

Re: Aircraft you've been aboard but not flown in

Not including museum pieces but only planes I've had the opportunity to visit but didn't fly I could name BA's L1011, Aeroflot's IL86 and Austral's BAC 1-11.

Re: Have we started liking Lufthansa's new livery?

debonair wrote:

PPVLC wrote:

Still miss some yellow though.

Re: Have we started liking Lufthansa's new livery?

I must admit I hated it first but now I look at it and see its sharpness and modernity. Still miss some yellow though.

Re: Top 5 most missed Airlines ?

Varig, Pan Am, Braniff, BCal, Panair.

Re: World’s oldest passenger 737-300 in operation turns 35

Hah, I still think of the 737-300 as the new guy. I can recall thinking how odd it looked with those 'modern' turbo fans at Farnborough '84. But hey, glad to hear there's still a grand old dame out there from that era. Gosh you made me feel old now :lol: I started flying them in 1986, I didn't like...

Re: Do you think I did anything wrong with this or was unprofessional?

It's such a common event to bring a child, spouse or even a friend on certain flights, I sincerely don't know why people bothered, you are allowed to do so, do it happily! I'm sure your child will cherish those memories forever and this is much more important than any cranky passenger who's got no c...

Re: Pan Am shuts down 29 years ago today.

It's just a company that went bankrupt, no different to a small store on your local shopping street.... hundreds of other companies go bankrupt across the world every day and the world carries on That's a rather surprising statement coming from an aviation enthusiast, whatever your age or country o...

Re: What Flight attendants do in this situation? Can you help me?

1. Try to find an alternative, there were cases where I gave vegetarian passengers an extra salad or something else just to keep them happy because their choice wasn't there for some reason. I would never bring a Y passenger something that doesn't belong to their Y regular menu though, it wouldn't b...

Re: Final Pan Am 707 routes

I flew on a Pan AM 707 from JFK to FCO in February 1980. It is the only 707 flight I have ever been on. The return was a 747. I flew the same route in a PanAm 707 in April or May 1980. The 707 was an all coach configuration, and was a sub for a scheduled 747 that day. I flew mid week in February 19...

Re: Was the B787-8 a mistake?

LH982 wrote:

It's the 762 of its day. Never going to set the world on fire, but useful to have for many operators. It has sold well, and blocked off a lot of potential business for Airbus.

Re: Why do aircrews stay in cities and not near the airport?

It depends, hotels might change from time to time and sometimes the company finds one neart the airport, crews complain, a new hotel is found and life goes on. I personally hated the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport...

Re: Help needed - Thesis questionnaire

Done, good luck!

Re: Airline orders that never were.

Panair do Brasil and the Concorde, they wanted three of them

Re: Who want to fly the Max when it’s back ?

we shouldn't compare the MAX to the DC-10, Comet or L188 for instance as they belong to another age in aviation. yes, people flew the DC-10 for decades and forgot its initial reputation BUT we can't forget that the MAX has/had serious flaws now, well into the 21st century and public perception is ve...

Re: Airbus unveiling three hydrogen concept plane today at 2pm CET

”Zero E” Not if you’re burning natural gas or coal to produce the electricity to create hydrogen. Guess we’ll have to build more landscape polluting and bird killing windmills..... More birds die flying into windows, due to pesticides or colliding with cars than flying into wind turbines, that's th...

Re: Pan Am coming back ... yet again..

They should use 707s with the old livery,I miss that beautiful blue cheating line. Hey, I'm not the only one dreaming here...

Re: Watching PanAm B707 landing

The great 707, I miss them! What a fantastic machine.

Re: Northwest Orient and Northwest Airlines

Yes, that was the reason, they were well established in those routes and added the "Orient" for branding purposes, the corporate name was still Northwest Airlines. They dropped the Orient in the 1980s.

Re: LATAM moving towards bankruptcy

[quote="Gonzalo"]Well...yes...Every single privately owned airline in the whole planet is “towards bankruptcy” in the current scenario. Only the Airlines supported by endless flows of money like Emirates or Etihad can escape to the “towards bankruptcy” qualification. Same for Hotels, Cruis...

Re: Virtual tour of UA 727-022

I flew them a lot! I clearly remember the engine noise from the aft jumpseat -that hypnotic humming that would make anyone fall asleep on long flights. I can just see myself opening the rear door and moving the handle inwards to lower the ventral airstair then waiting for it to be completely extende...

Re: Airports that can be accessed on foot vs airports that can only be accessed by car / train

One can easily walk from SDU to Rio de Janeiro's city centre.

Re: Rare and Short Lived Airline/Aircraft Combinations

Varig's 757

Re: Environment campaigners win Heathrow runway ruling

PepeTheFrog wrote:

Just ignore the green parties and continue building that 3rd runway.

The economy needs to grow folks.

Re: What in Your Opinion has been the Ugliest Commercial Jet?

I know people will hate me but I think the 757 is an ugly thing. The VFW-614 manages to be offensively ugly and takes the award but the 757 is skinny with its weird belly that doesn't match the top making the nose look malformed, I give it 2nd place.

Re: What in Your Opinion has been the Ugliest Commercial Jet?