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Posted on 07/18/2005 9:06:57 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser
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To: Central Scrutiniser
Yep, that's where the Connies went to die.
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posted on
07/18/2005 11:40:36 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
To: Clemenza
I got my Air Transport World today, its the annual World Airline Report, every 3rd page is a full page ad for the 787 or the A350.
Kinda silly!
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posted on
07/18/2005 11:41:35 PM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(I've always had the 'gift' to see the truth.)
To: Clemenza
I have to go to Davis Montham in Tucson, they have tours of the boneyard there.
About 20 years ago I was able to walk all around Marana (now Evergreen) airport. The place was loaded with 707's and DC8's from everywhere, I gotta find the old pictures I took. Nowadays they have piles of 747's, Fokkker 100's and lots of US DC9's, and old 737-200's. But, you absolutely cannot tour it, I drove up to the gate last year and was very gruffly turned away.
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posted on
07/18/2005 11:46:23 PM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(I've always had the 'gift' to see the truth.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
I know the folks at Evergreen (both in McMinville and Arizona) fairly well, and would love to get down there sometime. Provided they hire us for another project, I may get the chance to tour Marana (but I am not holding my breath).
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posted on
07/18/2005 11:50:28 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
To: Clemenza
Was in the pressbox the first time the A380 took flight at the Le Bourget and even got some shots as it flew directly over us. Its amazing how quiet it is. I would have been surprised if it were noisy. It has a huge wing so it shouldn't be necessary to use maximum thrust to takeoff. I'm sure Airbus is going to tout the A380's ablility to meet Heathrow's QC2 noise restrictions. Boeing will apply its previously proposed 747-QLR design changes in addition to new engines to make the 747 Advanced much quieter than its predecessors.
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posted on
07/18/2005 11:52:10 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Clemenza
I had friends that did skydiving down there, and everyone was free to walk around. They keep planes in good shape. Avra Valley has lots of old stuff too.
Real good site: www.cactuswings.com
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posted on
07/18/2005 11:54:15 PM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(I've always had the 'gift' to see the truth.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Wow! The first plane I ever flew on was a DC-6.
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posted on
07/19/2005 1:23:25 AM PDT
by
Pete'sWife
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Where airplanes go to die.
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posted on
07/19/2005 2:08:21 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Need a Waffle House in Massachusetts)
To: Central Scrutiniser
There is a museum in Germany that has a Concorde and a TU44 Yup, Sinsheim Germany. They are way up in the air on stilts:
I drive by them about once a month. I need to pad my schedule sometime and go take a peek.
The sister museum is located in Speyer and they have a 747, an Antonov AN-22, and some other cool planes, trains, and automobiles. (I've been to that one)
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posted on
07/19/2005 2:55:36 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(We don't beat "nice" people to a bloody pulp, nail them on a cross and then watch them suffocate.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Come on up to Seattle. I am a member of the museum, and can get you tickets if you like. They have a new section about the flyers of WWII. Excellent history. Planes you can touch. They also have a SR71 and an Airforce 1.
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posted on
07/19/2005 3:38:33 AM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Did I say something wrong? Or just intolerant?)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Thanks for sharing! I love old planes. When I was a kid, a pilot let me sit in the cockpit of a Ford Trimotor on a trip to Kelly's Island. I doubt he realized he was spawning another pilot.
When I met my husband, he was flying a Convair. There's a fun date. Worked for me anyway.
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posted on
07/19/2005 4:17:32 AM PDT
by
pops88
(Geek Chick Parachutist Over Phorty)
To: Pete'sWife
The first plane I flew on was a North Central Airlines DC-3 from Madison, WI to O'Hare back in 1959.
To: Central Scrutiniser; billbears; 4ConservativeJustices
Billbears,4CJ, flew these DC-6s [Navy C-118s] as an aircrewman and you find Jesus real fast on those LOL!
Central Scrutiniser, thanx for the pics from the Boneyard. Heck, slap some engines [Rolls Royces?? I forget] and 2 or 3 checkrides and those babies will be just as "good" [/sar] as new!=-)
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posted on
07/19/2005 5:54:05 AM PDT
by
Ff--150
(Being Enriched in Everything, to All Bountifulness)
To: Paleo Conservative
My folks and I flew home on a United Airlines DC-6C back in 1961. It seemed to me that the plane was not well pressurized and my ears hurt for a week afterward.
To: Ff--150
... flew these DC-6s [Navy C-118s] as an aircrewman and you find Jesus real fast on those LOL!Now the ACLU will file suit stating that flying is an endosement of religion /sarc The way I look at it, flying just helps one slip the surly bonds of earth and brings one closer to God.
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posted on
07/19/2005 6:53:33 AM PDT
by
4CJ
(||) OUR sins put Him on that cross. HIS love for us kept Him there.(||)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
"The way I look at it, flying just helps one slip the surly bonds of earth and brings one closer to God."
In C-118s, you learn prayers work very quickly.
Flew Seal Team One from Norfolk, Va to Panama City, Panama. Drinking the bar the Seal Team, with the officers, came in and surrounded us and shouted to barkeep that my crew were absolutely to buy not one drink or anything--THEY were buying! We were a bit curious why?
The Lt. answered, "To fly those things and keep them flying--you are better men than we are. Finish that one up and let's have another... ."
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posted on
07/19/2005 7:54:48 AM PDT
by
Ff--150
(Being Enriched in Everything, to All Bountifulnessy)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
Some of the Cessna twins used to have gold leaf on the windscreen to cut glare.
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posted on
07/19/2005 8:03:24 AM PDT
by
ccmay
(Question Diversity)
To: Paleo Conservative
Wouldn't the DC-6 and DC-7 airframes have fairly low flight hours considering that they were retired early due to the introduction of jets? Many of them saw use well into the jet age as cargo haulers. I rode in a DC-6 in about 1985.
-ccm
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posted on
07/19/2005 8:05:02 AM PDT
by
ccmay
(Question Diversity)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
I don't know, I had some close calls in a automobile.
Onetime, I was on a beltway going 65 miles an hour, and had 2 semi's tractor trailers both on my left side and right side with no place to go, and the traffic just stopped all of a sudden, I thought I was a goner, but, thank GOD !!! the truck on the left side of me slowed down at the last second, and I had room to not run into the car in front of me . and had room to move to the left into the next lane ,, phewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ,, that was a close one.
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posted on
07/19/2005 8:13:26 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: ccmay
But ... wouldn't it ( the gold leaf ) just erode away from the wind getting under the gold leaf ?
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posted on
07/19/2005 8:17:31 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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