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Offline Debonair

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« Reply #30 on: April 04, 2006, 03:48:31 AM »
Super Constellation
I know a guy - a 737 captain - who refers to the Convair 990 as "connie".  
I've thought it was weird, but who am I to question the 10000 hour pro?
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« Reply #31 on: April 04, 2006, 04:04:01 AM »
He tried to make the convair look pretty ;)
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« Reply #32 on: April 04, 2006, 04:05:14 AM »
Furb - are the mountains the French Alps?

Very nice pics. I hope the A380 is as quiet as the A340. I guess it will be quieter for some carriers than others. ;)
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« Reply #33 on: April 04, 2006, 06:59:49 AM »
a super connie landing at MIA, probably in the late '70s.  nice photo straffo.
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« Reply #34 on: April 04, 2006, 07:36:04 AM »
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Furb - are the mountains the French Alps?

Very nice pics. I hope the A380 is as quiet as the A340. I guess it will be quieter for some carriers than others. ;)


more probably the Pyrénée
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« Reply #35 on: April 04, 2006, 08:02:35 AM »
Straffo, that Connie brings back memories! My first airline ride was in one, from Minneapolis to Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1963.

I might add, that in 1964, while taking my dad to the airport with Mom for a flight, we watched as he got on board one of these I've posted below. According to my Dad, he said the moment I saw that aircraft with no propellors, I claimed that I was going to build those airplanes one day, this at age 4 1/2. ;)  Ironically, the very first production part I manufactured for the Boeing Company at age 18 was for a 727 spares order.

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« Reply #36 on: April 04, 2006, 08:32:01 AM »
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more probably the Pyrénée
Wow! My very first jet flight took me across the Pyrénée! :)


I've just seen a (copyrighted) photo of the A380 cockpit. LOL - it looks more like an Aces High gaming station! Both pilots have external view (tail fin mounted camera) and the joysticks look remarkably like one of my old Saitek twisty sticks. In front of the captain there is a keyboard - lol - and both pilots have a computer screen to the side of the main console angled at 45°. The display looks like my Windows 2000 display without the wallpaper.

I wonder if text and speech has to pass a profanity checker! :rofl
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« Reply #37 on: April 04, 2006, 10:55:30 AM »
Love the Connie pic!

I've always felt that the Constellation was, and still remains, the single most elegant commercial aircraft designed to date.

While the moderns are certainly sculptural, they all look more and more like just another bus on wings.  I suppose form does follow function, but I'm not seeing anything really notable these days.

The Connie still has lines worth noticing.

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« Reply #38 on: April 04, 2006, 11:14:56 AM »
i wonder if they'll chat online with ATC?

jfkapp:  speedbird 123, hold PVD VOR R-057, 6k, 4:00 legs, ETA 25:00
a380cp:  d00d!! WTF!!?!l
a380lt:  1@m3, u r a g4y
jfkapp:  roflmao, i pwn joo!!!!1!1!!1eleven
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« Reply #39 on: April 04, 2006, 12:14:00 PM »
Connie is nice, but the Strato is number 1 for me ... the art-deco look second to none.


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« Reply #40 on: April 04, 2006, 12:21:33 PM »
My father-in-law worked on those Stratos at Boeing Field. He also used to be a mechanic on the "Twin Mustang" in the Korean War.
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« Reply #41 on: April 04, 2006, 12:30:07 PM »
He must had quite some fun time with the infamous pyromaniac 3350s and the corncobs :cry 28 cylinders of pain.
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« Reply #42 on: April 04, 2006, 12:42:45 PM »
the article said they were the swiss alps.

i think the strato is smurfy.

the DC 4 was much better looking
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« Reply #43 on: April 04, 2006, 12:44:28 PM »
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more probably the Pyrénée


Typical... Brits using torpedoes on mountains.
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« Reply #44 on: April 04, 2006, 12:48:15 PM »
submarines in mountains are the threat of the future.  we are just planning ahead.
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