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Offline indy007

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« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2007, 03:39:09 PM »


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Offline Ball

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« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2007, 03:45:20 PM »
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That's an expensive way to transport your surf board...
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Offline Willfly

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« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2007, 03:48:56 PM »
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That's an expensive way to transport your surf board...


ROFL, That is a bit expensive, but its worth it flying such a big surf around!

:eek: :huh :D :lol :rofl
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Offline Halo

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« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2007, 03:52:28 PM »
I always thought the DC-9 would be the DC-3 of the jet age, but the 737 seems to have earned that laurel.
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2007, 04:48:25 PM »
(Thanks Skuzzy)

More 737 facts:
-About 1,250 737s are in the air at any time.
-The 737 fleet has flown about 296 million hours in revenue service, travelling 75 billion nautical miles in 232 million flights.
-737’s have carried about 12 billion passengers.
-One of the lead engineers on the B-29 and 707 was also instrumental in designing the 737.
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Offline Masherbrum

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« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2007, 05:10:39 PM »
interesting facts.   Kinda neat.
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« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2007, 06:44:04 PM »
I always kinda thought the 737 looked like a smaller verison of the 707
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Offline Slash27

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« Reply #22 on: April 09, 2007, 06:56:19 PM »
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um, thats an ATM:rolleyes:
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #23 on: April 09, 2007, 07:36:56 PM »
cool. happy birthday to that old fart...
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #24 on: April 10, 2007, 01:38:16 AM »
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I always kinda thought the 737 looked like a smaller verison of the 707


That is quite true actually. The 737 has a modified fuselage of the 707 and a similar nose section. Some parts of 727 and 757 are also similar to 707 (more or less).
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Offline AquaShrimp

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« Reply #25 on: April 10, 2007, 08:23:39 AM »
What about all the 737s that were rolling inverted and crashing in the 90s due to the rudders jamming to one side?  Serious design flaw.
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #26 on: April 10, 2007, 08:36:47 AM »
You mean all 2? (Colorado in 1991 and Pennsylvania in 1994)
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« Reply #27 on: April 10, 2007, 08:41:39 AM »
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #28 on: April 10, 2007, 09:04:23 AM »
Here is a good read to understand the entire rudder problem:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/february97/rudder_2-21.html

Then, there is the wind gust...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtxxRhGRvK8
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« Reply #29 on: April 10, 2007, 11:13:36 AM »
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Last airliner I flew on and hopefully in a couple of years the airliner I will fly for a living.
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