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originally posted by: Sammamishman
a reply to: FredT
Here is the prototype as she sits today:
You can walk through the empty interior and see the different types of gear that they put on her for testing, including a refueling boom and the drag cable you see out the back of most test aircraft.
originally posted by: Sammamishman
a reply to: FredT
Here is the prototype as she sits today:
You can walk through the empty interior and see the different types of gear that they put on her for testing, including a refueling boom and the drag cable you see out the back of most test aircraft.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: FredT
Man, we must be the same age or something. I've flown on all those aircraft as well. I grew up overseas. Even endured a crash landing in Tunis on a Caravelle in 1970. (that was scary, but we all walked away from it, except the pilot, but I can't speak to what happened to him).
originally posted by: FredT
hands down the -400 was my favorite. I spent a few years being a courier to SE Asia. Basically in pre 911 days, companies paid big $$$$ to ship stuff that was time sensitive. As a courier I had a first class seat. The company which was licensed and bonded, paid for my trip, I was allowed a carry on, and they used my luggage allowance. I typically had 6 hours notice and typically had 18 to 24 hours in the destination city before I had to return again with my baggage allotted to something else. Had an indemnity letter that I was not responsible for the baggage etc.
You basically hired a cab hit the town and crawled back to the airport and slept on the way back. Even knew which noodle vendors in Singapore to hit
Mostly United and Singapore and got to know the crews by name. It was a glorious time..........