pbfoot
1st Lieutenant
see the Britannia but don't see the Lancastrian so it would seem to follow you'd prefer the Argus over the Shackleton
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Benevolens Magister
Well, as the Lancastrian wasn't really a 'proper' airliner, but a 'civilianised' bomber which, I personally think looked all wrong, it doesn't count! (The York could, but wasn't really attractive!).
Plus, I've never seen a Lancastrian (all scrapped when I was very young), but I have seen/flown in the others!
Plus, I've never seen a Lancastrian (all scrapped when I was very young), but I have seen/flown in the others!
Lighthunmust
Banned
Ford Trimotor due to the experience of flying once as passenger and once as the co-pilot on short joyrides, but the most beautiful is the Super Connie. The Trimotor experience is like traveling back to the 1920's in a time machine.
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Connie is great and I love the DC2. But what about the old ones, Ford Tri-motor or the Fokker VII. The Fokker F.II is a great a/c as wel, especially in klm livery:
as much of a Boeing fan I am when it comes to today's Jetliners, I honestly like a couple of airbuses. my first airbus love is the A330. looks great in the last NWA markings. the A319 is my fave of the A320 family .as for the A380...no THANKS...that's beast compared to the 747-8i...which is beauty 
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I would love to fly on one of the old flying boats.
Vassili Zaitzev
Master Sergeant
No particular paint scheme, but I like the DC-10, Lockheed Tristar, Dehaviland Comet. Oh yes, the DC-3!
heh, I myself would have loved to fly on those Boeing clippers. sadly, they're all gone. but efforts are being made to find two of them that were sunk around Hawaii
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Now that would be cool!
cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
Old thread but I thought I would ad this picture taken in the late 1950's at Chicago's Midway Airport. So many great airliners of the past in this one color shot
Source 1955: America Welcomes the Viscount, the World's First Turboprop Airliner
Source 1955: America Welcomes the Viscount, the World's First Turboprop Airliner
Thumpalumpacus
Captain
First thing I thought. First airplane I ever rode, too.
Looked just like this:
Cool necro,
cammerjeff
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cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
My first civilian airline job was working on BI 727's in Kansas City in 1980-83 lots of good memories!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
The 727-200 is THE best looking jet liner. Ever.
Thumpalumpacus
Captain
We flew El Paso to Dallas, and then to O'Hare. Always the joker, Dad told me to watch the wings as they would flap to get us airborne. Boy, was he right, those wings were shuffling.
I'll never forget that first time aloft.
I'll never forget that first time aloft.
cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
Thump - I learned something new about 727-200A's today, did you know that Boeing offered a RATO option on them? Only 1 Airline bought the option Mexicana operating out of Hot and High airports. It was only used as an emergency system in case of an engine out situation at gross weight. It allowed them to operate at gross weight in those condition.First thing I thought. First airplane I ever rode, too.
Looked just like this:
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Cool necro,
source https://opposite-lock.com/assets/uploads/files/1610840487531-727-rato.jpg
I remember my airline blocking off 30+ seats when operating the earlier 727-200 with the lower powered JT8D-7 engines (the 200 Advanced used either JT8D-15 or 17's) out of Denver on hot summer days. It really made customer service a challenge. It was not unusual for the flight to be overbooked by 5-10% So we would have the 10-15 overbooked plus the 30 or so left behind from the blocked seats. I remember trying to non-rev out of the old Stapleton airport, I was trying to get to Detroit, ended up going to Portland, Minneapolis, and then Detroit. Long day, never tried that again in the Summer months!
