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• Sep 27, 2011

• #21

pbfoot

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Airframes said:

I don't have any favourite aircraft, military or civilian, but as far as airliners go, and in no particular order, I have soft spots for:
Vickers Viscount
Bristol Britannia
Airspeed Ambassador
Douglas DC3
Lockheed Constellation
DH Comet... oh, and the DH Dove !

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see the Britannia but don't see the Lancastrian so it would seem to follow you'd prefer the Argus over the Shackleton

 

• Sep 27, 2011

• #22

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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!

 

• Sep 29, 2011

• #23

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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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• Sep 29, 2011

• #24

Marcel

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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:

 

• Oct 11, 2011

• #25

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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

 

• Oct 13, 2011

• #26

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My favourite airliner is the L-1011, I used to love the noise of them taking off when myself and my Dad used to go to watch at the airport.

Aer Lingus had 2 for a year or so in the late 80's.

 

• Oct 13, 2011

• #27

Trebor

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ahh the L1011. that's my fave 3 engined plane. love the sound of those RB211s

 

• Oct 13, 2011

• #28

vikingBerserker

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I would love to fly on one of the old flying boats.

 

• Oct 14, 2011

• #29

Vassili Zaitzev

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No particular paint scheme, but I like the DC-10, Lockheed Tristar, Dehaviland Comet. Oh yes, the DC-3!

 

• Oct 14, 2011

• #30

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vikingBerserker said:

I would love to fly on one of the old flying boats.

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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

 

• Oct 14, 2011

• #31

vikingBerserker

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Now that would be cool!

 

• Oct 24, 2023

• #32

cammerjeff

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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

 

• Oct 24, 2023

• #33

Thumpalumpacus

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pbfoot said:

Can't forget Braniff 727

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First thing I thought. First airplane I ever rode, too.

Looked just like this:



Cool necro, cammerjeff .

 

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• Oct 24, 2023

• #34

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My first civilian airline job was working on BI 727's in Kansas City in 1980-83 lots of good memories!

 

• Oct 24, 2023

• #35

SaparotRob

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The 727-200 is THE best looking jet liner. Ever.

 

• Oct 25, 2023

• #36

Thumpalumpacus

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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.

 

• Oct 27, 2023

• #37

cammerjeff

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Thumpalumpacus said:

First thing I thought. First airplane I ever rode, too.

Looked just like this:

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Cool necro, cammerjeff .

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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.




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!