Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
He must be referring to the light twin, otherwise called the Soooper 80.
The one that was awful to ride on, bounced around the sky like a toy, had no storage for those on the left side of the plane (2 seats
), caused hearing loss for those in the last 10 rows and felt like it was balancing on the head of a pin the whole flight. Thank goodness AA is finally replacing them.
Some of the pilots (like marcal, I guess) seem to get a little chubby over it, I guess because they got to fly an old POS, kind of like 727 guys.
Yah, but the 727 was cool in an old school way - other's may differ, but I'd liken it to the DC-3 of the Jet Age.
I was on a cross country flight in 1985, we stopped at MCAS Yuma for gas. Got to watch the MD-11 test bird do touch and go's. So new it had the zinc under paint still bare on some parts.