Originally Posted by
oldmako
One for the engineers. Many thanks to all who worked so damn hard while I didn't.
And as an aside, I have a buddy who is a Captain on the Guppy. He told me of a recent hire who won't bid the 757 because he can't fly steam gauges. We both laughed. The 757 is a steam gauge! Flap 15 Improved out of Denver on a 90-degree day. Dive bombing into NYC at night on the STAR. ONE DME, no green arc, no PROG page, no VNAV. ****ty AP, tuning a new VOR every 3 minutes....etc. What was it, the Milford, or something?? Now that was flying! I'd bid it again in a heartbeat.
That sounds like a hell of a lot of fun!
I always wanted to fly the 747/757/727 in that order......only got the 757 and loved every minute of it. Just like you said I’d bid the 727 in a heartbeat if it was still around.