For Mad Dog Fans
11-07-2014, 07:20 AM
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For Mad Dog Fans
Aviation Week column on the occasion of KLM's retirement of the last pax configured MD-11.
MD-11 Memories | Things With Wings
Also includes links to AWST's original Pilot Report on the MD.
http://aviationweek.com/site-files/a...0of%202%29.pdf
http://aviationweek.com/site-files/a...0of%202%29.pdf
Enjoy.
MD-11 Memories | Things With Wings
Also includes links to AWST's original Pilot Report on the MD.
http://aviationweek.com/site-files/a...0of%202%29.pdf
http://aviationweek.com/site-files/a...0of%202%29.pdf
Enjoy.
11-07-2014, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by marcal
There's only one mad dog and it sure ain't the MD-11!
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.
11-07-2014, 01:50 PM
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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.
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.
11-07-2014, 07:18 PM
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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.
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.
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.
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