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Originally Posted by johnso29
(Post 701233)
Flying the DC9 is a love/hate thing for me. I think it's a stable, easy to trim, easy to hand fly at any altitude airplane. It descends fast if you need it to, short approaches are very do-able, and landing it is a challenge everytime because it does not have a trailing link gear & does have some very effective spoilers. That's all the love stuff.
The hate stuff is that it's hot & stuffy in the summer, ergonomically UNfriendly,(lots of places to scrape hands & hit your head/legs) & overall a very fatigue inducing airplane. In short, it really whoops your butt after a 4/5 day trip. I think we have about 68 DC9s left at NWA. That's down from over 160 in the 1990's, & it looks like we may be down to 33 by the end of 2010. :( |
Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
(Post 701238)
Have you dumped a full cup of coffe into your flight case on the CV LATCH REALEASE lever yet?
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Originally Posted by johnso29
(Post 701233)
Flying the DC9 is a love/hate thing for me. I think it's a stable, easy to trim, easy to hand fly at any altitude airplane. It descends fast if you need it to, short approaches are very do-able, and landing it is a challenge everytime because it does not have a trailing link gear & does have some very effective spoilers. That's all the love stuff.
The hate stuff is that it's hot & stuffy in the summer, ergonomically UNfriendly,(lots of places to scrape hands & hit your head/legs) & overall a very fatigue inducing airplane. In short, it really whoops your butt after a 4/5 day trip. I think we have about 68 DC9s left at NWA. That's down from over 160 in the 1990's, & it looks like we may be down to 33 by the end of 2010. :( |
Had a student talking with ATC enroute for the first time and he asked me "why are there so many australians flying today?".
Me - "what?" Him - "well everyone keeps saying G'day" Me - lmao |
Originally Posted by crazyjaydawg
(Post 701281)
Had a student talking with ATC enroute for the first time and he asked me "why are there so many australians flying today?".
Me - "what?" Him - "well everyone keeps saying G'day" Me - lmao Maybe we should have a sponsored "Saying of the Day/Week" to see how many times you say it, and hear others say it on the radio! Can't tell I'm bored today. |
Just Heard Of It Myself
Originally Posted by elcid79
(Post 701041)
Have any of you heard of this? Or is this controller friend of his, grossly misinterpreting friendliness. It sure was news to me. However, we had a good laugh either way.
Sounds plausible....and I make sure I don't use it (unless the controller deserves it).:rolleyes: |
So what is next we get in trouble for :
So Long Until Tommorow?????:D |
I learned this, or rather not to say this, 10 years ago in flight school. I have never heard of anybody actually doing it.
Reminds of an old TWA joke... FA: Sir, would you like some of our TWA coffee? Pax: No thanks, but I would like your TWA tea. |
See You Next Time
I was messing around in MS Flight Sim X tonight, and noted that in the mission "Carribean Landing" the virtual co-pilot (female) acknowledges the handoff with "See You Next Time".
Some programmer/pilot musta gotta a kick out of that.:) |
Originally Posted by abelenky
(Post 710849)
I was messing around in MS Flight Sim X tonight, and noted that in the mission "Carribean Landing" the virtual co-pilot (female) acknowledges the handoff with "See You Next Time".
Some programmer/pilot musta gotta a kick out of that.:) one word....Nerd :p |
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