Any Truth to this old TWA fable?
05-31-2013 | 07:52 AM
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I flew several months of trips with John, I a new FE, never saw a bad one, it was impressive. After a 35-day (+ or-) vacation, he rolled one in MCI, so smooth the FO didn't want the next one.
Yes, the FEIA went bankrupt but was legally on strike til the last day. When I was at EAL, most of them were senior and looked back at it as history.
The impressive thing about the T'birds F-100 show was slot going over the top of a loop, in and out of burner to stay in position. Using the -21 burner with "turkey feathers". A compressor stall was always possible, but the crew chiefs wiped down and lubed every leaf in the nozzle as soon as it cooled every time they landed. I flew it with the -23 burner off the Deuce, much more reliable.
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I flew several months of trips with John, I a new FE, never saw a bad one, it was impressive. After a 35-day (+ or-) vacation, he rolled one in MCI, so smooth the FO didn't want the next one.
Yes, the FEIA went bankrupt but was legally on strike til the last day. When I was at EAL, most of them were senior and looked back at it as history.
The impressive thing about the T'birds F-100 show was slot going over the top of a loop, in and out of burner to stay in position. Using the -21 burner with "turkey feathers". A compressor stall was always possible, but the crew chiefs wiped down and lubed every leaf in the nozzle as soon as it cooled every time they landed. I flew it with the -23 burner off the Deuce, much more reliable.
GF
05-31-2013 | 10:52 AM
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Hey, great Buffett post BB. My dream job in the late 60's was to fly with Chalk's.
Another story that "went around" late 60's early 70's was; when you mixed a 727 and an ex-mil fighter guy, they were scaring the passengers to death with their deck angles and bank angles so most of the companies stepped in and put some limitations on them so they'd actually have some passengers willing to try it again. Not sure if that story was true either.
Another story that "went around" late 60's early 70's was; when you mixed a 727 and an ex-mil fighter guy, they were scaring the passengers to death with their deck angles and bank angles so most of the companies stepped in and put some limitations on them so they'd actually have some passengers willing to try it again. Not sure if that story was true either.
05-31-2013 | 03:46 PM
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05-31-2013 | 03:48 PM
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Hey, great Buffett post BB. My dream job in the late 60's was to fly with Chalk's.
Another story that "went around" late 60's early 70's was; when you mixed a 727 and an ex-mil fighter guy, they were scaring the passengers to death with their deck angles and bank angles so most of the companies stepped in and put some limitations on them so they'd actually have some passengers willing to try it again. Not sure if that story was true either.
Another story that "went around" late 60's early 70's was; when you mixed a 727 and an ex-mil fighter guy, they were scaring the passengers to death with their deck angles and bank angles so most of the companies stepped in and put some limitations on them so they'd actually have some passengers willing to try it again. Not sure if that story was true either.
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05-31-2013 | 04:32 PM
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06-01-2013 | 01:20 PM
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From: B787. Left seat.
Went from C46 right seat to DC6 FE to 707 FE as pilot engineer. Had the oiliest (sp.) shirts from doing walk arounds. Glad to be near the end of my career in the left seat of a 777.
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