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Old 09-27-2021 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Galaxy5
So wtf is with the Guppy thing offending people? As a post merger guy who dgaf what the airplane is called, it blows my mind that someone always feels the need to say GUPPY on any post in the Facebook groups and then blows my mind even more that people get so worked up over it.

Paycheck cashes every two weeks whether it’s called seven three, three seven, thirty seven, FLUF, Guppy or Puppenholfükker.
747 was the whale, 737 was the guppy.

777 bigfoot
787 sparky (or scab wagon)
320 Fifi
727 three holer
757/767 nothing really

And the bus beats the guppy hands down. Flown both. 737 should’ve been taken out back and shot 15 years ago.
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Old 09-28-2021 | 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Grumble
747 was the whale, 737 was the guppy.

777 bigfoot
787 sparky (or scab wagon)
320 Fifi
727 three holer
757/767 nothing really

And the bus beats the guppy hands down. Flown both. 737 should’ve been taken out back and shot 15 years ago.
The MD-80 was called the scab cab at CAL. Not in the current fleet though.
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Old 09-28-2021 | 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by syfy12
757/767 nothing really
The 757 was the Atari Ferrari when it first entered service.
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Old 09-28-2021 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry in TN
The 757 was the Atari Ferrari when it first entered service.
That's funny! I've heard it called the Lady. Long legs, big.....engines.

For the 67, I've heard someone call it the Super Guppy.
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Old 09-28-2021 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by BurritoBeach
That's funny! I've heard it called the Lady. Long legs, big.....engines.

For the 67, I've heard someone call it the Super Guppy.
Long legs, big jugs, skinny waist and low maintenance.
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Old 09-28-2021 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry in TN
The 757 was the Atari Ferrari when it first entered service.
Muscle car performance with Apple IIe computing power.

Until I can fly something bigger, I don’t want to fly anything smaller. Love the fleet.
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Old 09-28-2021 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Airhoss
Long legs, big jugs, skinny waist and low maintenance.
As she ages, maintaining her appearance requires more after market parts that aren’t cheap. 😁
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Old 09-28-2021 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dingdong
...Until I can fly something bigger, I don’t want to fly anything smaller. Love the fleet.
Mehh...hated having to do a sit-up just to see the nav display. Blue water lavs, so 70s. Airplanes can auto tune ILS freqs these days, wow! But worst of all, seat 4A and sitting in “IRO” seat. So uncomfortable for 3 pilot ops.
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Old 09-29-2021 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by F15andMD11
Mehh...hated having to do a sit-up just to see the nav display. Blue water lavs, so 70s. Airplanes can auto tune ILS freqs these days, wow! But worst of all, seat 4A and sitting in “IRO” seat. So uncomfortable for 3 pilot ops.
What? I just flew a new airplane and couldn’t auto tune the dang ILS!
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Old 09-29-2021 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie
What? I just flew a new airplane and couldn’t auto tune the dang ILS!
I think he is referring to the 757. Which does not auto tune the ils. I was quite shocked to discover this whilst going thru training.
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