You ain't heard nuthin 'til you are in the back of a KC135 during a wet (J57) takeoff.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Peter Frederick via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2021 6:37 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Reboot Your Aircraft All the low bypass turbojets are noisy. I flew in a British one once, don't remember what it was, but it had two Rolls Conways in the back. Very noisy engines. On Dec 4, 2021, at 5:17 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > When the family first started with Ambassadair, they were still flying 707s. > I flew them a couple times. Noisy as heck as I recall. > > -D > >> On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:13 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> The L-1011 was probably the best of that generation, sadly it never sold >> as well as the DC-10, which was NOT the best of that generation. >> >> Beautiful aircraft, and I've heard it was nice to fly as well. >> >> >>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:54 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> I flew on N194AT and N163AT frequently in the early half of the 1980s as a >>> member of a “Ambassadair”, later known as “ATA” when it was a private >>> travel club. One was a -100 variant, the other a -500 model. Both of these >>> were used for international and long-haul domestic flights as well as >>> charters. There was a third L-1011 in their fleet but I don’t have pictures >>> of it. I think it was destroyed in a ground fire in the late 80s. >>> >>> My Mom did many, many hours in these as she traveled extensively with them >>> overseas. They had at least one DC-10 I know she flew in with them as well, >>> they might have had more, I don’t recall. >>> >>> They were wonderful aircraft, and really impressive when you were standing >>> next to them out on the tarmac. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> L-1011 was the first "big" jet I ever flew in. Boston to Bermuda. Would >>>> have been '87 or so. We took a 727 Portland to Boston... >>>> >>>> Curt >>>> >>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:37 PM, Allan Streib via >>>> Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: L-1011 was very advanced for its >>>> time. I believe it was the first commercial airliner with auto-land. If >>>> the engines hadn't been sole-sourced wirh Rolls Royce they might have been >>>> more commercially viable. >>>> >>>> Sort of wish Lockheed had stayed in the commercial market but the L-1011 >>>> was their swan song. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 2:31 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> Say what you will about the L-1011 or DC-10, you never got the BSOD. >>>>> >>>>> Flaming ACTUAL death on a DC-10, occasionally, yes, but that's >>>>> part of the fun. :D >>>>> >>>>> My first attempt to ride an Airbus was in the early 80s; it BSODed >>>>> and we hadda switch to a DC-10. Very comfy ride. >>>>> >>>>> -MMM- >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
