We have KC135s in Tampa at MacDill AFB. Can’t get that close to the base to plane watch, but I do try to catch the traffic on my scanner and step out so I can see them fly over the house.
-D > On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:53 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
