Got a tour once of a Looking Glass KC-135 at Offutt. It looked really uncomfortable. Had a comms exchange with one orbiting at the pole keeping an eye on the russkies ready to rain fire on them.
--FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 4, 2021, at 7:37 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
