Hi, Frits,
I was referring specifically to the DC 3's of Boston-Provincetown Airways, that Bill mentioned.
1958? That's a long long time ago. <vbg>
So, flew in a Comet, eh? Glad it was one of the ones with the fixed fuselage. That whole "plummetting from the sky after massive airframe failure" thing really was a bummer. The Comet, as you likely know, never recovered from that one. Even though they fixed the problem, the public lost confidence in the airplane, and they were phased out of service fairly quickly.
Of course, along came Boeing 707's and Douglas DC 8's, both larger more comfortable and quieter airliners, so who wanted to fly in a Comet when those things were around?
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:47:04 +0200
I was in one of them too. From Amsterdam to London, in 1958, never was in a DC-3 since then.
I have been in a comet as well, that was after they fixed the problem with the fuselage.
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