We had a couple of suitcases in checked baggage. Not really room for them in
the sleeper compartment.
Allan
On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, at 3:02 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> I've never had a case on a train where my luggage wasn't with me all the
> time. One of my favorite parts of travel by train...
I've never had a case on a train where my luggage wasn't with me all the time.
One of my favorite parts of travel by train...
-Curt
On Monday, December 6, 2021, 12:17:48 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
I forgot to mention that not only was our train late arriving, but our
3-4 years ago I did a bike ride down to Savannah. Stayed the night with my
cousin then figured I would ride the train back to charleston then bike to
where my truck was parked, which would have been like 15-20 miles but that was
ok. She dropped me at the train station, which was nice. Once the
I forgot to mention that not only was our train late arriving, but our luggage
was even more delayed because it stayed on the wrong half of the train when
they split it at one point. They did bring it to our hotel later, at least.
On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, at 11:49 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
There’s a pool run by a bunch of members of a rail fan group I follow for
Flagstaff that is based on how late the Amtrak trains are.
It’s a rare day when either one is on time.
-D
> On Dec 6, 2021, at 9:45 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Amtrak is built on the finest govt
Amtrak is built on the finest govt bureaucracy money can buy. Saddled with
debt from sources so far unrelated it'll make your head spin it somehow manages
to muddle on being "funded" by 2 or 3 routes that actually make money.
The DownEaster: Portland, Maine to Boston,
Acela Express: Boston to
Actually, the 707 was a more modern design based on the 135.
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KC-135 and E3 AWACS fly over
, December 4, 2021 6:37 PM
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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
Amtrak is a complete joke. Took a trip once for the experience, was over 24
hours late to destination. Never again.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote:
> Amtrak Empire Builder seems to run on windows software. The stop in
> Spokane WA is where the cars decouple, with the
Amtrak Empire Builder seems to run on windows software. The stop in Spokane WA
is where the cars decouple, with the observation car going through the Columbia
River Gorge (in the DARK) scenic area to PDX, while the rest of the train
continues to SEA. Except, most of the time the engine, at
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>> You ain't heard nuthin 'til you are in the back of a KC135 during a wet
>> (J57) takeoff.
>>
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>>
KC-135 and E3 AWACS fly over/near our house all the time - both based on
the 707. We can easily distinguish them from the other jets out of Tinker
AFB - the maintenance hub for these.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:18 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
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> When the family
nuthin 'til you are in the back of a KC135 during a wet
> (J57) takeoff.
>
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>
> All the low bypass turbojets are noisy. I flew in a British
You ain't heard nuthin 'til you are in the back of a KC135 during a wet (J57)
takeoff.
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I've heard it called Jack Welch disease, but it's really Bably Boomer Tantrum
disease. Long term planning doesn't extend past tomorrow at breakfast, and
squeezing money out at any cost is all that counts., once the husk is dry you
sell the company and buy another. The only thing that counts
I remember, it was a BAC 111. Baby Trident, one of the earliest T-tail rear
engine planes.
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.
>
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
We used to have Douglas, then McDonnell-Douglas, then they merged with Boeing,
unfortunately although the name Boeing survived, it seems like the engineering
culture of the old Boeing was dominated by the business culture of MD.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 3:02 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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
> wrote:
>
> The L-1011 was probably the best of that generation, sadly it never sold as
> well
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
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
It's probably a custom build of Windows that has only the drivers and features
it needs for that specific hardware and application. The Windows kernel (NT) is
pretty solid -- probably at least as stable as the Linux kernel. It's the
drivers and hardware of dubious quality that are the source of
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
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On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:37 PM, Allan Streib via
Mercedes wrote: L-1011 was very advanced for its time.
I believe it was
The aircraft avionics have proprietary custom coded OS's that have to pass
very rigorous testing before they are certified for use. That having been
said, I use a non-certified device for navigation that runs on embedded
Windows (can't remember what the official name is). It's never failed us in
Same here, I've got movies in my phone, tablet and laptop. Podcasts on the
phone and a real paper book in case all else fails.
Curt
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On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:11 PM, dan penoff.com via
Mercedes wrote: My feelings exactly. You don’t want to
be 35,000 feet in
It’s really sad we basically only have airbus and Boeing for main line
commercial aircraft.
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> On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:37 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> L-1011 was very advanced for its time. I believe it was the first commercial
> airliner with auto-land. If
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
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-
Don't know much about avionics but I would imagine anything flight-critical is
a real-time OS such as VxWorks.
Passenger entertainment systems? Mostly Windows-based, from what I've seen.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 2:10 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
> My feelings exactly. You don’t want
Had the reboot delays on a regional Embraer a few years ago. After the third or
fourth attempt to get the systems up, running, and happy, they gave up and
called maintenance. All these electronic systems are modular so they just
swapped a module and we were finally on our way after about a 45
My feelings exactly. You don’t want to be 35,000 feet in the air and suddenly
see the blue screen of death. However, I would be willing to bet modern
avionics mostly run on a proprietary system or Linux kernel. I would hope so,
at least. Maybe Grant knows?
I never rely on onboard
I was on some flight once and they had to reboot the airplane 3X. Finally got
it to work. Was not encouraging.
I was on a long flight once, sitting in Row1. The movie computer would not
work. I spent 30min with a coupla FAs trying to get it running. No luck. The
manual had no clue but it did
I’m gold, but that’s really the bottom tier for American. I’ll probably make
platinum this year with all my trips back and forth to Flagstaff. I should
probably get a rewards card of some sort and milk that, too.
It’s not too busy today, my flight to DFW had plenty of open seats. Most likely
Yep sounds like American and airbus. I doubt you have status so surprised you
got a first class upgrade. That had to have pissed off others that were on the
upgrade list.
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> On Dec 4, 2021, at 11:59 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Taking a quick trip out to
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