DC-9s and MD-80s seem to have disappeared from the skies. I used to like them a lot in the 90's for shorter trips like San Francisco to Portland. With the rear engines, they were quiet. They also seemed to have an amazing takeoff roll and climb rate, but maybe that was just because they were always only half full, and none of the business travelers had checked luggage...
Doug --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Doug Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Doug Mitchell <[email protected]> > Subject: [Spits] Funny and Interesting Quote on Planes and Triumphs > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 8:17 AM > >From the Detroit Free Press, > Sunday 05-02-2010 > in a travel section article: > Planes: All except two were your basic crowded > Boeing 737s or Airbus A319s. > The smallest was > a surprisingly comfortable 60-seat Embraer RJ145 > from Houston > to Mexico City. The oldest was a > 1970s B-era DC-9 on a Delta route between > Detroit > and Hartford, Conn. When things got bumpy, that > DC-9 bounced around > like a dog on a trampoline. > > bWhen are you going to get rid of this old > plane?b I > asked the pilot as we were exiting. He grinned and > said he loved > flyB-ing it because it was reliable and > like driving his old TriB-umph sports > car. > B > B > Doug Mitchell > -- > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $11.47 > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected]
