Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
True. I would have loved to read Leddie trying to banter with 411A. 411A would have ripped him to pieces!
Well, folks, I learn something every day. Why would I know who 411A was, and that he is no longer with us?? Bloggsie obviously enjoyed himself, having decided on the outcome of something that never happened ---but whatever makes you feel good.
RE. SFAR 422B, as I recall, it was a rather long document, and formed the major part of the subsequent CFR 25. The early DC-8/B707 were a very big leap, from what went before, there was a lot of "feeling your way in the dark", witness the major aerodynamic problems if the DC-8.
Tootle pip!!
PS: What I can say from hard experience, NO B707 had good brakes compared to the present day, and on the one occasion I was involved in an abort at MBRW at V1 ( B707-338C in Perth, Bloggsie) we had no runway to spare. The brakes on the early -100/300 were particularly "ordinary".