Originally Posted by
ferrydude
Quite surprised that anyone ever having crewed any Douglas product would not be familiar with the "direct cable" joke. Heard that one in me first ground school on the 8. Cables are quite a Douglas design hallmark. Oh, Diesel-8 and Douglasaurus are jokes too!
Sorry Ferrydude! Indeed I didn't know this, although I've been logging 1700 hours on the DC8 between 1995 and 2000!
BTW it's true I'm on the RH side of the Pond, so that should be an explaination of my ignorance!
But whatever these jokes, let's be sure a guy asking for technical data about a system he's not aware of (and here about the wonderful DC8) should understand what we're all saying!
All the best,
Dominique, stinkin' cheese eater from France, the country that gives lessons to all the Universe and its surrounding....
