DC-Ate's Captial Connie is totally captivating! Oh, how I yearn to hear the engi.....
We all have our memories of rides on the Connie.
Mine is of a 36 hour flight rom Resolute Bay to Montreal on a Nordair 1049G in 1966, via Hall Beach, Fort Chimo and other exotic locales. At every route stop the hydraulic system needed close attention and replenishment, which needed plenty of ground time to rustle up the vast quantities of the 5606 fluid required.
It was always known as the 'world's best three engine airliner', to which I might add '...without a functioning hydraulic system'.
Last edited by twochai; 17th Nov 2008 at 11:33.