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Old 27th Jun 2012, 18:04
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Those of us who were lucky enough to travel extensively in the back of the L1011 Tristar would worry quite a lot if creaks, rattles and assorted unidentifiable squeaks and groans did not start when the brakes came off, reach a crescendo on the taxiway, continue during the climb, cruise and descent, reach another crescendo on touchdown as the galley came apart, and carry on until the gate was reached.

The shenigans of the crew in the downstairs galley on a long flight was one of the noise sources, of course, but the rest was down to the aircraft's design concept as a collection of loosely connected but inter-dependent parts flying together.
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