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Forum: Tech Log
25th Oct 2008, 00:19
Replies: 27
Views: 12,326
Posted By EAL747

High Altitude Bird Strike

In the 60's, I was in 707 school in Miami for upgrade. The discussion one day was why we switched the window heat switches from high to low above 10,000 ft. The instructor mentioned that there...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Apr 2007, 18:08
Replies: 53
Views: 20,405
Posted By EAL747

Thumbs up The Whisper Prop

Anyone who ever flew the Electra would agree that it was one of the finest airplanes to fly that was ever designed. I flew the model with the squaretip Aero-Products Propeller, but I suspect the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Apr 2007, 17:49
Replies: 73
Views: 24,516
Posted By EAL747

Thumbs up Retirement

Great Thread,
My experience is different from the rest. I rode Dad's J/S on his retirement flight from LHR to MIA in the 747. He had started 38 years earlier flying the mail across Florida. He...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2006, 17:57
Replies: 1
Views: 1,381
Posted By EAL747

Angel Reynolds Wrap Rocket

Rather than respond to jondc9's comment about the nickname, "rocket," I thought a new thread might be worthwhile. Eastern took delivery of the original issue DC-9's We had 15 of the DC9-10. One of...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Jun 2006, 14:18
Replies: 33
Views: 9,416
Posted By EAL747

DC-9 Nose gear stuck

Evening flight into Nashville in a DC9-31 late winter 1975. Nose gear wouldn't come down. Every procedure was carried out. We flew east of Nashville to try plan "B" (not found in any manual). The...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Jun 2006, 22:42
Replies: 1
Views: 1,209
Posted By EAL747

Question PASSRIDE: Monarch, Britannia, Air Tours, Thomson, etc.

:ugh: How come retirees cannot passride on Monarch, Britannia, AirTours, Thomson, etc. originating Sanford, Florida (SFB) round trip to Gatwick (LGW)?
Space available to me means paying for and...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
24th May 2006, 17:43
Replies: 15
Views: 3,224
Posted By EAL747

Airbus Differences?

I preface my question with my 1,777 hours flying the A-300 B4 and occasionally the B2. I will have been retired 20 years next month, so knowledge of our industry is old. Except for fuel efficiency...
Forum: Questions
30th Apr 2006, 13:32
Replies: 38
Views: 8,269
Posted By EAL747

Thumbs up Courtesy

All legalities aside, isn't declaring "heavy" a courtesy thing? Whether you're at 410 or on approach, the other guys on the radio appreciate knowing who is sharing the sky. Is it so hard to make an...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2006, 02:12
Replies: 94
Views: 20,594
Posted By EAL747

Torque & P Factor

ORAC is correct. The Island is on the right because of the propeller airplane's tendency to go left with power added. The earliest carrier, USS Langley CV1, lay all its stacks and antennas horizontal...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Nov 2005, 17:28
Replies: 94
Views: 24,533
Posted By EAL747

Once around the Pattern

It sure would be nice to get one trip around the pattern in the left seat, and I don't mean the simulator. Unfortunately, some non aviator bureaucrat has decreed that I am too old.
Speaking of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Nov 2005, 00:20
Replies: 99
Views: 18,141
Posted By EAL747

Thumbs up Delta Pilot Strike? By all Means

Lessee...Eastern's "management" handpicked their bankruptcy judge. Do you suppose Delta's "management" did the same? How do you suppose "management" gets to keep their golden parachutes while the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Sep 2005, 14:05
Replies: 90
Views: 13,620
Posted By EAL747

Age 60 Fight is old news

My dad (NAL) and godfather (EAL) may have been the first to fight the age 60 retirement. They started in 1967 to try to overturn the good-ole-boys deal that FAA Administrator Quesada made with...
Forum: Questions
13th Sep 2005, 13:07
Replies: 38
Views: 6,689
Posted By EAL747

Safest Mode of Travel is: drum roll please

Some years ago the safest mode of travel was an elevator (lift to those in UK). #2 was walking. #3 was a comercial airliner. #20 of 20 categories was an automobile.
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