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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2018, 04:43
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

WHBM -- I am very glad I was a kid and not an...

WHBM --
I am very glad I was a kid and not an adult back then, and did not know the frightening facts about how dangerous flying was back then. I only learned that fairly recently. Heck, I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Mar 2018, 22:46
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

WHBM and broadreach -- Thanks for the very...

WHBM and broadreach --
Thanks for the very interesting replies! I really enjoy stories of "the old days".

We never had to use oxygen back then, in any of the planes I flew in. I would have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Mar 2018, 06:15
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

WHBM, tonytales, treadigraph, and...

WHBM, tonytales, treadigraph, and buttonpushignored --
Thank you very much, each of you, for the fascinating and very interesting replies! No worries about thread drift -- I LOVE learning new...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Mar 2018, 01:43
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

tonytales -- Your comment about Aramco's superb...

tonytales --
Your comment about Aramco's superb maintenance of their aircraft squares with my family's memories of how finicky Aramco was about maintaining their airplanes. Nice to have that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Mar 2018, 00:36
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

WHBM -- Thank you very much! .I did not know...

WHBM --
Thank you very much! .I did not know about "planelist.com". (Obviously!) I am wrong about there being 3 DC-4s, but I know I flew in one of Aramco's DC-4s at least once or twice before any...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2018, 23:38
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

button push ignored -- Thanks for the info. ...

button push ignored --
Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure they all have been scrapped.

I do wish someone had a history of each of them -- or at least of the Camel.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2018, 21:46
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

Oh, my..... I did not know that that plane that...

Oh, my..... I did not know that that plane that crashed had been an Aramco plane. What a tragic event for the world.

And Aramco Services has no archives, either.

These DC-4s were used at lest...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2018, 19:06
Replies: 22
Views: 8,409
Posted By ConnieLover

Aramco's 3 DC-4s -- What happened to them?

Was wondering this recently, and was not able to find any info about their eventual fates anywhere on the web, and Saudi Aramco apparently does not maintain any kind of archive, from what I found on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jan 2018, 18:56
Replies: 9
Views: 2,860
Posted By ConnieLover

DaveReidUK: Thank you for the link to all that...

DaveReidUK: Thank you for the link to all that interesting info. That is a real treasure trove.

Cubs2jets: Sorry, but no, not now. I'll find a photo-hosting website I like and put some photos...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jan 2018, 06:59
Replies: 9
Views: 2,860
Posted By ConnieLover

Thanks, megan, for the info! This airplane...

Thanks, megan, for the info! This airplane really had quite an interesting career!

The reason I asked is because I am in the picture next to a family member who was 5 feet tall, and I am shown...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Dec 2017, 21:20
Replies: 9
Views: 2,860
Posted By ConnieLover

AA "Flagship Bristol" info wanted

An old family photo with no date in it shows the nose of American Airlines "Flagship Bristol" at the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Municipal Airport -- the name is painted on a hangar.

I just wanted to know...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Dec 2017, 20:45
Replies: 559
Views: 590,281
Posted By ConnieLover

Mods: Please tell us: why was this extremely...

Mods:
Please tell us: why was this extremely important and very interesting thread moved? Moving it essentially buried it where few will see it and few will be able to find it. And it was moved...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
23rd Nov 2017, 03:28
Replies: 559
Views: 590,281
Posted By ConnieLover

Several more months? Not surprising, since this...

Several more months? Not surprising, since this is a complex dance of sorts in which everyone involved is trying to see to it that they get the best deal after all the dust settles.

If the legal...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Nov 2017, 06:19
Replies: 61
Views: 10,076
Posted By ConnieLover

Thanks, everyone, for the fascinating stories! ...

Thanks, everyone, for the fascinating stories!

I had no idea biplanes were so common back then, and also even not long ago. I only flew i that one once. Wish I could remember a lot of details...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Nov 2017, 00:41
Replies: 61
Views: 10,076
Posted By ConnieLover

Oh, my! Thank you, each and every one of you,...

Oh, my! Thank you, each and every one of you, for the fascinating replies! I had no idea any De Havillands were still around and flying!

FourWings --
That poor biplane -- her wings got eaten by...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2017, 20:06
Replies: 61
Views: 10,076
Posted By ConnieLover

Thanks, Buster11! That was a very speedy reply! ...

Thanks, Buster11! That was a very speedy reply! Wow..... Your experiences are incredible and wonderful! What did you think of the Tiger Moth as far as bow easy she was to fly? (SLF here, so do...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2017, 19:32
Replies: 61
Views: 10,076
Posted By ConnieLover

Thanks for the very speedy replies! That is...

Thanks for the very speedy replies!

That is wonderful! When were those flights?

Hmmmmm..... methinks there may be a gray area in my question. One could have -- as yhou did -- flown in a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2017, 18:26
Replies: 61
Views: 10,076
Posted By ConnieLover

Who else still alive has ever flown in a commercially-operated biplane?

I have. Have any of you? Or do any of you know anyone still alive now who has? Or have a y of you ever been a pilot in a commercially-operated biplane?

And the reason for the flight cannot have...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
4th Nov 2017, 17:51
Replies: 559
Views: 590,281
Posted By ConnieLover

Pardon the questions from a SLF, but no one has...

Pardon the questions from a SLF, but no one has addressed them.

How will anyone be able to work on this huge aircraft outside with no proper facilities -- shelter, lights, electricity, compressed...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Oct 2017, 20:41
Replies: 559
Views: 590,281
Posted By ConnieLover

SLF coming out of lurk mode to share some info...

SLF coming out of lurk mode to share some info about the ranges of a Beluga and an An-124.

Purely FWIW:

NOT from the Airbus website, which left the range blank:
According to airliners.net:...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Dec 2015, 05:53
Replies: 1,178
Views: 809,357
Posted By ConnieLover

Drones. Are. Dangerous. Always. Pandora’s...

Drones. Are. Dangerous. Always.

Pandora’s Box has been opened, and even the most ardent drone users and those who support them will eventually realize how wrong they are.

Remember the recent...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2014, 04:40
Replies: 1,178
Views: 809,357
Posted By ConnieLover

Terrorism.terrorists :eek:

Terrorism.terrorists :eek:
Forum: Tech Log
11th Dec 2014, 04:36
Replies: 23
Views: 8,131
Posted By ConnieLover

"Crews perform coupling and decoupling of the...

"Crews perform coupling and decoupling of the TaxiBot on the taxiway, close to the runway."

That seems way too dangerous. :eek: And exposing those people to the tremendous noise made by...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
3rd Dec 2014, 23:15
Replies: 420
Views: 91,022
Posted By ConnieLover

Those who, like Tourist, use the military as an...

Those who, like Tourist, use the military as an example of technology that is ready to be copied by civilians ignore one crucial fact: in the military a certain percentage of losses is acceptable,...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Nov 2014, 19:46
Replies: 1,178
Views: 809,357
Posted By ConnieLover

Microburst2002 (Post #32) and Capot (Post #44) ...

Microburst2002 (Post #32) and Capot (Post #44) --
Thank you very much for your words of wisdom.

Stone-age beliefs and psychology and 21st century technology is a lethal combination. :eek:
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