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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

5th Jan 2009, 07:43

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By genex

On the other hand....the 737 was ugly, slow and...

On the other hand....the 737 was ugly, slow and had hubcaps. Surely that offsets all the operational flexibility?

And to my knowledge....there was never a zip-top '9

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Jan 2009, 21:00

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By genex

Ah yes....nearly forgot the Pan Am trip to Hawaii...

Ah yes....nearly forgot the Pan Am trip to Hawaii in'74. What a nice little holiday and first flight on the 747, upstairs dining room and all.

Remember struggling down the ILS fighting the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Dec 2008, 20:16

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By genex

A young Genex with a brand new drivers licence...

A young Genex with a brand new drivers licence was driving the lovely Dot Macfarlane home from an evening church youth group function in North Essendon one evening in Essendon when we decided to...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Dec 2008, 20:08

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By genex

There was talk....don't know if it ever...

There was talk....don't know if it ever happened....that the then hotshot marketing boss at AN (think it was Tom Dury or somesuch) was going to send a DC-9 rivet encased in glass around to all of...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Dec 2008, 09:56

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By genex

It is a fact that there were talks about using...

It is a fact that there were talks about using the Australian DC-9s on some sort of low-cost operation in the late 80's when deregulation (foreshadowed in 1987) was approaching. Never got to more...

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