Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

Lockheed JetStar



The JetStar was the first successful business jet. McDonnell built a prototype business jet of roughly the same size, the M-119/220.
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3 comments:

Frank Van Haste said...

Dear Miss Fit:

"Thanks for the memory!" :-)

I spent about a year (ca. 1970-71) in the design engineering area at Pratt & Whitney. The windows of 3rd floor of the engineering building overlooked the main runway of Rentschler Field, the company's airfield (NOT a football stadium). One of the aircraft that was in and out routinely was UTC's Jetstar. Powered by four JT-11 (aka J-60) straight pipe turbojets, the Jetstar was a miracle of effectiveness in turning JP-4 into noise...when that bird took off toward the building and went over, conversation of necessity stopped.

Good ol' daze, eh?

Best,

Frank

11/10/2013 12:01 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Love that smokey departure. Reminds me of pushing back at DAL in the jumpseat of a SWA B737-300 and watching the pilots curse those high-bypass engines on the short routes (DAL-AUS, DAL-HOU, DAL-SAT, etc). An older B737-200 was being pushed back next to us and the co-pilot predicted he'd be started and gone before we got #2 lit. He was right, the 200 was rolling off as we turned #2.

The stovepipe engines weren't efficient but they started much faster and that's why SWA kept them on the DAL-HOU-DAL loop until they retired the last ones. They said they could save 5 minutes a flight...basically get an extra flight a day outta the old mules.

11/10/2013 7:51 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

Frank, I remember when Rentschler Field was an airport. Shame it closed. A bigger shame was the loss of Johnnycake, though.

11/11/2013 10:06 AM

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