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, March 17, 2024

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

The most gorgeous airliner ever made, the Constellation:



Never rode one. I did ride a DC-7 when I was too young to really appreciate it.
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5 comments:

Stewart Dean said...

Out in Tucson, went to the Aviation museum. As kid would ride a Connie from Louisville to Pittsburgh, then a DC-3 over the humps to McKeon Regional (Bradford). At the museum, they had a Connie next to a 737. I was amazed: the Connie smaller than the 737 What a pretty bird...no excuses.
Also saw the Titan Missile Museum
https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

3/17/2024 6:34 AM
seafury said...

The museum you're talking about is the Pima aviation museum. It's on my bucket list. They have a great collection. Misfit, how lucky you are to have ridden on the DC-7. Len Morgan (I'm sure you've heard of him) was a retired Braniff Airways pilot and probably one of the greatest aviation authors who ever lived. His words regarding the DC-7. " The elevator had the same dimensions as it's predecessor the DC-6. Ask an aerodynamicist to answer that one". He said it landed like a bag of hammers or something to that effect.

3/17/2024 11:00 AM
JustMusing said...

Flew in Connie once and it was a thrill since it was my first flight. Graduated to 707 after that.

3/17/2024 2:44 PM
Old NFO said...

We had two of the Navy version at NAS Glynco back in the day. Great and comfortable birds to crew on. And yes, LOTS of flap to reconfigure the wing enough to slow them down! She was a bit slower than the DC-6, but a lot more comfortable, but only topped out at about FL250.

3/17/2024 3:22 PM
Richard said...

Crewed on a connie back in the early 60's, Great old bird, and comfey, but without power
it had a glide path similar to a manhole cover.

3/19/2024 4:41 PM

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