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