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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

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"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,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
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, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

A UPS DC-8:


UPS retired their DC-8s in 2009.

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4 comments:

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

Are those upgraded engines? Was the DC8 flying those back in the day?

3/05/2017 12:17 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Upgraded. The original DC-8 had straight turbojets (JT3's and 4's) with almost no bypass. As a bonus, they could reverse the outboard engines to increase their descents and slowdown a bit...but it shook the hell outta the plane. The last ones were upgraded to CFM56's (high bypass).

Second bonus, the reason for those cabin curtains and dividers was allegedly that if you could see from front to back on the old B-707 and DC-8, you could see a slight fuselage bend when they turned!

3/05/2017 12:38 PM
Old NFO said...

Yep, definitely upgraded engines! SO much quieter... Try standing in the back of an A320 and you can watch the WHOLE fuselage twist in turbulence... SCARY!!! I'd take an old Douglas or Boeing bird any day!!!

3/05/2017 2:01 PM
LRod said...

CenterGuy,

Ah, yes, the old "slow down and hurry down" exercise. 707s could also reverse the outboards (and of course experienced controllers "never" got themselves into a situation when they needed that). But we knew they could and would sometimes ask. Pilots didn't like to because it jostled the customers. Hell, they often didn't want to use the speed brakes (spoilers) either for the same, although less pronounced, reason.

LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired

3/05/2017 2:32 PM

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