tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post9012830684262725696..comments2024-03-28T08:13:03.545-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : The Old DaysComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-20292666252131207812012-01-12T06:42:56.640-05:002012-01-12T06:42:56.640-05:00Charles, they said "airplanes", not &quo...Charles, they said "airplanes", not "airliners". There was a lot of military and civilian flying back then.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-85158615709965824432012-01-12T01:55:13.245-05:002012-01-12T01:55:13.245-05:00"Every second of every day an average of 5 ai..."Every second of every day an average of 5 airplanes are taking off or landing somewhere in these United States." That works out to over 200,000 flights a day. That was in 1965. A little checking shows that the number of flights these days is much lower, like 25,000 commercial flights per day in the US. Something's not right.Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-10070983870657433722012-01-10T21:51:16.714-05:002012-01-10T21:51:16.714-05:00Nope. Frank Lorenzo takes the prize—Trans Texas (l...Nope. Frank Lorenzo takes the prize—Trans Texas (later Texas Air), Continental (only partially destroyed), and Eastern. Varying sources <i>credit</i> him with some other kills, as well—People's Express and New York Air among them.<br /><br />He was so bad, the DOT denied his request to start another airline. His name is not spoken in my S-i-L's household (his father was a captain for Eastern).<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retiredLRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16134559884186507302012-01-10T20:40:03.175-05:002012-01-10T20:40:03.175-05:00Stewart, only American, Untied and Delta. Carl Ic...Stewart, only American, Untied and Delta. Carl Icahn personally destroyed at least two of the airlines in the film (TWA and Eastern).Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-39263882186527089252012-01-10T19:39:41.466-05:002012-01-10T19:39:41.466-05:00Jeebers, can you find any airlines shown here that...Jeebers, can you find any airlines shown here that are still flying?<br />As a kid in the '60's, I flew in Connies and DC-3s and once went through the Saarinen TWA building when it was still a temple to flight....later again when it had turned to a cattle yard. Now it just sits there. Saw a Connie in the Tucson air museum and was amazed at how small it was....737s are bigger.Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-84498472281335296842012-01-10T16:21:46.564-05:002012-01-10T16:21:46.564-05:00Ah memories. Going to Disneyland from SFO, A turbo...Ah memories. Going to Disneyland from SFO, A turbo-prop airplane, and then a ride closer to the park in an OLD Sikorski helicopter. Shaking from the engine vibration and noise and excitement. What a ride that day was. Probably late 1950's.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83948840009338081672012-01-10T16:11:16.608-05:002012-01-10T16:11:16.608-05:00Goodness.
My family had flown (via MATS) during t...Goodness.<br /><br />My family had flown (via MATS) during that era, so I remember some of that stuff.<br /><br />I remember many of the commercials for those airlines.<br /><br />I didn't know Continental went back that far!D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-86445250195657681702012-01-10T15:04:00.610-05:002012-01-10T15:04:00.610-05:00Ah, memories. I worked all of those airlines and a...Ah, memories. I worked all of those airlines and all of those airplanes. Son-in-Law's father is retired Eastern Captain.<br /><br />Interesting to see the old center images (my principal domain) as well as the old TRACON images (some time at ORD, too). Interestingly, the boards (strip bays) were at a steeper angle during my career than depicted. Yep, I used horizontal radar displays and shrimp boats. <br /><br />It was interesting to see the hand written strips (wrote thousands of them myself) mixed in with Card-a-Type strips.<br /><br />Note the white shirts, black slacks, and black ties (narrow). Yep, that was the "uniform" back in the day. Pastels were creeping into fashion by the time I hired in, and I never owned a white shirt. I actually got counseled by management about my wardrobe.<br /><br />Fact checking: One can't get to 32L at ORD solely by the Outer—it's the Outer to the Parallel (32L-14R implied) or Outer to T-3 (32L was >11,000' long, so intersection takeoffs, especially from the United gates, were not uncommon.<br /><br />"210" is a wrong callsign for direction of flight. ORD-LAX being westbound, the flight number would have been odd—just the opposite of altitudes.<br /><br />We never said "Flight Level 39 Thousand"—it's always been Flight Level 390 (pronounced "three nine zero"). Do a search for a blog by that name for some excellently written airline insider postings.<br /><br />At and around ORD we never used headings other than 10° increments. We would never have switched an aircraft over to center on a "258 degree [sic]" heading—250° or 260°, and "degrees" is never articulated.<br /><br />ORD approach/departure was never addressed as ORD Tower. It was ORD Approach or ORD Departure. A more common variation was Chicago Approach or Chicago Departure, especially nowadays when it's not even at ORD.<br /><br />Loved seeing all those Model 28 Teletypes—R and KSR.<br /><br />Cringed seeing the Bell Model 52 headsets—the most godawfully uncomfortable headset ever devised. I never used one, but there were older timers than me who were still using them when I retired in '97.<br /><br />Ah, memories.<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retiredLRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.com