N49WA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 8624 times:
Interesting photo collection of the United fleet over the years in the Chicago Tribune. I spotted a couple of obvious errors in the descriptions, see what you think:
26point2 From United States of America, joined Mar 2010, 666 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 8529 times:
Very cool pics. "Executive Flights" for men only? Didn't know United had this sort of thing. Looks like a Caravelle. Also, in pic 11 the PanAm logo is being painted over by a guy with a paint roller? Always thought they sprayed the paint on. Funny.
ABQopsHP From United States of America, joined May 2006, 834 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 8527 times:
Loved the low shot of the passengers disembarking from the back of the 727. Plus all the great shots of the DC-8s
DesertAir From Mexico, joined Jan 2006, 1389 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 8417 times:
Great Photos;
When I was a young boy, my father used to take me to the airport in Stockton, CA to see the UA flight, I think it was a 340 like in the photo. Later on, UA used the 737-200 on Central Valley routes. I had the privilege to fly on one of UA´s early 747s in 1971 from JFK to SFO; the DC-10 from SFO to ORD and from SFO to BOS, and a number of there 727 flights. I will fly UA again this coming July, a booked CO reward trip from SAN to Belize City.
bohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2411 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 8198 times:
Quoting 26point2 (Reply 1): in pic 11 the PanAm logo is being painted over by a guy with a paint roller? Always thought they sprayed the paint on.
IIRC the L-1011 was in temporary hybrid colors for a short period of time. They had the UA titles and the tulip on the tail with the PA blue stripe until they were repainted.
May UA reconfigure all widebodies to resemble those found in pictures 4 and 5.
Viscount630 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2005, 223 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 6285 times:
Quoting bohica (Reply 4): IIRC the L-1011 was in temporary hybrid colors for a short period of time. They had the UA titles and the tulip on the tail with the PA blue stripe until they were repainted.
Tan Flyr From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 1847 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 6218 times:
where was the Caravelle? the Stretch-8? the 777?
They were certailnly "more " of UAL history than 6 L1011's were for a couple or 3 years.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 7, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 6040 times:
The 1940s wooden mock up of a DC-8 is not the late 1950s designed Douglas jetliner. Douglas had a twin engine tail pusher design in 1939 (the engines were mounted below the wings mid-fuselarge with drive shafts driving countra-rotating propellers on the tail), but it was so expensive for airlines of the time they could not afford it. The DC-8 Propeller airliner would have carried 48 passengers (considered a very large capacity at the time) some 2,000 nm at aster the the about 240 mph, much faster than the DC-3 and almost as fast as the B-17B/C.
kgaiflyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 3650 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 4672 times:
Quoting Tan Flyr (Reply 6):
They were certainly "more " of UAL history than 6 L1011's were for a couple or 3 years.
I've got to admit -- back in my Allegheny Airlines days, I thought United flew planes like Allegheny -- just with more engines.
Airport From United States of America, joined Aug 2009, 1397 posts, RR: 9 Reply 10, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3833 times:
Quoting Tan Flyr (Reply 6): where was the Caravelle? the Stretch-8? the 777?
They were certailnly "more " of UAL history than 6 L1011's were for a couple or 3 years.
Relax, it's just a fun article/photo collection that celebrates UA's history, if you really wanted an in-depth historical look at the airline then go buy a book or research it on the web.
vaus77w From Australia, joined Aug 2011, 141 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2686 times:
I found the last photo interesting, how they were disembarking out the back of the plane, below the tail. Don't most planes have a pressure bulkhead at the back that would prevent this?
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (1 year 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2396 times:
The B-727, DC-9, MD-80 all have a hatch that must be opened to exit through the aft pressure bulkhead.
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