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MEA-707 wrote:Some people here are dramaqueens... they can easily book an A380, 767 or A340-600 without even leaving their continent.
SFOThinker wrote:One prop airliner that I am glad I missed was the Canadair Northstar, a version of the DC 4 with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of radials, where the cabin noise was above 90 decibels, enough to impair hearing. I wonder how many Trans Canada employees suffered hearing loss working on them, not to mention RCAF personnel who also worked on them?
American 767 wrote:MORE 727s. There is no better answer than that coming out of my mouth.
Philippine747 wrote:MD-80! Was looking at Far Eastern Air Transport for a possible day trip to Penghu, but a few days before I flew to Taipei, the airline folded. Thankfully never booked tickets but still miffed about it.
DeltaMD95 wrote:Philippine747 wrote:MD-80! Was looking at Far Eastern Air Transport for a possible day trip to Penghu, but a few days before I flew to Taipei, the airline folded. Thankfully never booked tickets but still miffed about it.
What about Airfast Indonesia? Seems like this option would still be available to you.
acavpics wrote:United's 767-200
And I'm talking about the original JT9-D powered jet's. Not the ones -200ER's they inherited from Continental.
And American's 757/767.
Yup. I've lived in the USA my whole life, and have never been on a 757 or a 767.
Aaron747 wrote:Concorde and MD-11. Was fortunate to catch older types before they were retired in late 1990s/early 2000s.
American 767 wrote:MORE 727s. There is no better answer than that coming out of my mouth. I have flown on those but not enough. I wish I had flown on more of those, a lot more than I actually did. That's why I insist on the word "more". Imagine this: you are so hungry that you feel you could eat two pounds of meat yourself in one single meal, a huge thick T-Bone steak for yourself, and all you are allowed to get is one ounce of meat, and a few veggies, no bread, that's it. I felt the same when back in the late 80s and 90s, I was deprived of flying on 727s. I always got to fly on MD-80s, A300s a couple of times, Fokker 100s, 737s and 757s, but no 727s. Yes 727s also, but much fewer than I would have liked. I was starved to death for 727s, the same way a poor child in Ethiopia is starving to death. Have I flown on 727s? NOT ENOUGH. Back in 2002, I flew MIA-TPA-MIA in one evening just to be on the final flight of the 727 at American. This was my last flight on a 727, ever. I could tell a lot more stories but I won't because if I do my post will be too long.
You must be wondering then why my username is American 767, it's because I have flown on a lot of those with American TATL during the 90s and 2000s.