Delta for me. Yes, I've had compressor stalls on #2, and yes, I am a Naval Aviator. The 727 had great brakes. You could land on rwy 4 at LGA and make taxiway E. The 737-800 has better brakes.
On May 1, 2013, at 8:01 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > That wasn't you flying that Eastern shuttle that suffered a series of > compressor stalls on the center engine during takeoff was it? Or maybe you > were flying the one that had the pressure valve fail during flight leading to > cabin depressurization? Were you a Naval Aviator before flying commercial? > I knew a lot of those guys were, they pretended DCA was a carrier when > landing. SLAM that sucker down then grab that cable!!! > > --R > > > On 5/1/13 7:39 AM, Jon Agne wrote: >> Absolutely nothing. All aircraft are designed to carry their load within a >> distance of what is called center of gravity (cg). Transport category >> aircraft are especially sensitive to cg's which are out of tolerance >> (outside the envelope), and when the cargo shifted, it probably placed the >> cg well aft of the limit making the aircraft completely uncontrollable in >> the pitch axis. Very sad. >> >> I flew 727's for years on the NY shuttle routes, and if there was no cargo, >> we would routinely use ballast (sand bags) in the forward cargo bin to get >> our cg within limits. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
