KC-135 and E3 AWACS fly over/near our house all the time - both based on the 707. We can easily distinguish them from the other jets out of Tinker AFB - the maintenance hub for these.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:18 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When the family first started with Ambassadair, they were still flying > 707s. I flew them a couple times. Noisy as heck as I recall. > > -D > > > On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:13 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The L-1011 was probably the best of that generation, sadly it never > sold as well as the DC-10, which was NOT the best of that generation. > > > > Beautiful aircraft, and I've heard it was nice to fly as well. > > > > > >> On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:54 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > >> > >> I flew on N194AT and N163AT frequently in the early half of the 1980s > as a member of a “Ambassadair”, later known as “ATA” when it was a private > travel club. One was a -100 variant, the other a -500 model. Both of these > were used for international and long-haul domestic flights as well as > charters. There was a third L-1011 in their fleet but I don’t have pictures > of it. I think it was destroyed in a ground fire in the late 80s. > >> > >> My Mom did many, many hours in these as she traveled extensively with > them overseas. They had at least one DC-10 I know she flew in with them as > well, they might have had more, I don’t recall. > >> > >> They were wonderful aircraft, and really impressive when you were > standing next to them out on the tarmac. > >> > >> -D > >> > >>>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> L-1011 was the first "big" jet I ever flew in. Boston to Bermuda. > Would have been '87 or so. We took a 727 Portland to Boston... > >>> > >>> Curt > >>> > >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > >>> > >>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:37 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: L-1011 was very advanced for its time. I > believe it was the first commercial airliner with auto-land. If the engines > hadn't been sole-sourced wirh Rolls Royce they might have been more > commercially viable. > >>> > >>> Sort of wish Lockheed had stayed in the commercial market but the > L-1011 was their swan song. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 2:31 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes > wrote: > >>>> Say what you will about the L-1011 or DC-10, you never got the BSOD. > >>>> > >>>> Flaming ACTUAL death on a DC-10, occasionally, yes, but that's part > of the > >>>> fun. :D > >>>> > >>>> My first attempt to ride an Airbus was in the early 80s; it BSODed > and we > >>>> hadda switch to a DC-10. Very comfy ride. > >>>> > >>>> -MMM- > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://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 > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> > >>> 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 > >> > >> 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 > > > > 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 > > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://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
