Boy This Nostalgia Stuff Will Kill You!
I keep reading these threads mentioning this, that and the other from the past and it brings back memories. And the latest about the L-1011 sent me to my flight log to do some reminiscing. Many of you that know me know that I traveled for business (a polite way of saying on someone else's dime) for over 30 years so the log is long and rich with much history. Thought you guys might like to know a little of it.
Many of you probably know I'm more of a Boeing/Douglas (and Lockheed of course) man than an Airbus type and my stats prove it out. My Boeing/Douglas flights out number my Airbus flights 22 to 1 :)
Number of flights on particular aircraft:
707 - 13
727 - 567
737 - 218
747 - 30
747SP - 4
757 - 67
767 - 54
777 - 1
DC-9 - 139
DC-10 - 185
DC-8 - 10
MD-11 - 2
MD-80 - 239
MD-90 - 2
L-1049 - 1
L-1011 - 35
SST - 2
As if that wasn't enough I then looked at my list of airlines flown and found these:
Air Aruba, Air Virginia, Allegheny, ALM, BEA, Braniff, Canada 3000, Capitol, CP Air, Eastern, Holiday Air, Kiwi, Metro, National, New York Air, New York Helicopter, North Central, Ozark, Pacific Western, PSA, Pan Am, Peoples Express, Piedmont, Precision, Republic, Simmons, Southern, Swissair, Texas International and TWA.
To my knowledge, everyone of them are now gone. Things certainly have changed in the 30+ years I've been flying. Sorry if I've bored you with this :)
Art
Boy This Nostalgia Stuff Will Kill You!
WN flew me for free last feb to get a tour of thier hdq's in Dallas- i got to meet gary kelly- colleen - nd uncle herb- all at the same time :) it was the best time of my life- everyone there knew my name ( because my aunt works at wn customer realtions ) it was the best time i have ever had i even got to do the take off and landing in a 73NG sim- best trip i have ever had- but to go back on subject- i have been on a 737- 11 times
here are the regs
N322SW N609SW N203WN
N329SW N616SW
N380SW N762SW Delta Airlines
N411WN N768SW N320DL
N452WN N351SW
N482WN N790SW
i never flown wn before- and most planes i saw in the wn hanger
Boy This Nostalgia Stuff Will Kill You!
boy art - u were lucky that u werent there in 1985- i wonder if u flew the same TWA 727 heres the reg of that plane N64339- made in 1974- i want to be a pilot so i hope i never have to worry about a hijack