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To: DUMBGRUNT

I rode on a 747 to and from the middle east. I liked that plane ride.


7 posted on 02/09/2020 3:41:50 PM PST by Redcitizen ("There's no replacement for shot placement" - Paul Harrell)
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To: Redcitizen

Our battalion went to Gulf War I in 747s and during Gulf War II my unit deployed on a C-5. I guess it was no different than when the boys took luxury ocean liners to Europe in WWII.


52 posted on 02/09/2020 4:52:58 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Redcitizen
The piano bar USED to be very enjoyable. It was like an actual bar! I had the pleasure of flying a United 747 from Chicago to Denver (the Air Force made me) in Oct 1970 4 months after their inaugural flight. I was a mile "high" before we landed!😎


57 posted on 02/09/2020 5:01:10 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Redcitizen

I rode on a 747 from New York to Dallas when American Airlines had the piano bar in the rear lounge. God, it was fun! 1973, I think.


65 posted on 02/09/2020 5:20:27 PM PST by Loud Mime ("Now, go and do your duty before darkness covers the earth." Michael Uhlmann (1939 - 2019))
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To: Redcitizen

Rode my first 747 from Chicago to Anchorage, then on to Tokyo. That was in October 1976. What a wonderful trip. The coolest thing of all is that the flight must have been a back-haul and they needed the plane in Tokyo, because it was 95% empty! I think every paying passenger had a dedicated stewardess as well as an entire row to stretch out in. Only time that has happened and I’ll never forget it!


88 posted on 02/09/2020 7:33:25 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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