Posted on 03/03/2016 2:29:36 PM PST by SZonian
He started out in aviation stretching canvas on bi-panes.
He finished flying 727's.
Some big name airlines went under or got bought out.. Pan Am, Eastern, TWA, Braniff, America West, Peoples, Midway, Midwest Express, ..more recently Northwest, Continental, US Air-- prolly missed a few.
PS-- Dont forget the Trump shuttle but shhhhhh-- dont remind Mittens, ehehehe.
“I would like to fly 1st Class at least once so that I can relive the experiences of what it used to be like when one flew Coach.I would like to fly 1st Class at least once so that I can relive the experiences of what it used to be like when one flew Coach.”
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I got bumped up once(long story) and it was great.
The food was terrific but I’d eat PB&J just to have the seats.
Truly relaxing,unlike the cattle cars of economy class.
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"PS-- Dont forget the Trump shuttle but shhhhhh-- dont remind Mittens, ehehehe."
Heh!
Good for you!
I’ve heard of it happening, but like catching lightning in a bottle...
I was on the flight of that plane on Jan 13, 1991 into San Francisco. I remember it wasn’t very full - I had a whole row to myself. I had no idea about the plane or what was going to happen - something I’ll never forget and have talked about many times since.
After we were at cruise, the Captain came on and welcomed us and then said he was going to tell us a story. That single story lasted almost ten minutes as he talked the whole time.
He told us about a boy. A boy who was in love with airplanes. A boy whose father took him to (I think) the St. Louis airport in (I think) 1963. They went to see a new plane - an amazing new jet with three engines. The boy held his father’s hand and watched, in awe, as the plane landed.
The boy grew up, but never lost his love of airplanes. He became a pilot and eventually a captain for United Airlines.
The pilot then said, “As you might have guessed, that boy was me, but what you might not have known is that the plane I saw that day was this one - the first 727.”
My jaw dropped. There wasn’t a sound in the cabin. Even the flight attendants were standing still, listening.
He then said, this is the last day for this plane. It’ll go on one more flight, but after that, it’ll be sent to a museum. ‘
‘He apologized for talking so long. When the PA was quiet, everyone on the plane applauded.
That’s a cool story...thanks for sharing.
I started in 82, made it to big league in 87
First time I flew on a 747 was a short, domestic flight: Chicago to Denver.
LOL. Now you’re describing almost every modern aircraft. We flew American last week from PHX to Columbus and man are they cheap. Didn’t even have headsets available.
I read somewhere that he had the interiors of his planes spruced up quite a bit, but can’t find any pics...
It’s still something I’d like to do...
If not that, then at least get to spend a few days in and around a maintenance facility.
I’m really interested in how they do business.
I vaguely remember a DC something ... maybe a 7
All I know is, we kids (two or three of us from Boston to Iowa with our mother) were all dressed up like going to church and our voices vibrated because of the prop vibration .... we LOVED it
I don't remember food ... I was born in "48 so maybe around '52, '3 or '4
“All I know is, we kids (two or three of us from Boston to Iowa with our mother”
I’ll be darned——my first flight was Boston to OKC.
It must have been awesome for a child——lucky you.
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Very good chance that my late father had captained that particular bird.
Now that you mention it, I "think" the only time I was on one was a short night hop from L.A. to San Diego on an almost empty plane after I missed my earlier flight. Never looked out at the terminal to see what it was, just got on and away we went. Kind of hard to experience the 747 (if it was one) on such a short hop. By the time I started taking longer vacation trips it was all 757 twin engine stuff.
I haven't stretched this memory in 60 years or so
Mine was a DC 10. The plane with that flight number crashed a week later in Chicago.
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