[RVN Airplane Driver]

Al....do you have any idea of how many ADF approaches have minimums of 250 ft.....I do...NONE.... Your weather observations are highly suspect....

As for an obsolute version of the Boeing 737....what is your basis for that brillant observation....

[Al Simmons]

I was referring to the ceiling when the plane TOOK OFF in Tuzla - maybe it was 1000 feet - I am not trained to estimate like you - but the plane took off and was in the clouds a second or two later. It made an impression on me.

[Al Simmons]

OK, hyperbole is sometimes my weakness; here are the two things that the plane had, which looked to me a bit outdated (as a layman):

The plane had 4 small engines instead of the 2 large "shark-mouth" engines that commercial B-737s carry nowadays; and

The plane had an antenna suspended between the top of the fuselage and the top of the tail.

I thought that arrangement went out with the Stuka in WWII, but again, I am a layman and can only report on what I saw, not necessarily explain the purpose it served. If you have some comment on these observations I'd be interested to hear it...