Delta 717 departs runway at PIT

[T/O w/FSII]

...easy there skip, don't know which models have the rear stairs that deploy as I am not some mad dog fanboi

It’s not stairs, it’s a slide. 1 more strike, skip.

 

[JordanD]

I don't see the big deal, aren't planes supposed to depart from runways?

 

[NovemberEcho]

I don't see the big deal, aren't planes supposed to depart from runways?

Well, yes, but usually even the 717 is able to generate some sort of upward momentum

 

[JordanD]

Well, yes, but usually even the 717 is able to generate some sort of upward momentum

They have to wait until the earth rotates and they fall off. #science

 

[Burrito]

Geeze, I didn't think the 717 could be called the deuce for adults but this thread's sure hating on the plane hard enough

They have to wait until the earth rotates and they fall off. #science

 

[BobDDuck]

Geeze, I didn't think the 717 could be called the deuce for adults but this thread's sure hating on the plane hard enough

They are all just jealous they didn't get a chance to fly it. Most fun to fly airplane I've ever been on.

 

[Minuteman]

Where dat Pence plane at?? Today's word of the day, EMAS

Oh dang, the flew it to Orlando and turned it into beer cans back in 2017!

 

[fholbert]

I don't see the big deal, aren't planes supposed to depart from runways?

I really hate it when they don’t depart the runway. Everybody needs a turn.

 

[derg]

Yes. The MD-95 has the tail exit. Works good.

JATO!

At least the -90 had it.

 

[derg]

Well, yes, but usually even the 717 is able to generate some sort of upward momentum

NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOUR CLIMB GRADIENT, Jackson!

Ha! Kidding. Just wanted to type in all caps and call Someone “Jackson”.

Carry on!

 

[MikeD]

Geeze, I didn't think the 717 could be called the deuce for adults but this thread's sure hating on the plane hard enough

JATO!

At least the -90 had it.

They’ll always be MDs....all of them.

 

[BobDDuck]

They’ll always be MDs....all of them.

#notreallyaboeing

 

[charlie1017]

They are all just jealous they didn't get a chance to fly it. Most fun to fly airplane I've ever been on.

@SlumTodd_Millionaire

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

...easy there skip, don't know which models have the rear stairs that deploy as I am not some mad dog fanboi

It doesn’t have any stairs, it’s only an emergency exit. When you pull it, the tail done literally comes off. It’s shaped the way it is because it’s designed to roll away from the fuselage after it drops off. A slide deploys rather than stairs.

God, I miss that plane.

 

[derg]

Looks fun! I would have liked to have flown it but it came on campus at a less-that-optimum point in my career so it wasn’t an option.

 

[FloridaLarry]

Where is D.B.Cooper when we need him?

 

[fholbert]

It’s shaped the way it is because it’s designed to roll away from the fuselage after it drops off.

Ahhh, an interesting fact mixed in with all the jocularly

 

[Richman]

It doesn’t have any stairs, it’s only an emergency exit. When you pull it, the tail done literally comes off. It’s shaped the way it is because it’s designed to roll away from the fuselage after it drops off. A slide deploys rather than stairs.

God, I miss that plane.

All around my favorite airplane I've flown at an air carrier, and after the 727 & 757, that's really saying something.

Just an old fashioned, good flying bird, going to no hassle destinations with few enough people to keep the rando pax issues to an absolute minimum. Every other leg is to someplace where we're the only thing moving, and at most, only one time zone away. Best, most logical FMC I've ever seen.

Good performance, robust systems, easy to fly and great air conditioning. Quirks are an absolute minimum. So easy your grandma could fly it with no mean tricks. Comes down like a chrome plated manhole cover so there are no "ahhh, poo, NovemberEcho was sleeping on the job again, how to I go down/slow down?"

It receives Richman's highest stamp of approval.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Comes down like a chrome plated manhole cover

climbs about as well as a chrome plated manhole cover too

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

climbs about as well as a chrome plated manhole cover too

Yes. Good. Let the butthurt flow through you!