727 question

mrivc211 said:
When I ferried a plane to Roswell, NM I walked over to a UPS 727. It was pretty neat. Except the bathroom. Man. That was scary. Kinda looked like that bathroom from the caneman video. hehehe. Our bathrooms aren't that much better either. It often smells of a mixture of blue juice and urine/feces.
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At least you still have a lav that flushes. Those coleman things are a USE IN CASE OF EXTREME EMERGENCY ONLY ITEM.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Avionics aside. You can't beat powering up those JT8D's on takeoff or reverse thrust on landing roll and (litterally) shaking the whole airport and being heard miles away.

Beat that high ratio bypass engines!

:)
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I'll tag that bet! :argue:
 
Bandit_Driver said:
At least you still have a lav that flushes. Those coleman things are a USE IN CASE OF EXTREME EMERGENCY ONLY ITEM.
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A flushing lav is a beautiful thing....unfortunately freighter lavs don't get pumped as much as they should...sometimes after a long weekend on a ramp in ELP (100+ degrees) they get a bit "ripe"....

Are you at KC2?
 
N9103M said:
A flushing lav is a beautiful thing....unfortunately freighter lavs don't get pumped as much as they should...sometimes after a long weekend on a ramp in ELP (100+ degrees) they get a bit "ripe"....

Are you at KC2?
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Yup, Who is this?

BTW: Nice Avatar
 
I'm not at KC2, I'm down the road in Toledo at Capital Cargo. I just happen to reside in Belleville because of a past life flying out of DTW and YIP. I was just curious...see you guys around quite a bit...

And I've always liked the Avatar....a few people found it disturbing...I find humor in it...:D
 
N9103M said:
I'm not at KC2, I'm down the road in Toledo at Capital Cargo. I just happen to reside in Belleville because of a past life flying out of DTW and YIP. I was just curious...see you guys around quite a bit...

And I've always liked the Avatar....a few people found it disturbing...I find humor in it...:D
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Where you guys affected by the closing of Emery/Menlo?
 
Bandit_Driver said:
Where you guys affected by the closing of Emery/Menlo?
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Nope, we stopped flying Menlo freight years back. We have 12 airplanes for BAX Global in Toledo and 1 in Miami for DHL. Our contracts are pretty solid...for now...
 
N9103M said:
Nope, we stopped flying Menlo freight years back. We have 12 airplanes for BAX Global in Toledo and 1 in Miami for DHL. Our contracts are pretty solid...for now...
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We are currently looking for new contracts. This ADHOC stuff is feast or famine. I flew on the 30th and have been sitting in PHX since then.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
We are currently looking for new contracts. This ADHOC stuff is feast or famine. I flew on the 30th and have been sitting in PHX since then.
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Yeah I can imagine Adhoc in a 727 is pretty spotty.

The 727 is a dying fleet for long-term contract work nowadays. BAX really is the LAST 727 contract out there. Postal is gone, Menlo is gone....

The DHL flying done by Astar and ABX comes up for bids eventually, but I doubt we'll see a big changing of the guard in ILN.

Only time will tell....whats your sched like over there?
 
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