727 short video, with an unexpected but neat catch

T-Gates said:
Very few days go by where I don't think back fondly on my time on the 727. It was an amazing machine. I was developing a similar love of the DC-10 until my time on it was cut short.

People throw around terms like "pilot's airplane" a lot, but it really and truly was. It had very few, if any, bad habits. Once you came to terms with the fact that the quality of your landing was a bit like flipping a coin, it was easy to settle into a groove. I miss it dearly.

Those Ryan Bomar videos are great nostalgia.

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This message is "Richman Approved".

The 727 represented an era that was all good and right by pilots.

The 727 was a "pilot's airplane", and had 3 dudes. That's a lot of jobs. The era itself represented a silver age, of sorts, for airline pilots. Wages were at their zenith (inflation adjusted), retirement and insurance was fully paid, and the QoL and work rules were probably the best ever.

I got on right at the end, and flew (and instructed on) the beautiful lady for 5 glorious years. I was 31, single, lived in base and made a pile of money.

It was teh awesome.

Now get off my lawn.

Richman
 
T-Gates said:
Very few days go by where I don't think back fondly on my time on the 727. It was an amazing machine. I was developing a similar love of the DC-10 until my time on it was cut short.

People throw around terms like "pilot's airplane" a lot, but it really and truly was. It had very few, if any, bad habits. Once you came to terms with the fact that the quality of your landing was a bit like flipping a coin, it was easy to settle into a groove. I miss it dearly.

Those Ryan Bomar videos are great nostalgia.

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If I didn't know any better, I'd guess that with 727 and DC-10 time, I'd say you'd probably be pushing twice your actual age. Rare in our age group. I'm jealous you got to fly both, especially the -10. :)
 
dasleben said:
If I didn't know any better, I'd guess that with 727 and DC-10 time, I'd say you'd probably be pushing twice your actual age. Rare in our age group. I'm jealous you got to fly both, especially the -10. :)
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At some airlines, you could wrench on the 727, the DC-10, and the classic Whale, all before your 30th birthday. You could then sharpen your mad pilot skilz on the DC-9. You also learned how much body english to give your car when sliding around in the employee parking lot to avoid the snowplow.

And it wasn't in the 70's.

Now get off my lawn.

Richman
 
Richman said:
At some airlines, you could wrench on the 727, the DC-10, and the classic Whale, all before your 30th birthday. You could then sharpen your mad pilot skilz on the DC-9. You also learned how much body english to give your car when sliding around in the employee parking lot to avoid the snowplow.

And it wasn't in the 70's.

Now get off my lawn.

Richman
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Sounds fun...except for the snowplow junk!

@T-Gates and I worked for the same company just a year or so ago. Fortunately for him, he got to spend some time on the DC-10. I was always the light twin junkie. Come to think of it, I still am at a different airline! Maybe one day they'll let me fly something else; I might need more practice first.
 
dasleben said:
If I didn't know any better, I'd guess that with 727 and DC-10 time, I'd say you'd probably be pushing twice your actual age. Rare in our age group. I'm jealous you got to fly both, especially the -10. :)
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I have been very lucky to be young and get to fly airplanes that should have been theoretically out of reach for our generation. I still have more 727 time in my logbook than any other airplane that I have flown.

There are times that I seriously have to remind myself that I am young.


Richman said:
At some airlines, you could wrench on the 727, the DC-10, and the classic Whale, all before your 30th birthday. You could then sharpen your mad pilot skilz on the DC-9.
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I'm working with a guy who got to do exactly that at TWA. Plumbed on the 727, 747, and L-1011, then made DC-9 Captain before he was 30. Jealous would be a inadequate adjective for me to describe how I felt when he told me that.

dasleben said:
Fortunately for him, he got to spend some time on the DC-10.
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I have come to refer to my time on the DC-10 as "DC-10 Fantasy Camp". I got to go through training, get a type rating, fly just less than 200 hours in it, and then get bumped back into reality and sent to the 757/767.

I won't lie, I was positively giddy when they called and offered me a class date for the -10. It took a few days to wipe the smile off of my face. Reality soon set in though when I was presented with a schematic of the Hydraulic System. :ooh:
 
727: my all time favorite airliner that I've never flown on. :(

Tigers: An amazing airline that I wish I could have flown for. :(

If you can get a hold of a copy, the book Tiger Tales is a pretty good read. An insider's perspective on the formation and glory years of that great freight line.
 
Cal Goat said:
727: my all time favorite airliner that I've never flown on. :(

Tigers: An amazing airline that I wish I could have flown for. :(

If you can get a hold of a copy, the book Tiger Tales is a pretty good read. An insider's perspective on the formation and glory years of that great freight line.
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I'll have to check that book out. Always like seeing old pics of Flying Tigers Connie's
 
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