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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 11:38:47 GMT -5
Me thinks I might have got the DC8 undercontrol. As a checkout we flew from CYYZ to CYYJ, here are a couple of shots coming into Victoria yesterday. I still can't seem to get away from touching down to the left,--- getting better though  c arm_04/slideshow/    Cheers, Carm. |
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Post by pivo11 on Sept 25, 2014 12:42:34 GMT -5
Nice, Carm. The first one is certainly spot on. Even with the plain blue sky you get a sense of descending. I like it. I bet you could even get a photo out of it.  |
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Post by olderndirt on Sept 25, 2014 19:41:07 GMT -5
That's a lot of airplane. Back in the eighties, a United pilot told me they we buying and rehabbing as many DC8's as they could. Apparently it was really overbuilt and the rehabbed plane was way cheaper than a new Boeing. An Alaskan friend flew one for UPS and he said it didn't want to slow down.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 4:34:42 GMT -5
Schweet Carm!! Love those vintage jetliners. Nice pics! When I was a youngun I got to ride on a DC-8 from Dulles to San Juan, PR. A trip I'll never forget.
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Post by pivo11 on Sept 26, 2014 6:19:57 GMT -5
Yep, those were the days, my friends ...  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 6:25:52 GMT -5
I thought they'd never end.
Carm.
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Post by Sandy on Sept 29, 2014 6:05:36 GMT -5
My only ride in a DC-8 was from Philly to London to Aviano air base, Italy. It's the only time I was ever in England, but I wasn't allowed to get off the plane. This was a military charter, transferring troops to Europe in 1984. I remember asking for one of the emergency exit aisles to have more leg room (the aircraft was set up for the most possible seats, and was seriously cramped.) Mid-way across the Atlantic we encountered severe turbulence. The row of seats in front of me were moving oddly with each sudden drop or rise, making the troops sitting in them squeal like kids. Turns out several of the bolts holding the seats down had rusted through (too much spilled soda over the years?) and the entire seat assembly would wobble with the undulations of the aircraft. That did not make me feel better about the general condition of the aircraft. When we finally landed in Italy I was never so happy to be off an aircraft. Considering those of us who rode the aircraft all the way to Italy were all parachutists, we had no doubt we could exit the aircraft if needed. If only we had parachutes...
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Post by Bushpounder on Oct 1, 2014 11:30:31 GMT -5
I was on a stretch 8 from Atlanta to Miami. Sitting all the way in back, the rotation looking up the aisle was fantastic!
BP;)
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