liner simpilot Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I am so glad to be in the Captains seat once again, I sure missed it and all my simmers. Enjoy Kenny PAN Am B-727-100 DTW-JFK actual route PAN AM DC-10-10 HOU-LAX actual route PAN AM B-747-100 MIA-JFK actual route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 3 times WOW Kenny! :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Fine views! Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Nice shots Kenny! Though I do notice when thinking about the 727, I often wonder it would feel to jump out the back?:p Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 to jump out the back? Those stairs by the tail part of the plane were alike to what was found in the French Caravelle? Weren't they? I once flew like a passenger a Caravelle; great sensation when stepping in! Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Nice work with the PanAm Shots Kenny. I've put a bunch of miles on PanAm 747s. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner simpilot Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Thanks very much to all that responded. I enjoy the stories that some have inputted. I agree with you Michael about jumping out the air stairs in the rear. Didn't some guy jump out the rear (1970's) I think is what you are thinking of. It is a interesting way to board the plane. I was not aware of the French Caravelle plane. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Thanks very much to all that responded. I enjoy the stories that some have inputted. I agree with you Michael about jumping out the air stairs in the rear. Didn't some guy jump out the rear (1970's) I think is what you are thinking of. It is a interesting way to board the plane. I was not aware of the French Caravelle plane. Kenny Right on Kenny!! It was thought to be D.B. Cooper that parachuted from the lowered rear ramp of a 727 over the Rockies after he hijacked it. If anyone is interested, Wikipedia has some information on the event. You can find it there by searching for D.B. Cooper. If I remember correctly the rear stairs were disabled on all 727s right after this event. Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner simpilot Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Thanks Michael for telling me his name, I forgot it. I think you are right as for not allowing the air stairs in the rear to work on all B727. It was a bit of different times, even though their were hijackings back then, no one ever thought of doing it that way until D.B. Cooper did it his way. I thought it was a great way to board B727's, I did it a few times myself. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I was not aware of the French Caravelle plane. Kenny Myself I was not aware of the hijacker story. Never heard that for a Caravelle. On the other hand, I don't remember neither that she had triangular windows :) check below the rear entrance, and the triangular windows Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Myself I was not aware of the hijacker story. Never heard that for a Caravelle. On the other hand, I don't remember neither that she had triangular windows :) check below the rear entrance, and the triangular windows [ATTACH=CONFIG]201911[/ATTACH] Those windows look like they are teardrop shaped to me. In fact the portals behind the plane are almost teardrop shaped as well? Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Nope! Triangular windows, I found, on the other hand, were deviced to resist pressure and not to make fatigue cracks. Which had happen with the DH 106 Comet: the Comet had squared windows and 3 of the planes desintegrated in flight in less than one year, with 99 casualties :( Thence they featured triangular windows on the Caravelle and then, all planes since those accidents, eventually got the oval-shaped windows which still are the norm today :cool: Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner simpilot Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks Boxcar for responding about PAN AM. As for Michael & flightsimg for your information about the Caravelle and the oval windowa who thought that oval windows would resist pressure and not to make fatigue cracks. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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