TakIn into account that computer control used then is now considered archaic compared to today. It was nicknamed the "Wobblin' Goblin".

(Written on 2020年11月02日)(Permalink)

What would be on your mind if a Cat Four was bearing down on where you lived? Who knows, there was a mandatory evacuation & w/clogged roads to fight, survival supplies to get (if they hadn’t already been cleaned out); probably had multiple things on his mind to include safety of his family (if he had one). Poor fellow may not have a habitable home to live in unless he was absolutely lucky.

(Written on 2020年11月02日)(Permalink)

Sad

(Written on 2020年10月30日)(Permalink)

Plane? What plane? I don’t see a plane....

(Written on 2020年10月26日)(Permalink)

Makes the 12 hours on a crowded MAC Flight 747 seem nearly bearable, or the C-141 flight on web seating from McGuire to Dhahran Saudi Arabia

(Written on 2020年10月22日)(Permalink)

KMart Blue Light Special on aisle 13

(Written on 2020年10月19日)(Permalink)

God Bless you & the memory of your late Father

(Written on 2020年10月16日)(Permalink)

Great story

(Written on 2020年10月14日)(Permalink)

Why should Alaska Airlines (& others) dump its primary aircraft & vast inventory of spare parts just to please you & others? The Airbus aircraft were the unwanted stepchildren/red headed cousin in the Alaska fleet & were probably were beginning to show their age. Airlines are in the business to make money & cut costs, not please the whims & desires of individual people. If they can get rid of oddball, inherited aircraft that doesn’t fit their business plan; then so be it. Maybe they can be pawned off to Delta. Why don’t you contact Delta?

(Written on 2020年10月11日)(Permalink)

South African Airways Flight 295 incident in November 1987 pretty much did in Combi’s, especially after the FAA required new on board fire suppression equipment. Last one sold was 2002. I ‘get it’ that some places like the Arctic area it’s the only way to carry passengers & cargo. From Wiki: “...the Federal Aviation Administration introduced new regulations in 1993 specifying that manual fire fighting must not be the primary means of fire suppression in the cargo compartment of the main deck. Complying with these new standards required weight increases, which made the 747 Combi no longer viable. Nevertheless, the Combi remained in the 747 product line up until 2002, when the last 747-400 Combi was delivered to KLM.“

(Written on 2020年10月06日)(Permalink)