Early Outs
07-07-2020, 04:30 PM
#72
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 459
I was jumpseating (on UAL or DAL, can't remember) and the FE tied a string to the silence lever. He never even had to look, he just knew when the thrust was going to idle and give the string a tug.
07-07-2020, 06:36 PM
#73
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: The GF of FUPM
Posts: 3,073
One for the engineers. Many thanks to all who worked so damn hard while I didn't.
And as an aside, I have a buddy who is a Captain on the Guppy. He told me of a recent hire who won't bid the 757 because he can't fly steam gauges. We both laughed. The 757 is a steam gauge?!
Flap 15 Improved out of Denver on a 90-degree day. Dive bombing into NYC at night on the STAR. ONE DME, no green arc, no PROG page, no VNAV. ****ty AP, tuning a new VOR every 3 minutes....etc. What was it, the Milford, or something?? Now that was flying!
I'd bid it again in a heartbeat.
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07-07-2020, 06:54 PM
#74
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Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: 787
Posts: 3,202
One for the engineers. Many thanks to all who worked so damn hard while I didn't.
And as an aside, I have a buddy who is a Captain on the Guppy. He told me of a recent hire who won't bid the 757 because he can't fly steam gauges. We both laughed. The 757 is a steam gauge! Flap 15 Improved out of Denver on a 90-degree day. Dive bombing into NYC at night on the STAR. ONE DME, no green arc, no PROG page, no VNAV. ****ty AP, tuning a new VOR every 3 minutes....etc. What was it, the Milford, or something?? Now that was flying! I'd bid it again in a heartbeat.
I always wanted to fly the 747/757/727 in that order......only got the 757 and loved every minute of it. Just like you said I’d bid the 727 in a heartbeat if it was still around.
07-07-2020, 06:58 PM
#75
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Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: It keeps changing.
Posts: 206
One for the engineers. Many thanks to all who worked so damn hard while I didn't.
And as an aside, I have a buddy who is a Captain on the Guppy. He told me of a recent hire who won't bid the 757 because he can't fly steam gauges. We both laughed. The 757 is a steam gauge! Flap 15 Improved out of Denver on a 90-degree day. Dive bombing into NYC at night on the STAR. ONE DME, no green arc, no PROG page, no VNAV. ****ty AP, tuning a new VOR every 3 minutes....etc. What was it, the Milford, or something?? Now that was flying! I'd bid it again in a heartbeat.
07-08-2020, 02:37 AM
#80
777 - ret
Joined APC: Apr 2020
Position: Waco CG-4 center seat
Posts: 863
One for the engineers. Many thanks to all who worked so damn hard while I didn't.
And as an aside, I have a buddy who is a Captain on the Guppy. He told me of a recent hire who won't bid the 757 because he can't fly steam gauges. We both laughed. The 757 is a steam gauge?!
Flap 15 Improved out of Denver on a 90-degree day. Dive bombing into NYC at night on the STAR. ONE DME, no green arc, no PROG page, no VNAV. ****ty AP, tuning a new VOR every 3 minutes....etc. What was it, the Milford, or something?? Now that was flying!
I'd bid it again in a heartbeat.
Essiential power
Galley power
Cargo heat and packs
Busses powered
Check the loads
Do not exceed the max
From the Captains stand point the 727 was a really high tech airplane .... as almost all systems were voice activated.
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