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Re: [OM] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: The American Airlines Flagship Detroit
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:22:17 +0100
Well it was certainly noisy but, as for not being ready for action, it flew
for over 25 years and I don't know how many flights.
It seems such a shame that we had the technology but abandoned its
development...

Jez

On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jez,
>
> Having tested aircraft/engine combinations,in the world's largest
> supersonic wind tunnel, up to Mach 3.0, I'm not a fan of supersonic
> commercial flight.  To me, the requirements are too stringent and the
> benefits too few, to make this a worthwhile way to spend resources.  And I
> still have cracks in my kitchen ceiling that were caused by sonic booms
> provided by USAF F-35s flying their test corridor which passed near my
> house.  From what I read, it is still not ready for action.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 6/14/2016 11:21 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Bring back Mach 2.0 :-(
>>
>> On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Bob.  But today's passengers want to cruise along at Mach .84 at
>>> 41,000 feet, and reach from coast to coast.  The "Class" is gone, the
>>> "cattle car" is here!
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>> On 6/14/2016 10:23 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>>
>>> Sweet. Love those old birds. With apologies to Bob Seger (appropriately
>>>> from Detroit): Today's airplanes ain't got the same soul.
>>>>
>>>> --Bob Whitmire
>>>> Certified Neanderthal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:22 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It’s a beautiful bird, Jim, thanks for sharing it.  It seems very easy
>>>> for
>>>>
>>>>> you to be close to the aircraft etc . . . do you get a pass for the
>>>>> flight
>>>>> line?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 Jun 16, at 22:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I looked at the scheduled flights for today and realized one of the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> prime restored DC-3s in the country was coming in.  In keeping with
>>>>> its
>>>>> age, I put a Leica Summaron 35/3.5 on the Fuji X-E1, a lens dating from
>>>>> 1956, purchased from a former LUG contributor. Here are three images:
>>>>>
>>>>> Parking the DC-3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Parking+the+DC-3.tif.html
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> A front, quarter view
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Front+Quarter+View+DC-3.tif.html
>>>>>
>>>>> And a full side view of the American Airlines Flagship Detroit
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/American+Airlines+Flagship+Detroit.tif.html
>>>>>
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