denverpilot
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Thought this was fun.
DC-8 Supersonic
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Larry in TN
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They are built like a freight train. Very solid airplanes. I never got one over M0.84. M0.80 was normal cruise and M0.82 was high-speed cruise.
Never flew one with a passenger on the outside, either.
Never flew one with a passenger on the outside, either.
denverpilot
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“The FAA wasn’t thrilled about it ... but the only thing they could find is we didn’t have an approved maintenance program on it... but I knew people in Washington...”
ROFLMAO. Get Er Done.
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San_Diego_Pilot
..that's what I've been told about all the Douglas products.. this guy certainly named it as one of the things he loves, how rugged everything feels
luvflyin
Touchdown! Greaser!
Did you ever use the thrust reversers in the air?
Larry in TN
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A few times. It was demonstrated in training (IOE) and I, or the other pilot, used it a couple of times in normal operations. All on freighters.
It produced significant vibration and the inboard engines, the only ones you could reverse in flight, would visibly shake. You wouldn't want to do it with passengers without warning them first. The airplane did not have speed brakes, just ground and roll-control spoilers, so you didn't have as many drag options as you do on most transports. Mostly, we just tried to stay ahead on our descent planning and avoid situations where it would be needed. At flight-idle, it would descend better than the higher-efficiency modern transports.
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I remember seeing the Human Fly at an airshow in Lancaster, TX as a kid. I guess it was 1975 according to this article. My Wingwalker | Page 1 | Flight Today | Air & Space Magazine. Bob Hoover was there also.
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The diesel 8 was cool. Never flew one. From watching in the jump seat it looked almost as bad ass as the 727. Not quite but close.
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Some of the worst crap I've ever flown in involved the Santa Ana winds. Back when I was based at SNA and had a hang tag to drive on the property, on a terribly windy day we'd set up shop just off the approach end of (what was then) Runway 1 with some beers and watch the fun.
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Drake the Outlaw
I've run that thing back and forth several times trying to figure out where the approach went wrong. Did he get hit by a gust, or was he doing a crab and stab, and took the crab out too soon? Or something else?
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If I remember correctly, the winds were horrible that day and gusty. They tried one approach, went around and I believe diverted to KLAX. It was the late 90s so I could be wrong.