I keep reading these threads mentioning this, that and the other from the past and it brings back memories. And the latest about the L-1011 sent me to my flight log to do some reminiscing. Many of you that know me know that I traveled for business (a polite way of saying on someone else's dime) for over 30 years so the log is long and rich with much history. Thought you guys might like to know a little of it.
Many of you probably know I'm more of a Boeing/Douglas (and Lockheed of course) man than an Airbus type and my stats prove it out. My Boeing/Douglas flights out number my Airbus flights 22 to 1 :)
Number of flights on particular aircraft:
707 - 13
727 - 567
737 - 218
747 - 30
747SP - 4
757 - 67
767 - 54
777 - 1
DC-9 - 139
DC-10 - 185
DC-8 - 10
MD-11 - 2
MD-80 - 239
MD-90 - 2
L-1049 - 1
L-1011 - 35
SST - 2
As if that wasn't enough I then looked at my list of airlines flown and found these:
Air Aruba, Air Virginia, Allegheny, ALM, BEA, Braniff, Canada 3000, Capitol, CP Air, Eastern, Holiday Air, Kiwi, Metro, National, New York Air, New York Helicopter, North Central, Ozark, Pacific Western, PSA, Pan Am, Peoples Express, Piedmont, Precision, Republic, Simmons, Southern, Swissair, Texas International and TWA.
To my knowledge, everyone of them are now gone. Things certainly have changed in the 30+ years I've been flying. Sorry if I've bored you with this :)
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