tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post7412690157254038421..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.667-04:00Comments on Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.: Boeing 247Mister Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663484841011868779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-22964841154986217392022-01-17T20:27:13.069-05:002022-01-17T20:27:13.069-05:00Pessimist: These engines have too much power!
Opt...Pessimist: These engines have too much power!<br /><br />Optimist: All we need is a bigger rudder!<br /><br />Realist: Just wait, in two more years we'll have the DC-3!Don in Oregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-78369883822403460642022-01-16T22:25:36.208-05:002022-01-16T22:25:36.208-05:00Don, when there is not enough rudder authority to ...Don, when there is not enough rudder authority to overcome yaw produced by too much engine thrust. A problem in many twin engine aircraft.VectorWarbirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199853222548437819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-24889826416365125772022-01-16T12:03:08.448-05:002022-01-16T12:03:08.448-05:00Note the main spar(with steps) in centre of aisle....Note the main spar(with steps) in centre of aisle.<br />Pity the stewardess.Billy Olearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030802349398088514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-6752384550569374642022-01-16T11:29:10.446-05:002022-01-16T11:29:10.446-05:00I call BS. When did pilots ever say "the eng...I call BS. When did pilots ever say "the engines made too much power"?Don in Oregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-25320881071405908792022-01-16T09:12:16.032-05:002022-01-16T09:12:16.032-05:00The most advanced aircraft of its day the revoluti...The most advanced aircraft of its day the revolutionary Boeing Model 247, developed in 1933, was an all-metal, twin-engine airplane and the first modern passenger airliner. The Model 247 ushered in the age of speed, reliability, safety and comfort in air travel. One is exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.VectorWarbirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199853222548437819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-23803678097917060422022-01-15T22:41:29.174-05:002022-01-15T22:41:29.174-05:00It even looks like a plane that was born to lose. ...It even looks like a plane that was born to lose. A sad, slope-shouldered airplane in a cloth cap.<br /><br />The passengers in image 2 are aware of this, or so it looks to me. Not a smile among them. Not a one will meet the photographer's lens. Not one can work up a smile for the camera. I bet they debarked in haste, pushing and shoving, at the first opportunity.<br />ratsnoreply@blogger.com