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The Good Ol' Days - Regional Airlines

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jbDC9 said:
Here's my list...

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/085163.html
An Airnet C-310, although I flew it in the early '90s when it was still U.S. Check with a crappy blue paint job and a mis-matched tan horizontal stab. That was me, bird strike going into DSM...

[FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/Mesa-Airlines/Beech-1900C-1/0192579/M/[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]Yup, I know; MESA SUCKS![/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]

[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/Express-One-International/Boeing-727-221-Adv/0213039/M/[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]Never flew this from a window seat, just a plumber.

[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/Express-One-International/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-31/0128665/L/[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]My first RJ! Only have 150 hrs in the right seat, but what a great airplane...[/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]
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Oh man, what a small world! I flew N37223 from 08/05 until 05/06 at Airnet out of BHM and down through Florida. That bird was the best plane ever. It took beatings through weather that I didn't think it ever would. No autopilot, no radar, no problem. No one ever wanted it because it wasn't as fast as some of the other 310s, but I loved this plane. She was lucky for me. I wish I could buy her to tell you the truth. Nice to see that someone else enjoyed her too!
 
Captain Morgan said:
I flew N37223 from 08/05 until 05/06 at Airnet out of BHM and down through Florida. That bird was the best plane ever. It took beatings through weather that I didn't think it ever would. No autopilot, no radar, no problem. No one ever wanted it because it wasn't as fast as some of the other 310s, but I loved this plane. She was lucky for me.
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Yup, out of the 15-20 310s in the fleet at the time I think 223 was my favorite as well. A good, tough old ship. The bird strike thing I mentioned was kinda nasty, happened late night enroute OMA-DSM, 7000 ft. I hit 4-5 big birds, probably geese. Took 2 in the horizontal stab, one each side, smashed the leading edges back to the spar; one in the right spinner, mangled the spinner and had cooked, stinky bird lodged back on the cylinders; one hit the right wing just out from the nacelle, also pushed the leading edge back to the spar. Needless to say she was done for the night... but patched up and back in action a few weeks later.

It's kinda funny to me how I miss haulin' the mail in the old 310 and buzzing around the western US in the mighty Beech. No money, but fun times.
 
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This thread and all the reminiscing about Junkstreams reminds me of a conversation I had with one of my FO's recently.....

We were talking about how we'd started flying and I mentioned I'd been at ACA on the J41. First off he asked what that was and then after pausing for a second asked.."Why would you want to fly a turboprop?".. How times have changed!
 
 
Kenny said:
This thread and all the reminiscing about Junkstreams reminds me of a conversation I had with one of my FO's recently.....

We were talking about how we'd started flying and I mentioned I'd been at ACA on the J41. First off he asked what that was and then after pausing for a second asked.."Why would you want to fly a turboprop?".. How times have changed!
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ROTFLMAO:laugh::laugh:
Talk about a generation gap...and it's only been 10 yrs!!!:laugh:
 
acaTerry said:
Nice shot of the J ball. That's at RIC before they built the new terminal. Back when VA was still a Southern State....
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Unit...hoto_id_DESC_&prev_id=0137996&next_id=0133223
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Last I checked, we are still below the Mason Dixon Line...but yer right come to think of it.....lol!

Here's my contribution from the good ol days....N156PC

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USAi...er_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=0925931

Long live the Chicken!!!!
 

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