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NWA DC-9's - how is it to fly?

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EMBpilot

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Looks like one of the last real man's airplanes:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort..._id_DESC_&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=1129277

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort...C_&photo_nr=5&prev_id=0843912&next_id=0721206


http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort...C_&photo_nr=9&prev_id=0574743&next_id=0108392


Is there an FMS? Looks like a CDU, but only on the right side?
What are the guys flying it saying? What are the positives/negatives?
Autoland?
Noise?
Space in the cockpit?

Thanks

I think that CDU is an ACARS. That thing sure is old. No thanks. But hey, some people love it. Good for them.


Bye Bye--General Lee
 
No FMS, no auto throttle or autoland. Two VORs, a very basic autopilot with attitude & altitude hold, coupled ILS. that's about it. It is alot of fun to hand fly, for an airliner;)
 
Looks like one of the last real man's airplanes:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort..._id_DESC_&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=1129277

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort...C_&photo_nr=5&prev_id=0843912&next_id=0721206


http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort...C_&photo_nr=9&prev_id=0574743&next_id=0108392


Is there an FMS? Looks like a CDU, but only on the right side?
What are the guys flying it saying? What are the positives/negatives?
Autoland?
Noise?
Space in the cockpit?

Thanks

DC9 is fun to fly but you will feel drained when you are done with a trip...
FMS???? NO. Thats the ACARS. You are the FMS and you will get good at it...
Autoland??? NO.
Noise?? YES!!
Space? Yes. Rollaboard behind your seat and brain bag on the side.. Not much left for a JSer..
 
DC in the DC9 stands for direct cable. Everything has a cable attached to it. It flys great, even with all the cables. It is a great plane, if you can see it you can land on it. Not sure if the Pax in the back would like that but the plane can do about anything. The only down side is that it is not very fast. The only automation is the guy in the left and right seats (as god intended).......

This is from a guy who is now trying to forget about the round dials and figure out why the "new plane" is doing what it is doing??????????:laugh: At least until the furlough letter hit my box:crying:
 
I haven't flown a '9 for many years, but I have great memories.
If you like to fly, you'll love it. Really nice control harmony. Control tabs: You're flying air loads, not hydraulic or FBW systems. Just like an airplane.
Small cockpit, busy, extremely versatile speeds.
I'd go back in a minute, if ya paid me.
 
Dream plane with my luck they will all be gone by the time I ever get a chance to fly one.
 
Pure flame. Did you see that spikey-haired guy with the frosted tips in the left seat? E-170 all the way. The old baseball hat dude is a J4J. 63 years old. Such dedication.....


Alright, I'm drunk.
 
It was fun for the first few trips, then it becomes a pain. Sorry. Been there, done that, moved on. I love flying but that is a chore - at best!

5 legs in a day and you are tired!!!

A "basic" autopilot doesn't really describe it. Remember your first flight in a 172 with a wing leveler. That describes it much better. It does not level off, it does not track the heading bug on the FO's side, and it does not track a VOR.... It's definitely old school.
 

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