What's your avorite airliner?

[james_anatidae]

In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
quite pleasant.

(And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
please don't encourage them.)

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[MMB]

B757, not really sure why but I think it is just the way it looks. It looks
like a true airliner, high off the ground sleek lines, can fly in and out of
most airports and it can go the distance.



"james_anatidae" > wrote in message
...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to
be
> quite pleasant.
>
> (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
> please don't encourage them.)
>
> --
> "I'll find Fry's coffin, get his corpse and keep it under my mattress to
> remind me that he's really dead. That'll prove I'm not insane!"
>
> Goliath & Wildwing's Storage Room
> http://anatidae.homestead.com/
>
>

[Miss L. Toe]

> (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
> please don't encourage them.)

It's my party and I'll troll if I want to...

[Jim Anderson]

"james_anatidae" > wrote in message
...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to
be
> quite pleasant.
>

L1011

[Treb]

"james_anatidae" > wrote in message
...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"?

Without question, sitting in Business Class on an Airbus 340. Love the plane
and feel it has the most comfortable seat in business class in the industry.

Treb

[Ender]

james_anatidae wrote:
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
> quite pleasant.

Westjet's 737-700's are pretty nice.

I can't get over the magnitude of the 747 though. Was only ever on one
once when I was 6, but I'll never forget it. That was back in the fun
days when they let you check out the cockpit.

727's too. So loud :)

If there's any airline pilots ret'd or otherwise who read this stuff
know that one of those kids you showed around up there is following in
your footsteps.

[Howard Long]

"james_anatidae" > wrote in message
...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to
be
> quite pleasant.

I guess it depends what your criteria are...

Long haul economy - B767 (because of seating)
Long haul business - B747 upstairs (quiet and only 12 seats in the few
remaining small bubbles)
Long haul first - A340-500 Emirates
Short haul economy - A320/A319 (seem slightly more spacious the 737)
Short haul business/first - Delta B767 (a very few transcontinental US
routes using business elite cabins provide very generous seating)

Regards, Howard

[Thur]

"Treb" wrote news:afuzc.720659$Pk3.464021@pd7tw1no...
> "james_anatidae" wrote ...
> > In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> > favorite airliner"?
>
> Without question, sitting in Business Class on an Airbus 340. Love the
plane
> and feel it has the most comfortable seat in business class in the
industry.


That second part of your comment depends on the airline and is of no
relation with the aircraft used. So you'd probably like to add the airline
which Business Class product you enjoyed.
Greetz,

*I heard the A340 is very quiet*

[Thur]

"james_anatidae" wrote ...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"?


My last few flights were with an MD-11 (of KLM). I sat rather in the back
and the sound of the engines (and evern more of the tail engine) is great.
Hearing an engine spool up and give all power is magnificent.
Greetz,

*last flights were in 2002 :-(*

[Kevin Rhodes]

In article >, "james_anatidae" > wrote:
>In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
>favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
>quite pleasant.
>
>(And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
>please don't encourage them.)

RJ-85 as flown by NW Airlink (Mesaba). Very cool looking plane, has GREAT
first class seats and the best coach seats of any plane I have ever been on.
Mesaba has them configured 3-2 instead of the 3-3 common in Europe, so nice
wide seats and plent of legroom. And they makes some seriously wierd noises as
the flaps go in and out! :-) Only downside is they are slooooow. Westbound
into the winter wind PWM-DTW it would almost be faster to get out and walk....


Kevin Rhodes
Westbrook, Maine

[Jim]

Super G Connie. God, what a beautiful ship. But then, I'm old.

[Vitaly Shmatikov]

In article >,
Kevin Rhodes > wrote:

>RJ-85 as flown by NW Airlink (Mesaba). Very cool looking plane, has GREAT
>first class seats

What he said. Best domestic first class seats, IMHO, and more
comfortable than some international business class seats I've seen.

[John Kunkel]

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
>
> Super G Connie. God, what a beautiful ship. But then, I'm old.

I'm with you, Jim, these turbine guys don't appreciate true beauty on the
wing.

[Quantum Foam Guy]

"MMB" > wrote in message
...
> B757, not really sure why but I think it is just the way it looks. It
looks
> like a true airliner, high off the ground sleek lines, can fly in and out
of
> most airports and it can go the distance.

Based on appearance only, I think a lot of people would agree with you. It
is a very graceful looking airliner, although the 757-3 kills the effect.

> "james_anatidae" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> > favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago
to
> be
> > quite pleasant.
> >
> > (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you
others
> > please don't encourage them.)
> >
> > --
> > "I'll find Fry's coffin, get his corpse and keep it under my mattress to
> > remind me that he's really dead. That'll prove I'm not insane!"
> >
> > Goliath & Wildwing's Storage Room
> > http://anatidae.homestead.com/
> >
> >
>
>

[Vitaly Shmatikov]

In article <afuzc.720659$Pk3.464021@pd7tw1no>,
Treb <you > wrote:

>> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
>> favorite airliner"?
>
>Without question, sitting in Business Class on an Airbus 340.

Nonsense. The business class seats on EgyptAir's Airbus 340s are
nothing to write home about.

>Love the plane
>and feel it has the most comfortable seat in business class in the industry.

EgyptAir? Most comfortable seat in the industry? Ha!

[Shawn Hearn]

In article >,
"james_anatidae" > wrote:

> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
> quite pleasant.
>
> (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
> please don't encourage them.)

To me, it makes no difference which type of aircraft I fly on as long as
it gets me where I am going safety and reasonably on time.

[Geoff Glave]

> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"?

I love it when I get the odd chance to fly a triple-seven. Looking
WAY down at those huge engines and that giant fuselage. It's an
impressive plane.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada

[davefr]

Tri Stars. (commonly referred to as "try to starts")

Those Rolls RB211's were a little finicky in high/dry conditions like
SLC. Sometime they'd need a "jump start".

The L1011 airframe was built like a tank.

I was also fond of MD-11's. (especially in first class)




"james_anatidae" > wrote in message >...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
> quite pleasant.
>
> (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
> please don't encourage them.)

[Robert Briggs]

james_anatidae wrote:
>
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"?

G-BOAF, which has since been retired at Filton. :-(

[Dick Locke]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:34:01 -0500, "Quantum Foam Guy"
> wrote:

>"james_anatidae" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
>> > favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago
>to

Original message gone, replying to reply

Since this is turning into a nostalgia exercise, let me throw in
Convair 990. It felt and sounded like a rocket. I think it was the
first commercial fan-jet, which gave it its unique sound. Only flew it
once and it made an impression.

[Bob Myers]

"Geoff Glave" > wrote in message
om...

> I love it when I get the odd chance to fly a triple-seven. Looking
> WAY down at those huge engines and that giant fuselage. It's an
> impressive plane.

Seconded! I was a bit surprised that no one else had mentioned
the 777 yet; I love 'em. Big, roomy, quiet, one of the best
overhead bin designs ever, and the majority of 'em I've been on
had the personal video screens in the seatbacks in coach.
First or business in a 777 is wonderful.

Bob M.

[David Cartwright]

"james_anatidae" > wrote in message
...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to
be
> quite pleasant.

I was spoilt, because the first airliner I flew on was a spanking new United
777, on its maiden commercial flight. Clean, spacious (it was a new flight
recently added to the schedule so there were only about 50 of us on it!),
the entertainment system worked properly, etc. Hugely powerful, too. I've
flown on various airliners since (737, 747, 757, 767 and more 777s, plus
various Airbuses, DC-10s, and so on) and I prefer the 777 out of all of
them.

D.

[Geoff Miller]

Kevin Rhodes > wrote:

> RJ-85 as flown by NW Airlink (Mesaba). Very cool looking
> plane, has GREAT first class seats


So how does the RJ-85 differ from the BAe 146 of the 1980s?

My personal nominaton: DC-8-62. I flew on one from SJC to
HNL in 1982 (United; probably one of their last narrowbody
flights between the Mainland and Hawaii), and I remember
that it was so quiet, I didn't even realize that the
engines had been started until we started taxiing. All
I could hear was the gentle hiss of the air conditioning.

I was dissappointed that the plane didn't have those cool
1960s-era DC-8 seats with the reading lights in the upper
corners of the seatbacks, thugh.



Geoff

--
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -- miserable,
as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-
disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a
philosophy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke

[Dean Wilkinson]

Boeing 777, but I am biased. I worked as an engineer on the AIMS
Display System for the flight deck.


"james_anatidae" > wrote in message >...
> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
> quite pleasant.
>
> (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
> please don't encourage them.)

[Scott]

On 18 Jun 2004 20:16:37 -0700, (Dean
Wilkinson) wrote:

>Boeing 777, but I am biased. I worked as an engineer on the AIMS
>Display System for the flight deck.
>
>
>"james_anatidae" > wrote in message >...
>> In an effort to get some on-topic messages in RTA, I ask "What is your
>> favorite airliner"? I remember a UA A320 I flew on a couple years ago to be
>> quite pleasant.
>>
>> (And I ask if any of the many local trolls answer this message, you others
>> please don't encourage them.)


As a planespotter - 747-400, 757-200, everything else.

As a passenger - 777. (i get my first ride on an A330-300 in 2 weeks
so can't say anything about it yet.)

[Pan]

I agree about the DC-8s. I flew on a re-engined United DC-8 from Oakland to
HNL around 1990....best coach seats I ever had, wide and with great legroom.




"Geoff Miller" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Kevin Rhodes > wrote:
>
> > RJ-85 as flown by NW Airlink (Mesaba). Very cool looking
> > plane, has GREAT first class seats
>
>
> So how does the RJ-85 differ from the BAe 146 of the 1980s?
>
> My personal nominaton: DC-8-62. I flew on one from SJC to
> HNL in 1982 (United; probably one of their last narrowbody
> flights between the Mainland and Hawaii), and I remember
> that it was so quiet, I didn't even realize that the
> engines had been started until we started taxiing. All
> I could hear was the gentle hiss of the air conditioning.
>
> I was dissappointed that the plane didn't have those cool
> 1960s-era DC-8 seats with the reading lights in the upper
> corners of the seatbacks, thugh.
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
> --
> "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -- miserable,
> as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-
> disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a
> philosophy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke

[Damon Scott Hynes]

I'm old-school: Either a 727-200 or an Elton Eleven.

The old Delta widget scheme made any plane look like it was moving even when
it was standing still.
The up-until-1982 Braniff scheme--no matter what color--was the shiznit,
too.

--
Damon Scott Hynes is your Turbo Lover

http://home.att.net/~damonhynes/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheMarnyStanierAppreciationSociety/

[Jonathan]

Damon Scott Hynes wrote:
> I'm old-school: Either a 727-200 or an Elton Eleven.
>
> The old Delta widget scheme made any plane look like it was moving even when
> it was standing still.
> The up-until-1982 Braniff scheme--no matter what color--was the shiznit,
> too.
>

I have always liked the 737 (any variant)--of course that would be my
choice for a modern one. Of all time, it would probably have to be the
Super Constelation.
--
Jonathan,
www.virtual-hangar.com

[nobody]

Shorts 360 over Great Barrier Reef.

[ACXFile]

>What's your favorite airliner?

777, 747