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
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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

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