ac greatest % of life in the air

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:32:47 -0800, "patrick mitchel"
wrote:

What ac has spent the greatest % of it's life in the air- excluding the ac
that crashed on it's first flight. Thanks Pat



My guess would be some commercial aircraft somewhere

My guess would be some commercial aircraft somewhere

Ditto. Commercial aircraft only generate money when their landing
gear is retracted. So there is a large incentive to keep them flying.

On the other hand, most military aircraft actually get relatively
little flying time, except in times of war. This is why the KC-135
tanker fleet is scheduled to fly for at least another 10 years (over
50 years total) and why the B-52 will also be flying into the
forseeable future.

Martin

C124? Old Shaky had to spend a lot of time in the air, it was so slow!
Walt BJ

Walt wrote:
C124? Old Shaky had to spend a lot of time in the air, it was so slow!

Except when it broke down on Wake or Lajes or Goose Bay. It never broke in
Spain, HI, Japan, Germany or home.

Slow? Slow? Not compared to a C-47.
I once got a groundspeed of 270 knots in Shakey!

Oxmoron1
MFE and deaf as a stone
On second thought Lajes wasn't a bad place to break down.

(OXMORON1) wrote:

Walt wrote:
C124? Old Shaky had to spend a lot of time in the air, it was so slow!

Except when it broke down on Wake or Lajes or Goose Bay. It never broke in
Spain, HI, Japan, Germany or home.

Slow? Slow? Not compared to a C-47.
I once got a groundspeed of 270 knots in Shakey!

Oxmoron1
MFE and deaf as a stone
On second thought Lajes wasn't a bad place to break down.

Yes..always liked Lajes...great NCO's Club...honkin big rare
steak, bottle 'a Mateuse(sp)...then hit the bar...get
stinko...honk up the steak, stagger back to quarters...wake up
with a big head and dread the fast approaching 18 hour low level
patrol on the way home.

Thank *God* I'm retired...



BTW, what's MFE? (and I'm deaf as a post too)
--

-Gord.

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:56:26 GMT, Gord wrote:

Yes..always liked Lajes...great NCO's Club...honkin big rare
steak, bottle 'a Mateuse(sp)...then hit the bar...get
stinko...

Stinko - now there's a term I always thought was unique to Japan. Hadn't
thought of it in years.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

Yeff wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:56:26 GMT, Gord wrote:

Yes..always liked Lajes...great NCO's Club...honkin big rare
steak, bottle 'a Mateuse(sp)...then hit the bar...get
stinko...

Stinko - now there's a term I always thought was unique to Japan. Hadn't
thought of it in years.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

No, common in Canada, not that I did it often. Matter of fact I
wasted one talent that I have in that regard. I *never* suffer
from hangovers, never. Doesn't matter what I do, I feel fine in
the morning...disgusting isn't it?...

Some friends hate me for it.
--

-Gord.

Gord asked:
BTW, what's MFE?

Middleaged Flatulence Emitter, more pc than Old Phart.

Yes Lajes was nice, 24 hour club, dinner at 0300, breakfast at 1500, then 90
knot crosswinds on in to Rota or back to Norfolk. The cliffs on the islands
made great radar returns even for an APS-42 at 8000ft

Oxmoron1
MFE

(OXMORON1) wrote:

Gord asked:
BTW, what's MFE?

Middleaged Flatulence Emitter, more pc than Old Phart.

Yes Lajes was nice, 24 hour club, dinner at 0300, breakfast at 1500, then 90
knot crosswinds on in to Rota or back to Norfolk. The cliffs on the islands
made great radar returns even for an APS-42 at 8000ft

Oxmoron1
MFE

Thanks...
--

-Gord.