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oldbob(at)BeechOwners.com
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject: Old Man's Musings

Sorry guys, this will be WAY off topic.



Good Evening Olen,



Are you going to the 400 or a rope start?



I have never flown the 400, but I spent my last five

years flying the rope start version. It was one of my

all time favorites. Very gentle and easy to fly.

Unlike the 727, you can close the throttles at a

couple of hundred feet and just float on down to a

landing. Not only can you close the throttles, it is

still using full flaps for landing!



The 727 is a fine airplane, but give me an icy runway

and I'll take the 747 everytime. 



I never did figure out how to maintain directional

control on an icy runway with the B-727 and I hated to

see them landed with partial flap and power on!



Happy Skies.



Awfully Old Bob



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--- Olen Goodwin <ogoodwin(at)comcast.net> wrote:



[quote] Too bad the old airplanes that required "piloting"

 are all being retired.  I enjoyed them, and I think

 lots of the guys that liked flying for it's own sake

 did.  Interesting what you said about the

 747...that's where I'm headed in October. 

 Bittersweet indeed.

 

 Apologies for the off topic.

 

 Olen 

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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: Old Man's Musings

Bob, I'll be going into the 200/300.  Probably  a good thing, since I won't have to learn the glass and automation of the  400.

  

 Olen

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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: Old Man's Musings

You will love it!



Happy Skies,



Old Bob



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--- Olen Goodwin <ogoodwin(at)comcast.net> wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   Bob, I'll be going into the 200/300.  Probably a

 good thing, since I won't have to learn the glass

 and automation of the 400.

 

 Olen

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