Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[The Owl]

As a kid I loved going to the airport and watching the planes leave. You could go upstairs above the gates and have a great view. ( and to you youngsters out there, airline planes used to have propellers).


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This was the first plane I ever flew on at age 4, a Lockheed L-188 Electra

 

[Richland123]

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[keyboardguy]

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This was the first plane I ever flew on at age 4, a Lockheed L-188 Electra

I was 2-4 and flew in a "connie" from miami to pittsburg. It was said that if there wasn't a puddle of oil
on the ground under each radial engine, there WAS a problem.

One of the greatest sounds sounds; a radial engine startup

 

[The Owl]

I was 2-4 and flew in a "connie" from miami to pittsburg. It was said that if there wasn't a puddle of oil
on the ground under each radial engine, there WAS a problem.
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One of the greatest sounds sounds; a radial engine startup

Never flew on a Connie but would've loved to. Beautiful plane.

Here's an Electra firing up, love the sound of this beast

 

[Richland123]

 

[mikeoso]

My first plane ride was a Braniff DC-3 from Des Moines to Waterloo. 1957.

 

[Richland123]

 

[keyboardguy]

Never flew on a Connie but would've loved to. Beautiful plane.

Here's an Electra firing up, love the sound of this beast

Nice.
For some reason my dad used to call the unique sound of an Electra "screamin Meemie".......

 

[The Owl]

Nice.
For some reason my dad used to call the unique sound of an Electra "screamin Meemie".......

I loved the spooky low whistle it made when it flew over.

 

[The Owl]

The Vickers Viscount had some serious screech

 

[D M C]

This is the first plane I ever flew in. Island Airlines Ford Trimotor from Port Clinton to Put-in-Bay in the mid 1960s.

 

[mikeoso]

This is the first plane I ever flew in. Island Airlines Ford Trimotor from Port Clinton to Put-in-Bay in the mid 1960s.
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Now that is WAY cool!

 

[Richland123]

 

[The Owl]

Had one of these badboys

 

[Richland123]

Had one of these badboys

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I had one of these.

 

[fretter]

 

[Richland123]

 

[D M C]

This is the first plane I ever flew in. Island Airlines Ford Trimotor from Port Clinton to Put-in-Bay in the mid 1960s.
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My memory is in color, though.

 

[Richland123]

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Mmmm, Smoked. But how the heck do you keep it lit?!?!?