So this is the coolest thing I've seen in a while

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
03/10/2017 at 17:14 • Filed to: None

A friend of my dad’s was cleaning out some stuff from his father and sent me a bunch of airline geek stuff. But this is the best part: a Boeing spec-card from 1969

Totally unassuming until you look at the back...

SST SPECS! This is officially one of the coolest things I have in my house now

DISCUSSION (11)

CaptDale - is secretly British > Jayhawk Jake
03/10/2017 at 17:23

That is really cool!

facw > Jayhawk Jake
03/10/2017 at 17:24

Nice. These are sadly missing from Boeing’s Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning page (though it does have detailed specs and diagrams going back to the 707 and DC-8 (plus a very simple spec sheet for the DC-3 through DC-7))

For Sweden > Jayhawk Jake
03/10/2017 at 17:28

It should be called a combi not a convertible -_-

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden
03/10/2017 at 17:31

I’m holding out for the 747 Targa.

For Sweden > facw
03/10/2017 at 17:33

No combatability chart for the B-29 rude

ttyymmnn > Jayhawk Jake
03/10/2017 at 17:46

First flight: 1972

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > For Sweden
03/10/2017 at 18:22

Two different things. The convertible has the nose door and can be quickly coverted to an all freight mode on the main deck, whereas the combi has both freight and pax on the main deck without the ability to quickly convert from one full configuration to the other. I’ve seen combis turned into full freighter (without nose door) and full pax, but it’s pretty much a permanent change and not an overnight job like on a convertible.

BTW, they haven’t made any convertibles in ages; to the best of my knowledge there were never any made in the -300 or -400 series of aircraft. Except for rare circumstances, the nose door is not used very often, even on the freighters, usually only when you have extremely long pieces of cargo. With the height restriction under the cockpit, you’re better off doing most of your loading through the SCD (side cargo door). In my experience Cargolux would frequently use the nose door, whereas most of the time Singapore would use only the SCD. SQ had better pallet handling equipment, so that may have something to do with it.

For Sweden > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/10/2017 at 18:23

it should also be called a combi

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > For Sweden
03/10/2017 at 18:27

A convertible can be a combi, but a combi can never be a convertible.

f86sabre > Jayhawk Jake
03/10/2017 at 21:06

Can we get better shots of those Delta images?

Jayhawk Jake > f86sabre
03/11/2017 at 09:38

Yes, I thought of you when I saw it. I’ll try to get some later, it’s a postcard with 3 airplanes on the front and descriptions of them on the back