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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 06/22/2020 at 11:48 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011-385-3 TriStar 500 N753DA
Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / EDDF / FRF)
Germany 7.1986

Never should have ditched the cheatline. 

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 11:55

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Cheatlines are great until it’s your turn to ensure quality control in the paint hangar.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 12:07

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So much room. 

Only Vespas... > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 12:07

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Where did the term “che atline”come from anyway? What exactly is it cheating?

Just wondering....

ttyymmnn > Only Vespas... 06/22/2020 at 12:11

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Cheatline

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 12:17

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I n the air the answer is always TriStar

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 12:20

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Those engines look tiny on that jet. 

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 12:22

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I love that livery, probably due to it being the first jet I flew on. 

ttyymmnn > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 06/22/2020 at 12:22

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I’m sure it’s just an optical illusion.

ttyymmnn > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 06/22/2020 at 12:23

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It’s an absolute classic.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 12:51

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I don’t think so; the cowlings are stubby which makes them look small when viewed against its wide fuselage . Also, the fan diameter of 7' on a widebody a/c looks small compared to today’s widebodies .

Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn 06/22/2020 at 13:18

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My first trans-continental flight was on one of these back during the Reagan administration, TWA LA to Heathrow. Awesome inside ... wide-bodies are so cool.

ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of 06/22/2020 at 15:22

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Never flown on one. Flew briefly on a DC-10 out of CVG, but it turned around and landed because of a problem with the landing gear. Got moved to something else.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 06/23/2020 at 23:05

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used to fly them out to HI to visit family.

http://flytristar.tripod.com/article/art07.html

This sets me back when didnt have a center overhead and had projectors! dates me a bit. Landing in HNL and see all the giant cool 747s from JAL, Q antas

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 06/23/2020 at 23:09

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That’s a big room. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 06/24/2020 at 07:26

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maybe subjective, but I was always freaked out watching the overhead shift during landing 

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 06/24/2020 at 19:07

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Good looking bird. It wore the paint job well.