Western Railroad Discussion > Off Topic: Northern Pacific Airways

Previous discussion about BNSF suing an airline, and hence I'm posting this in the Western board:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,5563907

I got couple of pictures of a Boeing 757-200 at Ontario Airport (SoCal, not Canada) so here they are:
 

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Cool.  Love the racoon mask.

The 757 is very popular with flight crews. It is very well behaved and is a favorite with many pilots.
The layout inside is comfortable or was!
Sure beats flying on the 737 although the that plane i newer I think. The mid-tier seats are spacious and comfortable.
Anybody around that flew with Freddie Laker on the Lockheed 1011?  West Coast to Gatwick, U.K.?

Never flew on Laker, but made a couple of trips LAX-PHL on TWA TriStars in the early ’80s.
GK   
 

One of the best flights I ever had was on a Northwest Orient Airlines flight using a 757.  Very comfortable flight.  Plane seemed to handle nicely.

their performance appreciated at california airports?

ApproachCircuit Wrote:
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> The 757 is very popular with flight crews. It is
> very well behaved and is a favorite with many
> pilots.
> The layout inside is comfortable or was!
> Sure beats flying on the 737 although the that
> plane i newer I think. The mid-tier seats are
> spacious and comfortable.
> Anybody around that flew with Freddie Laker on the
> Lockheed 1011?  West Coast to Gatwick, U.K.?

Laker operated DC10s, not L10s

Typhoon Wrote:
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> Cool.  Love the racoon mask.

Copied from Airbus....all their new builds have it.

Typhoon Wrote:
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> Cool.  Love the racoon mask.  Its anti glare paint to help the pilots.

masterphots Wrote:
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> Typhoon Wrote:
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> > Cool.  Love the racoon mask.
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> Copied from Airbus....all their new builds have
> it.
Wow nothing copied it helps prevent glare for pilots been around for years on many planes.

I flew Laker to London Gatwick back in 1980.They had DC 10s not L1011s.
Steve

Rode a DC10 to Chicago and a 737 to Seattle...the return was a 737 again pn Alaska Airlines and a United 737 from Chicago to Norfolk...when younger we had a 747 to Germany and pretty sure we had that on return...But where we went out on United we returned on Lufthansa. I guess too as lousy as flying has gotten I won't be doing it anymore. Trains certainly and ships maybe.....Grand World Voyage on Holland America is expensive in the extreme but so worth doing. 

masterphots Wrote:
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> Typhoon Wrote:
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> > Cool.  Love the racoon mask.
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> Copied from Airbus....all their new builds have
> it.

Which was copied from USAF KC-135's. Many units have added the black mask around the windshields of their KC-135's.

Copied from NFL players?

Nothing original in this world

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It needs the Monad on the tail to complete the look!

PHall Wrote:
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> It needs the Monad on the tail to complete the
> look!

Yeah, agreed, but then BNSF would have a definite and legitimate course of action.

KC

Saw it sitting there when arriving lat ONT last Monday and again today while driving by ONT. There was story about them in the last day or two on one opf the media outlets, don't emeber which one. Their start-up has been delayed until sometime later this year. 

KC