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TobyV
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by TobyV » 17 Oct 2010, 22:29
The smoke its trailing caught my eye - I thought the JT8Ds were cleaner than that. Even in my lifetime I flew on a few 727s powered by basically the same engines and I don't remember the aircraft being that smokey!
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by DispatchDragon » 17 Oct 2010, 22:33
-7s and -9s were smoky......plus although it seems trite to say -- refining has improved somewhat since the 1960s -- for the comment about "long bodies" its a -30 by the looks of things
the MD80 with jt8D-219s is still smoky even today
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by DaveB » 17 Oct 2010, 23:53
I wasn't sure if the Flintsones were going to come into shot when the music started! The smoke caught my eye too
Nice bit of film
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cstorey
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by cstorey » 18 Oct 2010, 18:42
I can remember once suggesting that an Aviogenex ( or was it JAT ? - Yugoslavian anyway ) DC9 which I was following had problems , because one engine in particular was belching smoke , and being firmly put in my place ! Some seemed to be smokier than others
Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 18 Oct 2010, 18:45
I remember a Sterling Caravelle 10B that would put an early 707 to shame.
Yet the other Caravelles I saw we no smokier than One-Elevens. The Sterling was even belching thick black on approach.
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jonesey2k
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by jonesey2k » 18 Oct 2010, 18:53
We used to get an Aer Turas DC8 into liverpool on cargo runs. You knew when it was on approach because of the trail of smoke behind it
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by Garry Russell » 18 Oct 2010, 19:14
Bit of oil on the plugs
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VEGAS
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by VEGAS » 18 Oct 2010, 19:58
Great advert. In the days when soot was the norm.
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jonesey2k
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by jonesey2k » 18 Oct 2010, 20:43
Applies to trains as well as planes. *Fondly remembers clag-spewing class 37's and the like *
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