Jet-A (2019)
Jet-A * * * Prologue: Havana, Cuba. White smoke gushed from the turbine hoods of engine one. The rumblings of pistons and propellers filled the tarmac as "Clipper Neptune's Jalopy" was prepared for departure from the...
A Most Prized Possession (alternate title: Some Ordinary Guy's Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 Rollout Ceremony)
The last penny was paid off, and today i was here to pick up the douglas (all that "mcdonnell-douglas" never made sense to me - douglas for life!)
Second Stage
The lockheed/boeing f-22 raptor, lockheed/boeing fb-22 strikeraptor, mcdonnell-douglas f-15c eagle, boeing a-12 avenger, general dynamics f-111 aardvark, general dynamics ef-111 raven, general dynamics f-16a fighting falcon, eurofighter typhoon, saab gripen
Long Way to Jakarta
I looked at John in utter disbelief "Wait what, seriously??" I said "Yeah, sorry, man. Only one they had" said John "So you expect me to fly from here in NYC to Jakarta in a fucking Douglas DC-9-88 (MD-88)? If I remember properly, these planes are...
A funny thing happened in class today (Part 1)
He was wearing his usual getup: slightly baggy jeans, stallions (local baseball team) replica jersey bearing the name and number of his favorite player (brace mcdonnells, # 23), whatever band t-shirt he decided to grab before leaving his house, and his most
Give Me Wings, and I Will Fly
Subsequently, it had only taken the malinois just over two years to advance to a captain's position for the very aircraft he had started out on, the humble mcdonnell douglas md-88. the md-88 was by no means the poster child aircraft of the airline.