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  1. 11-19-2019, 12:07 PM #1
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    The Most Disappointing Planes Ever

    Click bait with photos of many aircraft I've never seen before.

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    Excellent, especially viewed in Brave to scuttle the ads.
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    The L1011 was the first wide body I flew on---back in the early 70's when wide bodies were just coming into the market. At least some of them had an elevator in the galley for the crew to go down to the freight deck for supplies.

    Many years latter I was to come into Sioux City Iowa only days after a very similar DC-10 crashed and burned during an emergency landing. It was a very sobering picture.
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    I've read of the Convair NB-36 many times...Not an aircraft I would want any contact with......Ben
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    I've read of the Convair NB-36 many times...Not an aircraft I would want any contact with......Ben
    That was one of which I never heard. Was it solely powered by a nuclear reactor, and how did its power get to the propellers?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    That was one of which I never heard. Was it solely powered by a nuclear reactor, and how did its power get to the propellers?
    This may fill in some blanks, Joe...The 11 ton radiation lining for the crew would have negated any value as a bomb truck......Ben

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