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Offline gibbo_335

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Poor ol' 727's
« on: March 30, 2010, 11:05:25 PM »
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/noisy-727s-banned-from-australian-airports/story-e6frfq80-1225847275986

GRRRRrrrrr ...Once again people who build houses next to  ::complaining: AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT seem to think they can stop those noisey pesky planes from flying over their houses.  I reckon if you built or moved in AFTER the airport was built, you forfeit your right to complain - problem solved!!  No "OH GEE, I didn't know there was an airport next to my house  ::complaining:"    ::sulk:: NOW i'll never get to fly one  :'(

THE Rudd government will ban noisy Boeing 727 and giant Antonov aircraft from four major airports from September 1.

The new bans apply to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

Few of the 727s - too noisy, despite being equipped with noise suppression kits - still operate in Australia, and a search of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority website found only two on the national register
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Re: Poor ol' 727's
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2010, 12:09:47 AM »
+1

"Grrr" indeed.
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Re: Poor ol' 727's
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2010, 03:54:02 AM »
The 727 was considered to be a cowboys ::cowboy:: airplane.

The guys transitioning from props almost cost us the plane.
In landing approaches, you throttle back, lift the nose and slide on on.
As you approached the runway, you run the throttles up and swish her in.

The pilots transitioning from prop were not use to the time it takes the old jets to spool up and a few landed short.
The FAA finally instead of pulling the type certificate as unsafe, decided educating the pilots was better.

I had the opportunity to fly a C-22.  NICE. (727-100 for our non-military pilots).
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Re: Poor ol' 727's
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2010, 09:27:30 AM »
 ::unbelieveable:: ::eek:: ::loony:: ::complaining: ::banghead::
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Re: Poor ol' 727's
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2010, 08:58:19 PM »
I loved 72's when I was a kid I thought they were what jets should look like, I was fortunate enough in '95 to sit in the jump seat for some of the flight from Darwin to Brisbane in VH-ANA an Ansett 727 on her last operational flight for Ansett before she was decommisioned and sent back to the US.   ::banghead:: only had one foto left on the roll of film so this is the only foto I have on that flight  :'(  this was taken at FL330 nearly overhead Longreach. Now it looks like Australia will have no operational 72's any more...sad day indeed.
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Re: Poor ol' 727's
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2010, 02:33:05 AM »
We have a bunch of nearby folks who complain quite a bit, many of whom have moved only in the last few years.
Most of the folks complain about low flying aircraft, and admit that they had no idea there was an airport here.

One even acted disgusted that we'd build an airport so close to residential areas. HAH!
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