My original comment was 'ain't got the same soul'. Soul is so very not the same
thing as class.
Bob 'Bob Seger' Whitmire
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> On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:23 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 6/14/2016 8:46 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Thanks, Bob. But today's passengers want to cruise along at Mach .84 at
>> 41,000 feet, and reach from coast to coast. The "Class" is gone, the "cattle
>> car" is here!
>>
>>
>>> On 6/14/2016 10:23 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>> Sweet. Love those old birds. With apologies to Bob Seger (appropriately
>>> from Detroit): Today's airplanes ain't got the same soul.
>
> You guys are kidding, right? When's the last time you rode in one?
>
> I was excited and suitably impressed when approaching one for my first
> flight, about to turn age seven. Thundershowers and unsettled weather from
> Raleigh to DC. That flight must have lasted 12 hours, at least that's how it
> felt to me, as I wondered and hoped for simple, painless death, as I barfed
> my guts out for the whole trip.
>
> Small, cramped, although no more so than some of today's commuter planes. And
> really noisy. I had that impression reinforced about 15 years later, on a
> military version. By today's standards, ear protectors would certainly be
> required.
>
> Then there's that aisle, with the semi stairs that are awkward in one way on
> the ground, then in the other in the air. Like walking on a sawtooth wave. I
> remember trying to puzzle out a better solution - before we became airborne.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, there never was any class.
>
> And as to coast to coast in 5-6 hours @ 40,000' - OH YEAH! I guess my
> agreement with the spiritual idea that it's all about the journey, not the
> destination doesn't apply to flying across the US. ;-) I can pull it out
> when a flight is cancelled or seriously delayed, though. :-)
>
> That DC-3 flight was just the start of a cross country trip, circa 1951. The
> next leg was much better for my stomach, a three tail Constellation. All it
> did was porpoise slightly through the skies, not easy on my stomach, but so
> much better.
>
> Next stop, Chicago; but wait, it's socked in with fog, so it's Akron
> overnight. Then a DC-4 (mini Moosie tummy heaven) to LA, and heaven knows
> what to SF. I imagine the original plan was only three legs, with Chi to SFO
> getting in late that first night. Elapsed time, two days. Highlight, the
> pilot lost altitude and banked each way over the Grand Canyon. :-)
>
> A little like my '55 Chevy. I loved that car. If someone gave me one today,
> I'd sell it like a hot potato. Not up to the standards I'm used to.
>
> Comfort Able Creature Moose
>
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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