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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. That was the last one.

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:06 PM

Dec 2017

I saw the first one (the first of the -200 series) when it arrived at MSP in 1970; a group of us went to the airport to watch it take off because we didn't believe it could fly. When they take off, the huge wings actually move upwards because they generate so much lift.

I've only flown on them a couple of times but got some simulator time when I worked at NWA. It flew very nicely. Also got to crawl around in one that was halfway taken apart when it was down for a heavy check. I stood out on a wing. It's really high up.

The end of an era, I guess.

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My coworkers and I stood at our office windows today and managed to catch a [View all] dflprincess Dec 2017 OP

Isn't that plane Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #1

Yes - that's what made it an event nt dflprincess Dec 2017 #4

Seems to me,it was a major Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #6

The paper's article about it said it wouldn't fit in the hangars they had at the time dflprincess Dec 2017 #7

Remember that photo. Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #8

My cousin worked on the ground crew for Northwest. When they went Delta he quit geardaddy Dec 2017 #10

That was baked into the Cake Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #11

That was the last one. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #2

I thought of you while we were watching it. nt dflprincess Dec 2017 #5

IIRC, I was on one in the mid-80s to fly to Europe via Northwest Orient. Enormous! WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #3

I flew on them a few times geardaddy Dec 2017 #9