She were a National Airlines bird when I had my way with her. Couple thoughts on the topic: Easy to fly hands on, but from a systems perspective complex. Lots of power, fast and when the gear touches down your ass is still 75' in the air. Once you get one pointed somewhere they didn't exactly display the agility of a Spad if you changed your mind.

When McDonald merged with Douglas they took the concept to its zenith with the MD11. Max gross weight takeoff and could fly circles around a Lear or Gulfstream in climb or level flight. Awesome aircraft that.

This was back in a mythical time when stews were all chicks and they were Hot. When men were steel and ships were wood.

I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain