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707 Captain >> 707 Captain >> My favorite 707 screenshots https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1299684724 Message started by pj747 on Mar 9^th, 2011 at 3:32pm

Title: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by pj747 on Mar 9^th, 2011 at 3:32pm

Here some of my favorites......

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by boeing247 on Mar 10^th, 2011 at 2:43am

Here's one of mine (I cropped an expanded it, so it's a little jagged):

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Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by JoshACK on Mar 30^th, 2011 at 1:41pm

fully loaded using all the runway....

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Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by boeing247 on Mar 31^st, 2011 at 1:48am

What airport is that?

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by Markoz on Mar 31^st, 2011 at 6:35am

The runway sure looks pretty short for the 707. The angle of the shot makes it a bit hard to tell for sure.

Mark

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by JoshACK on Mar 31^st, 2011 at 2:26pm

The airport is Unalakleet Alaska (PAUN) its only 5400ft long....trying to land is even worse.

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by boeing247 on Mar 31^st, 2011 at 10:56pm

I had a feeling it was somewhere in Alaska. Were you able to land?

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by JoshACK on Mar 31^st, 2011 at 11:46pm

Just for fun i tried fully loaded and ran of the ruway into a ditch but thanks to slew i gave it another try after dumbing 95% of the fuel and made a successfull landing in 28kt crosswinds.

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Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by boeing247 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 2:25am

And just imagine flying the 707 at the advent of the jet age. Very few runways were long enough to land it. That's why the 727 and 737 are so much smaller.

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by pj747 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 3:01am

Okay, Ultimate Alaska X, by FLight1 makes Unalakleet all gravel when it should be paved.

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by pj747 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 3:02am

Plus, the 727 and 737 were for short haul stuf.f..

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by boeing247 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 3:19am

Well, the 737 was for short haul. The 727 was short-to-medium. You know, the man who headed the 747 development (Joe Sutter) holds a patent for the 737 engine placement. :)

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by pj747 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 3:20am

Yeah,

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by boeing247 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 3:32am

Hey, do you know when the transition from those long, skinny engines to the modern short, fat ones was? I'm guessing some time around when the 747-200 came out, because the 747-100 is the last Boeing I've seen with the long, skinny engines.

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by pete197 on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 10:18am

It was probably due to the GE CF6-50, it was the first fat one, it was the second engine variant to the 747, used on the DC-10(might be the CF6-80). PW was a while to follow with the A300, Rolls Royce, L1011

Title: Re: My favorite 707 screenshots
Post by JoshACK on Apr 1^st, 2011 at 12:45pm

You can buy AFX from flight 1 and mod any airport you want. I love the look of the old skinny engines, cant wait for the 737!