A Gate for Randy

[Bill Bridges]

[Randy Sohn]

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Dunno if this will work or not but that photo made me reminisce about the very first time I sat down in the 747's pilot seat and looked out thru the windshield. Hoky-smokes! I was looking at the MSP terminal's roof while belting in and stuff.

best, randy

[John O'Shaughnessy [FCM]]

Dunno if this will work or not but that photo made me reminisce about the very first time I sat down in the 747's pilot seat and looked out thru the windshield. Hoky-smokes! I was looking at the MSP terminal's roof while belting in and stuff.

best, randy

Worked great, Randy.

Though I think the International 747's were more likely to be at G2 - G6 -- sometimes with two jetways - one for the elite, and one for cattle class. Moo!

[Randy Sohn]

Worked great, Randy.

Though I think the International 747's were more likely to be at

Might well be John, tho I don't really know. Tho guess that I thought that the dual jetways were for boarding thru two fuselage doors at one time, again, I dunno what the gate agents did or thought or figured.

That first time in the whale (I'd been flying the sims in training, this was flight traning in the actual airplane) when I sat down up front it was only going to Chicago (ORD) but I can distinctly remember looking out at the termoil's rooftop.

Never flew Intl. out of MSP, I had to commute to LAX to do that, too much senority in the MSP crew domicile. To fly the heavys out of MSP I had to bid back to flying the DC-10s. Worked "mo-bettah" for me anyhow, those Intl. 747 trips to the Orient were killing me! MUCH better DC-10 flights to Europe, easy 9-10 hour trips.

best, randy

[Bill Bridges]

[Bill Bridges]

Randy,

The first picture was a B772 and the second is from a B744. Folks think the B777 is a big airplane until it sets beside a B744. Both pictures from the same spot.

Bill