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Post by stealthmanbob on Dec 15, 2015 16:54:15 GMT 1
I knew the Trident was the first commercial airliner that could land in near zero visibility, but not that it could cruise this fast Quote from very interesting and nostalgic for me FlightGlobal article - “It was an awesome machine to fly,” recalls former BEA and British Airways Trident pilot Capt John Rankin. “It was the best handling airliner I ever flew with superb control, agility and rock solid stability, roll rates of 30° a second and smooth as silk right up to its Mach 0.96 maximum speed. The Boeings I've flown since felt like the designer drove a Cadillac. The Trident felt like a finely tuned sports car.” Full article - www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-why-there-was-more-to-the-hs-trident-than-419528/
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