On 2007-06-12 19:20:16 -0400, Bertie the Bunyip said:

Dudley Henriques wrote in
news:2007061219085050073-dhenriques@rcncom:

On 2007-06-12 19:03:46 -0400, Bertie the Bunyip
said:



I rode on them once. Never have I met a woman more deserving of the
title "broad" than their #1.

That would be Carol Bowersox I'll bet. Carol was chief stew in charge
of training and one HELL of a woman :-))


Well, they were all pretty, um, "Brooklynish".

I got a free drink on the airline due to a massive delay. whe I went up to
the Stew's station looking for another I found her slumped in her seat,
shoes off, her feet parked up on the bulkhead in front of her doing her
nails.
"May I have another G&T", says I.
"Yeh,, it's an da lockah down dere, get it yerself, two bucks" Says she.

Classy.

I also remember that whoever was driving (DC-8) was the coarsest pilot on
the stick I had ever been behind (I've met worse since) all manuevering was
done with an ey to moving the airplane as quickly as possible to the
bank/pitch desired.. It was like being in space mountain..

Bertie

Yeah, the girls could be a bit "laid back" at times :-))

Sounds like one of the stretch 8's you were in. If I recall, that bird
had a double rotation bug on the ADI requiring an initial rotation,
then another to avoid nailing the tail on takeoff. The Capitol guys did
catch the tail a few times as I remember :-))
They had some good drivers and some bad ones like every outfit I guess.
I know Jack Selby was one of the best sticks I ever flew with. Jack was
Capitol's CP, and Gus Musante was also very good.
Gus had a Ryan PT22 that was beautifully restored. If you could fly
that thing without breaking your neck, you could fly anything.
Dudley