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On the Braniff service!


Fredric Greenblott

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Fredric Greenblott
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Had a great deal of challenging fun today flying BAW189/BNF189 on the LHR-IAD-DFW run! I had never flown the Braniff service before and it did not disappoint.

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After arriving from LHR, we sit at B51, ground crews scurrying about to refuel and turn her around further west.

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"Braniff 189 Heavy, wind 280/12, runway 30, cleared for takeoff."

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Only took us 10 minutes to reach our cruise altitude of FL320 at M0.95.

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Many rumors and anecdotes have been spread about the Braniff crews briefly taking Concorde just past Mach 1 over the remote mountains of Tennessee... who knows if it happened or not? ;-)

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Descending into DFW.

 

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On final to 17C, she is always gorgeous!


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Welcome to Dallas! Total flight time 2 hours 14 minutes. And tomorrow it's time to do the return trip!

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