Flight Engineers are becoming less common as modern jets move towards two person flight crews.
In 1951, Unicorn was considered for modernization to make her capable of operating modern, heavier jet aircraft.
On most modern commercial jets, a slat at the front of the wing slides forward and down shortly before takeoff.
Even most modern jets conform to the town's ordinance on aircraft noise, he added.
Because the runway was built on a slope, landings are one-shot deals for modern jets.
The modern jets were not complete strangers to the former German officers, however.
The world of modern jets and transportation allowed the world to become a smaller sphere.
This is truer of modern jets than older planes, he said.
If we had been in a modern jet, it would have read us correctly, These old engines give off a lot less heat.
But the more modern jets have tended to be kept in service for considerably longer than the period envisaged when they were first designed.
