No wonder they redesigned them pretty quickly. Unwieldy things that probably got dropped out the exit before the girtbar got a chance to be connected. Sure didn't bode well in a fire if it took that long to deploy.
707 not 727 / 737 American did not operate the 737 in those days. And I think the 727 had in-the-door slides. BTW: I'd hate to have to operate those is an emergency. Edit: This was originally posted as being a 727/737 video
so if a man can barely handle that clumsy design, how did they expect a petite female to be able to? Thank goodness they redesigned them, thats like a 10 minute ordeal...
I just had an idea.... what if the slides could be in packs attached to the doors! Or before each take-off we set them up ready to deploy - or both ideas together! Or how about if the slide is also A RAFT! We have come a long way from the old canvas slides and rope ladders haven't we?!
thank god they redesigned them to be in the doors...cant imagine what that would have been like in a fire..trying to get that slide down
Ugg that loud clicking unless that is me?
No wonder they redesigned them pretty quickly. Unwieldy things that probably got dropped out the exit before the girtbar got a chance to be connected. Sure didn't bode well in a fire if it took that long to deploy.
You could learn how to play the piano in the time it takes to deploy this slide
707 not 727 / 737 American did not operate the 737 in those days. And I think the 727 had in-the-door slides. BTW: I'd hate to have to operate those is an emergency.
Edit: This was originally posted as being a 727/737 video
SuperLQQK it looks so complicated
I appreciate it was early days, but that design is purely horrific.
so if a man can barely handle that clumsy design, how did they expect a petite female to be able to?
Thank goodness they redesigned them, thats like a 10 minute ordeal...
After all that it’s not even a slide raft 😑
I just had an idea.... what if the slides could be in packs attached to the doors! Or before each take-off we set them up ready to deploy - or both ideas together! Or how about if the slide is also A RAFT! We have come a long way from the old canvas slides and rope ladders haven't we?!
Évacuation in under 90 secs seems impossible with that