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ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 04-06-2002, 11:05 PM

I know that the flattened aft fuselage improves performance, but it just doesn't look right. The earlier DC-9 tail cone just looks appropriate. Was there not a problem with the traditional DC-9 tail cone at one point, around 1980?

04-06-2002, 11:05 PM	#5
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	I know that the flattened aft fuselage improves performance, but it just doesn't look right. The earlier DC-9 tail cone just looks appropriate. Was there not a problem with the traditional DC-9 tail cone at one point, around 1980? __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !