Air Canada 'high density' flights...
Sep 7th 2014 | 1:03 pm
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Re: Air Canada 'high density' flights...
It used to belong to the SA Air Force but was at the time in the hands of a private charter company doing rather dodgy airlifts into Angola (remember, this was 1991). They used to have two, but the other one was shot down over southern Angola three weeks before I started our lease.
Cowboy science, moi?
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Sep 7th 2014 | 3:46 pm
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Re: Air Canada 'high density' flights...
You'd be surprised of the age of planes flying the skies, but 20 years isn't bad really. There are still some early build A320's out there, and frankly even the early build 737 next generations are pushing 20 years now.
The airline I worked for in the late 90's and early 2000's still had 737-200's flying and at that time where nearly 30 years old.
Delta just retired their last DC-9 (inherited from Northwest in the merger) this past January, that aircraft was built in 1978, just one example.
The airline I worked for in the late 90's and early 2000's still had 737-200's flying and at that time where nearly 30 years old.
Delta just retired their last DC-9 (inherited from Northwest in the merger) this past January, that aircraft was built in 1978, just one example.
Sep 7th 2014 | 3:50 pm
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Re: Air Canada 'high density' flights...
You'd be surprised of the age of planes flying the skies, but 20 years isn't bad really. There are still some early build A320's out there, and frankly even the early build 737 next generations are pushing 20 years now.
The airline I worked for in the late 90's and early 2000's still had 737-200's flying and at that time where nearly 30 years old.
Delta just retired their last DC-9 (inherited from Northwest in the merger) this past January, that aircraft was built in 1978, just one example.
The airline I worked for in the late 90's and early 2000's still had 737-200's flying and at that time where nearly 30 years old.
Delta just retired their last DC-9 (inherited from Northwest in the merger) this past January, that aircraft was built in 1978, just one example.
Sep 7th 2014 | 3:53 pm
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Twenty years isn't really a problem for a modern jet. The limit is likely to be the number of flights and flying hours, not the age... and most are likely to be retired in favour of newer, more efficient aircraft before then, to save money. The last DC-10 in passenger service was just retired, and that was built in 1971.
I believe all B-52 bombers are now at least fifty years old, and are expected to be in service for decades to come. I seem to remember reading an article about a new B-52 pilot who was flying the same plane his grandfather flew?
I believe all B-52 bombers are now at least fifty years old, and are expected to be in service for decades to come. I seem to remember reading an article about a new B-52 pilot who was flying the same plane his grandfather flew?
David Welsh B-52: Air Force Capt. Daniel 'Swoop' Welch is piloting a plane that his father flew during the Cold War and his grandfather flew in Vietnam | Mail Online
Article says last plane built in 1962, and expected to fly until 2040 which by then will have been 78 years since production ended.
Sep 7th 2014 | 4:06 pm
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Sep 7th 2014 | 7:44 pm
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Sep 8th 2014 | 12:07 am
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The plane in my avatar is just under 20 years old.
The interior is more duct tape than upholstery in places but the engine has never given me a moment of trouble. Despite the fact she gets hammered by student after student!
The interior is more duct tape than upholstery in places but the engine has never given me a moment of trouble. Despite the fact she gets hammered by student after student!
Sep 8th 2014 | 12:14 am
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Probably built by the Soviets. I think even passenger aircraft were built to military specs, at least for the technical bits. I was on a Czech flight in the 90s on such a beast. Looked a bit like a Tristar. The interior was wood panelling and it smelled of mould.
Sep 8th 2014 | 1:08 am
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Sep 8th 2014 | 3:31 am
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Sep 8th 2014 | 3:33 am
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Not sure that's updated... looks like your original one still?
Sep 8th 2014 | 3:36 am
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Sep 8th 2014 | 3:48 am
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Sep 8th 2014 | 4:01 am
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Sep 8th 2014 | 4:02 am
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That's better I think?
Thanks for your help. I owe you & your OH a drink on the 26th.
Thanks for your help. I owe you & your OH a drink on the 26th.
