EMAlad From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 353 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1481 times:
Hi fellow Airnetters!!
Have just got back from honeymoon in Rome and flew out on the newest aircraft in the BA fleet G-EUUX and was very impressed both with the plane and the service in Club Europe. This got me thinking about the oldest and newest aircraft you have been on and how old the aircraft were when you flew on them.
Newst: G-EUUX (British Airways A320) 46 days old when flown on
Oldest: G-TDTW (MyTravel DC10) 25 years old when flown on
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but it got me thinking while driving back up North from Heathrow on the M40!
Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 7552 posts, RR: 18 Reply 1, posted (3 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1466 times:
I have flown on one FR 738, EI-DPM, which at the time I flew in it was only a week or so in service.
Mind you, I have a friend who flew an FR 738 on its delivery flight from BFI to DUB, so he trumped me there!
As for the oldest aircraft I have flown in, that's more difficult ... on scheduled flights, it would be an SAS DC9-21 which I took from GOT to CPH, which was about 32 years old at the time.
I have, however, flown on a De Havillant DH-86 Rapide, as a pleasure flight; that aircraft was built sometime in the 1930s; I flew on it in 1998.
This is my first post on this forum!
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PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 7044 posts, RR: 53 Reply 2, posted (3 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1460 times:
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Quoting Kaitak (Reply 1): This is my first post on this forum!
Well it only took you nine years
Oldest aircraft; Air Atlantique Classic Flight's Douglas DC-3 - G-AMPY/KK116 which was 65 years old when I flew it.
Youngest aircraft; WizzAir Ukraine's A320-200 - UR-WUA which first flew on the 10th June 2008, and I flew it on the 11th July on the aircraft's first ever commercial flight, although it had been on a couple of other entertainment/publicity flights beforehand.
AirTran Airways 717-2BD N942AT (Ship 703). It was delivered on September 23, 1999 and it entered passenger service several weeks later after making proving runs along with a few other a/c that were delivered shortly after Ship 703. At the time I flew on it, it was about 6 weeks after it was delivered.
EICVD From Ireland, joined Mar 2008, 718 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (3 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 1374 times:
Oldest was EI-CDD/CDE EI 737-500s. they were both around 13 years old when I flew DUB-TLS & TLS-DUB back in 2004.
Newest was a FR 737-800 EI-DLK. Was delievred a few months before I flew to Carcassone from Dublin in July 2006.
FlyMIA From United States, joined Jun 2001, 3477 posts, RR: 3 Reply 12, posted (3 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
I dont know exact dates but. Chalks Grumman 73 which must have been built in the 1940s for the oldest. Newest I am going to guess either a 777-200 on AA or A320 on B6. But honestly I have no idea for newest.
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UltimateDelta From United States, joined Sep 2007, 793 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (3 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1281 times:
The oldest plane I ever flew on was the Midwest Express DC-9 N700ME, at that time was the world's oldest flying DC-9. The newest was the NW A333 N821NW which first flew on August 8, 2007.
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RoseFlyer From United States, joined Feb 2004, 5282 posts, RR: 17 Reply 16, posted (3 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1274 times:
I guess I win since I've flown on a plane before it was ever delivered to an airline, before it entered revenue service.
Newest :
7 days after exiting the factory in Renton WA, Boeing 737 for XXX airlines. 2nd, 3rd and 4th flight of the specific plane, all of which were before delivery to the airline and even before the plane was painted in its future owners paint scheme. All flights were test flights as the plane was still owned and operated under Boeing's certificate: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...ums/trip_reports/read.main/107576/
Oldest:
737-200 built 1972 for Frontier Airlines operated by United Airlines. PHX-DEN in 1994.
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747m8te From Australia, joined Aug 2008, 33 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1235 times:
Oldest: QANTAS 747-300 VH-EBT, it was over 20 years old when I flew on it back in 2006, but the funny thing was that there were a couple sitting next to me commenting on how new the plane was...I knew better and chuckled to my self, but QANTAS did keep her in good shape.
Newest: Virgin Blue 737-800 (can't remember the registration right now), also back in 2006, but the Pilot announced over the pa that it was the newest arrival and the first day of commercial service for the aircraft.
DYflyer From Norway, joined May 2006, 558 posts, RR: 11 Reply 18, posted (2 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1209 times:
Oldest plane is LN-WND. A DC-3 built in 1942. Last time i flew that one was last year from HAM to TRF, so i guess that would make it 65 years old when i flew on it.
The newest one i think is D-ACKE. A CRJ9 from LH witch was delivered about a week before my flight. I think it beat OK-MEJ (a A320 from OK), witch was about two weeks when i flew on it.
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Srbmod From United States, joined Mar 2001, 13483 posts, RR: 43 Reply 19, posted (2 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1173 times:
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Quoting BAKJet (Reply 13): my oldest is the EAA Tri-Motor which was/ is 79 years old.
You've beat me in regards to the oldest, as the EAA's Trimotor was the 146th Trimotor to roll off the Ford assembly line, and Grand Canyon's Trimotor was the 155th off of the assembly line. But based on first flight, you beat me only by two weeks, as the EAA Trimotor's first flight was August 21, 1929 and the Grand Canyon's first flight was September 4, 1929.
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TupolevTu154 From United Kingdom (England), joined Aug 2004, 1455 posts, RR: 22 Reply 20, posted (2 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1161 times:
Oldest - G-ANMY. Tiger moth, manufactured 1942
Newest - G-FBEG. E195, which was 5 months old when I flew on her.
NorthstarBoy From United States, joined Jun 2005, 840 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (2 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1155 times:
My oldest was N3310L, a DC-9-14, from Omaha-Minneapolis in 1995/1996 timeframe, it's first flight was 7/29/66 it's the only aircraft (other than the CV580) i have on my log that's actually older than I am.
My newest, N291WN, a 737-7H4 i flew on about three months ago from Sna-Las, first flight was 8/29/07.
Finally, the oldest that's currently still in service is N753NW, a DC-9-41, that first flew 5/2/68, making it 40 this year.
I'll fly on any airline once, the kind of service i get during that one experience determines whether or not i'll return
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