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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 6:22 am
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Originally Posted by rkkwan
Didn't get to ride any 30+ year old DC-9, but today I rode NW's N662US and N661US. N661US was first B747-400 built (but not the first one delivered). All 19 years old, just like N664US I rode the other day.
Very cool.

I had a similar experience Friday. I flew the very first ERJ-145 that was delivered to CO. Of course that makes it just over 11.5 years old. Still a youngin' compared to many of the planes at NW.

Other first planes I've flown:
  • CO's first 73G (was also the first NG 737 CO received)
  • The first production 735 (WN)
  • The first production 717 (FL)
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