<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by B747-437B:
In 25 years of travel, I have been fortunate enough to have experienced every major jet aircraft that has been produced in the Western world (*) from the DC8 to the 777, with the sole exception of the Airbus 340.
(* - defined as a jet aircraft manufactured in the European Union or the Americas with production run greater than 50 units.)
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So sorry to be pedantic, but what about the de Havilland Comet? There were more than 50 of those built and they were all out of service by 25 years ago.