Originally Posted by
avidflyer
Old yes but well maintained and built like tanks. I agree that with the new mini jets (ERJ175/CR9/etc) the gas hog 9's will go soon but there is something about turning final in one of those birds that makes you really feel like you are flying. They "sweep" into a final turn like nothing else in the sky. I will miss them when they are gone...but I miss Avro's so that's just me
I've been on two AVROs and one DC-9-50 in the past 3 months. If you fly on AF to EDI or ZRH, you'll travel with CityJet, which operates AVROs they acquired from Mesaba.
I was on N769NC ATL-BHM. I was sitting in Row 1, which is about 10-12 feet behind the flight deck door (closets and the galley are in between), and saw all the pre-digital age instruments on the flight deck.
Brought back memories of North Central, which was one of two carriers that served my home airports, MKG and GRR, back in the 1960s