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Old Jan 3, 2013 | 8:21 am
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Does any U.S. carrier operate any 747 other than the -400?

I fondly recall the AA Fokkers from the late 1990's. Loved that plane out of DAL...basically an all-F configuration and service. I still recall eating a lobster quesadilla and drinking sparkling wine while sitting in an exit row with a seat pitch of about six feet.

Midwest Connect had some funky four-jet-engine tiny plane they flew around the upper midwest at one point. I remember flying it from MKE to Duluth about 8 years ago. No idea who makes those things or if they're still in service with some regional carrier up there.

The only MD-90 flight that I can recall was Reno Air in the late 90's. I remember they had what seemed like a ton of F seats - like 7 or 8 rows. A bunch of us bought cheap gate upgrades once at ORD for a Tahoe trip and easily drank our money's worth on the way out to Reno.

I believe I was on an AA A300 about 15 years ago, although I suppose it could have been a slightly different Airbus type. Widebody for sure. I remember thinking it was odd to be on AA and on a widebody Airbus, since I'd only flown 767's at that point. AA seemed to have a jillion 767's at the time...I was on them frequently for both domestic and international flights.

I'm sure we could dedicate an entire thread just to Alaska and northern/rural Canadian operators using all sorts of strange aircraft.

EDIT: florin's reference upthread to Avro rung a bell. From the Google image, I believe that's what the Midwest Connect plane was.
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