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Old Sep 29, 2019 | 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by CPMaverick
Funny this article just popped up a couple days ago. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...ll-in-service/

That article says the oldest DL plane is N905DL. It was one of DL first 8 orders of the MD aircraft, and actually started life as a MD-82! But is now a MD-88.

It's not that crazy that there are planes > 30 years old and still flying, but it does seem pretty wild to me that these planes have spent all 30+ years with the same airline.
How does a MD-82 become a MD-88?
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