A320 FIN 202 (C-FDQV) sent to Tucson scrapyard
Apr 1, 2019, 9:46 pm
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Guess there was no way to defer that maintenance any longer - with the 7M8 issues, I'm sure they'd love to keep it around a little longer.
Apr 1, 2019, 10:26 pm
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My inner pragmatist understands the disadvantages of retaining older hunks of metal, plastic and rubber past their economical lifespan, but it's always painful to see a plane land in the desert after its last flight and park beside the skeletons of its peers. An A320Neo woulda looked great in AC colours.
Apr 1, 2019, 10:38 pm
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When I checked my logs, I last flew on this bird on July 31, 2017 as AC228 YVR-YYC and sat in 18D (OK, I am a nerd and keep this kind of stuff)
Apr 1, 2019, 10:45 pm
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According to airfleets.net....
6 older A320’s still flying, including the original A320 at Air Canada C-FDQQ.
MSN 68 for Aircraft 202...now at MSN 8,935 and counting...... Airbus keeps pumping them out.
6 older A320’s still flying, including the original A320 at Air Canada C-FDQQ.
MSN 68 for Aircraft 202...now at MSN 8,935 and counting...... Airbus keeps pumping them out.
Apr 1, 2019, 10:49 pm
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Apr 1, 2019, 11:23 pm
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FIN 202 maybe done with revenue service, but it still has the opportunity to provide some service to the industry as a whole. ^
Apr 1, 2019, 11:36 pm
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Apr 2, 2019, 1:31 am
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September 16, 2018 is the one and only flight that I know I took on this one - AC205 YYC-YVR. I wish I had started keeping track of that stuff years ago, so who knows whether I might have been on it a few more times, but that's what I know.
It's funny how these things work out though, I've been on this one's close relative C-FDQQ at least six times.
It's funny how these things work out though, I've been on this one's close relative C-FDQQ at least six times.
Apr 2, 2019, 6:39 am
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Flew this bird at least three times. I only started recording the FIN numbers four years ago, so I could have flown on it more times before that.
The A320s remain my favourite narrow body aircrafts. So long, C-FDQV, thanks for the memories!
The A320s remain my favourite narrow body aircrafts. So long, C-FDQV, thanks for the memories!
Apr 2, 2019, 6:55 am
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At this point in my career I think that at the end of it I will likely have more flights on XMed A320s than anything else. So many YOW-YYZ-X connections.
A bit sad to see them go.
A bit sad to see them go.
Apr 2, 2019, 12:00 pm
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I've no idea if I've ever sat in this 320 or not because I've never bothered keeping track of fin numbers. Better chance than not though, and like RatherBeInYOW, I do feel a bit sorry to see them go.
Apr 2, 2019, 6:33 pm
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Fin202 is off to a desert retirement (always sad IMHO). I wonder how much Boeing / Airbus are a part of these retirements vs some private contractor just disassembling the airframe one screw at a time.
Apr 4, 2019, 1:30 am
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Quite a testament to AC maintenance practices and Airbus' engineering that this airplane could remain airworthy for so long.
AC isn't exactly known as a very high utilization operator, and certainly relatively low on 'cycles', so I doubt their frames are all that interesting for 'analysis' purposes.
AC isn't exactly known as a very high utilization operator, and certainly relatively low on 'cycles', so I doubt their frames are all that interesting for 'analysis' purposes.