The last time you flew a (insert obsolete aircraft)
Feb 10, 22, 10:46 pm
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Originally Posted by kochleffel
I tend to think of an aircraft as obsolete when it's no longer in commercial service anywhere that I know about, not merely when it's no longer in production.
Originally Posted by kochleffel
I have flown in at least one plane that had been out of production and out of commercial service for a long, long time by then: the EAA's Ford Trimotor. Of course we didn't really go anywhere, just returned to the same field from which we'd taken off.
I don’t have my logbook at hand right now, but I’ll post the rest of my list shortly
Feb 15, 22, 4:09 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
... I don’t have my logbook at hand right now, but I’ll post the rest of my list shortly
2001 to present, plus info for DC-10-10 and -30 that I didn't enumerate in my earlier lists 1955-1977, 1978-1979, 1980-1999
B-17G, 24 Jun 2018 -- NL93012, BFI-BFI
MD-90, 15 Feb 2016 -- DL 557, N945DN, MSP-DTW
MD-88,18 Aug 2015 -- DL 2438, N943DL, ATL-DCA
DC-9-50, 28 Feb 2011 -- DL 2135, N771NC, ATL-DAY
DC-9-40, 3 Dec 2010 -- DL 1589, N775NW, DTW-BNA
MD-80/81/82/83, 6 Jul 2007 -- AA 1578, N421AA, DFW-IAD
DC-9-30, 23 Mar 2006 -- NW 233, N89S, DCA-DTW
737-200, 8 Dec 2005 -- DL 1804, N375DL, ORD-CVG
DC-9-10, 25 Aug 2004 -- NW 226, N8915E, DTW-DCA
727-200, 13 Jan 2003 -- DL 661, N283WA, CVG-DFW
DC-10-40, 8 Jun 2001 -- NW 95, N159US, MSP-SEA
DC-10-10, 7 Apr 1996 -- UA 1224, N1846U, SEA-DEN
DC-10-30, 22 May 1987, UA 1202, C-GCPF, LAX-SEA
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Feb 15, 22, 7:54 pm
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Originally Posted by kochleffel
Vickers Viscount, 1965 UA PIT-YNG
CL-44J, 1970, LL JFK-KEF-LUX (returned on DC-8, new to LL that year)
F-27, 1970, LG LUX-FRA
B-727, 1970, PA FRA-THF
Beech 99, 1978, AL ORD-BMG
DC-8, 1981, UA ORD-PDX
CV-600, 1984, FW CLE-SYR
YS-11, 1985 (?), MQ PLN-ORD
F-28, 1984, EM SYR-CLE
L-1011, 1987 or 1988, DL LGW-CVG
CL-44J, 1970, LL JFK-KEF-LUX (returned on DC-8, new to LL that year)
F-27, 1970, LG LUX-FRA
B-727, 1970, PA FRA-THF
Beech 99, 1978, AL ORD-BMG
DC-8, 1981, UA ORD-PDX
CV-600, 1984, FW CLE-SYR
YS-11, 1985 (?), MQ PLN-ORD
F-28, 1984, EM SYR-CLE
L-1011, 1987 or 1988, DL LGW-CVG
DO 228, ~1986, ML MSN-MDW
Short 330, ~1987, AL PIT-MDT
Short 360, ~1985, MQ ORD-PLN
MQ (Simmons) had banners in the PLN terminal reading "Fly the Wide-Body 360!"
Feb 16, 22, 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by kochleffel
Adding:
DO 228, ~1986, ML MSN-MDW
Short 330, ~1987, AL PIT-MDT
Short 360, ~1985, MQ ORD-PLN
MQ (Simmons) had banners in the PLN terminal reading "Fly the Wide-Body 360!"
DO 228, ~1986, ML MSN-MDW
Short 330, ~1987, AL PIT-MDT
Short 360, ~1985, MQ ORD-PLN
MQ (Simmons) had banners in the PLN terminal reading "Fly the Wide-Body 360!"
-J.
Feb 23, 22, 11:23 pm
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MD88 - DL 6/2019 ICT-ATL
MD90 - DL 2/2019 ATL-DTW
MD80 - AA 2/2019 DFW-ICT
DC-9-50 - DL 12/2013 CAE-ATL
B747-400 - DL 12/2013 ATL-DTW
B737-500 - WN 12/2013 DAL-HOU
Saab 340 - DL/XJ 12/2010 DTW-PLN
DC-9-30 - DL 6/2010 DTW-DFW
DC-9-40 - NW 6/2009 DTW-LGA
B737-300 - WN 11/2006 DTW-STL
B737-400 - KL 9/2006 AMS-PRG
F100 - KL 8/2006 AMS-PRG
ARJ-85 - NW/XJ 4/2006 SLC-MSP
B737-200 - AQ 7/2005 KOA-HNL
B727-200 - NW 3/2002 DEN-MSP
DC-10 - AA 7/1999 HNL-ORD
B727-100 - AA 1993 SAV-RDU
MD90 - DL 2/2019 ATL-DTW
MD80 - AA 2/2019 DFW-ICT
DC-9-50 - DL 12/2013 CAE-ATL
B747-400 - DL 12/2013 ATL-DTW
B737-500 - WN 12/2013 DAL-HOU
Saab 340 - DL/XJ 12/2010 DTW-PLN
DC-9-30 - DL 6/2010 DTW-DFW
DC-9-40 - NW 6/2009 DTW-LGA
B737-300 - WN 11/2006 DTW-STL
B737-400 - KL 9/2006 AMS-PRG
F100 - KL 8/2006 AMS-PRG
ARJ-85 - NW/XJ 4/2006 SLC-MSP
B737-200 - AQ 7/2005 KOA-HNL
B727-200 - NW 3/2002 DEN-MSP
DC-10 - AA 7/1999 HNL-ORD
B727-100 - AA 1993 SAV-RDU
Feb 24, 22, 8:16 pm
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Boeing 727-200: MEM-DFW
Boeing 737-200: BNA-CVG
Boeing 737-400: LAX-SEA
Boeing 767-200: LGA-ATL
DC-9-50: ATL-MEM
L-1011: ATL-MCO
MD-11: ATL-MCO
MD-88: ATL-MEM
MD-90: DAB-ATL
Boeing 737-200: BNA-CVG
Boeing 737-400: LAX-SEA
Boeing 767-200: LGA-ATL
DC-9-50: ATL-MEM
L-1011: ATL-MCO
MD-11: ATL-MCO
MD-88: ATL-MEM
MD-90: DAB-ATL
Feb 24, 22, 9:34 pm
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Not having stepped into an a/c for over 2 1/2 years, there are some reltively-new a/c that I fear I will never get to fly on. Namely, 777-200 (non ER), A340-500, A380, A340-200, 767-400, A318.
Feb 24, 22, 10:20 pm
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Does this count? For Father's Day a couple of year's ago, my spouse bought me an hour's instruction in a Stearman biplane 
Feb 25, 22, 12:27 am
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Originally Posted by jrl767
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MD-90, 15 Feb 2016 -- DL 557, N945DN, MSP-DTW
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MD-90, 15 Feb 2016 -- DL 557, N945DN, MSP-DTW
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I fear that my last 747 flight has already happened. Maybe there's hope for a Lufthansa 747-8i or 747-400? The last two transatlantic trips on Lufthansa was an A340-600 (YVR-FRA) and an A330-300 (MUC-YVR). I sensed that the A340-600 would probably be the last time flying aboard an A340.
I have never flown aboard an A380. The chances are diminishing. Maybe British Airways, ANA, and Singapore are possibilities?
