Classic British Flight Sim

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7880808.stm

Ian

My oh my ... how times fly. Has it really been 40 years already!

Blimey!
The old bird has certainly stood the test of time!

Its' certainly done well to be in production that long and maybe good for another forty years!!??

However long the 747 has been in production I doubt very much if any of those have ever reached the milestone of the VC10s' that have kept flying for over forty years..........Now THAT is an achievement worth celebrating!! :flying:

Regards
Nigel.

Here here Nigel.

Although I'm just wondering how long Mr Trott will take to post on this thread.

Starting countdown...............................

Nigel.

You boy's you!

Well.. the VC10's are 40 year old aircraft and I doubt very much there are any 40 year old 747's still in the air! Wonder what it would have looked like with 40years of development.. the VC10 that is. ARGH!! A SCAREBUS!!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Any idea's which is the oldest airframe still in service? :think:

Apparently Ben...according to Airliners.net and a thread on this very subject....

I think it belongs to the Iranian Air Force 5-8101 B747-100 and was 5th off the production line and first flight in July 69...Still showing as active..!

The Thread Link.....http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... n/1949468/

Tony

Ben Watson wrote:Any idea's which is the oldest airframe still in service? :think:

Interesting one Ben.. to what extent to heavy refurbs and other work actually alter the 'history' of airframes? I am under the (possibly incorrect) impression that most older A/C end up 'virtually' new machines by the time they've had various new parts and panels fitted???