Aircraft I've flown in ...
Posted: 16 Apr 2007, 00:22
by DanKH
Posted: 16 Apr 2007, 02:43
by Chris Trott
If I may (I'll try to keep it in the "classic" theme though) -
N99380 AUG04 LCK-CRW-LCK:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0404077/M/ (as it looked then; white with black nose and nacelles now)
N611AW 27NOV00 DEN-FAR:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0412779/M/ (colors when I flew on it)
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0215813/M/ (Original colors)
N151ZE 22/25SEP06 LNC-MAF-LNC:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0836080/M/ (Nearly identical to today - only the gray on top is a bit higher than during the '85 tour)
Only other "classic" stuff I've flown on were a dozen or so SWA 737-200s and a few 727s (American & United). Everything else has been far too "modern" to fit here or I just can't remember what it was becuase I was ***WAY*** too young.
Wish there were more old aircraft out there that we "young ones" could fly on to experience the golden age of airliners - the 1950s through 1970s.
Posted: 16 Apr 2007, 16:13
by DanKH
I't even more funny to follow the links of the c/n, you get a glibse of the aircraft history....
Many of them ended up at Northwest apparently.
Posted: 16 Apr 2007, 18:55
by Jon.M
Sticking to the classics. And British ones at that.
8th Nov 1973. My first flight was in this. Incredibly still seems to be flying.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0993457/L/
Nov 74. Just before she retired.
http://www.geocities.com/littlefield_david/xn404.htm
April 75. Noisiest flight.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0351381/L/
Jon
Posted: 16 Apr 2007, 21:43
by RJP
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 00:10
by DispatchDragon
In no particular order
Britannia 102s - GANBA,,E,F,J,O
Britannia 300 GAOVF/VS/NCD
CL44d4 HBIEN/GBWGC (I think)
DC855F N8782/3R
BAC1-11 GATPL/PJ,XCK,CP,ZED Plus 2 Callie 500s that I didnt even bother to get the regs of
HS748 GARAY/GASPL/GAXVG/GAZSU
AIRSPEED AMBASSADOR GALZZ
Vanguards - Buggered if I can remember which Invicta ones probably all three
Boeing 737-200 GAVRL/M/O never did fly on Vern, cant remember why -
the significance they were the first 737s registered in the UK
over 40 years things sort ofhaze out
Its easier to do this
Dehavilland
Tiger/Jackaroo/HornetMoth/Leopard Moth,Chipmunk,Dove,Heron,Comet
(Half of Dan Airs fleet I think)
Auster - Aiglet,5,Autocrat
Vickers - Viscount (BMA variety LTN-BRU and that awful Alidair handpainted one to CDD oops sorry EMA)
Vanguard / VC10 (once KORD-YUL-LHR loverlllyyyyy flight)
Cessna - 120/140/150/152/170/172/175/180/182/182RG/185/190/206/208/210/310/330/336/7/402/421/Titan, Conquest
Piper - J3,Vagabond/Pacer/Colt/Tripacer/Caribbean/Too many bloody
Cherokees,Tomahawk,Apache,Aztec,Navajo,Seneca,Super Cub
Beech - Skipper,Bonanza,Musketeer,A36 (yes I know its a sort of Bonaza) T-Bone, 18s, Volpair (yes the turbine conversion) my personel
favorite - Travel Air,Baron, Queen Air,King Air...and last but not least
StaggerWing.
Stinson - 108-2.3,L5
Douglas - DC3,4,6,7,8,9,10 MD80 MD11
You know Im sorry this seems a bit like bragging
Yes I ve flown in a lot of aircraft over the last 50 years
(I didnt even get to experimental types)
But I will stick this one for good measure thanks to John Reising B24H
And the only "famous/infamous" aircaft Ive flown in Boeing 727-100 series CN 18830 N29KA - When I worked for Key Air I flew many times
on the jumpseat of this beastie - anyone care to hazard a guess what
its claim to fame was?????
Leif
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 11:27
by petermcleland
It was the 727 that D B Cooper hijacked in 1971...stole a lot of money and baled out or something...Tell us the story Leif :think:
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 13:47
by jab
Think Im to young for this post as I been on modern stuff
Well Only a DC-3 :roll:
Dan have you been on SAS F28 at all?
Regards
James
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 15:21
by DanKH
Nope, I've been on many others both before and after, but those are from my BOAC Junior Club Log Book (for what it is worth, Ian...)
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 15:42
by DispatchDragon
Peter
It was indeed the Cooper Aircraft- Key operated it for ten years until it
was struck off and reduced to beer cans at Greenwood Ms in the late
90s. Always wondered why they let it disappear as it was a historically
famous airframe. Secondly - it was the first aircraft that I ever saw a
"Cooper Lock" modification on. After DBs escapades Boeing engineering
designed an aerodynamic lock that would not allow the airstairs on a
727 to be deployed in flight. The one thing that many people have
ascertained over the years was that Cooper either worked for Boeing
or North West because he was by his actions intimatly familar with
the 727s operation both from a performance and mechanical stand point.
Of course the other big clue was where the hijacking occured.
Cheers
Leif
