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they still run aircraft like this? (Read 416 times)

Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 11:40am

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I was stunned when I came along to this shot..this aircraft just seems to old to be in use for commercial purpose...but maybe it is still giving the airline money....

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/631782/L/

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Reply #1 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 3:02pm

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yea there now con air

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Reply #2 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 3:36pm

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There are DC-3s still earning their keep Shocked

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #3 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 6:10pm

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There are DC-3s still earning their keep Shocked

Yep!! And check back here in another 69 years and they still will be. Maybe fitted with rockets or something Grin

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Reply #4 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 11:04pm

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Yep!! And check back here in another 69 years and they still will be. Maybe fitted with rockets or something Grin

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Reply #5 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 3:48am

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I can remember flying one Commercially - the Hostess spilt my coffee over the family jewels : probably why I remember it.

At least the National Airlines of New Zealand (now Air New Zealand) paid for the dry-cleaning. Ah...fond memories...

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Reply #6 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 10:31am

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I know less about Russian airliners than I do about western ones so I checked this out. The Tu-154 first flew on October 4 1968 although it didn't enter regular service with Aeroflot until February 1972. The version in the shot, the Tu-154M, first flew in 1982 & is still in limited production.
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=376

Compare this with the Boeing 747 that first flew on 9th February 1969.

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There are DC-3s still earning their keep

The DC-3 is one of those rare classics that will never be replaced. You can't improve on perfection. Wink

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Reply #7 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 10:48am

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The Tu-154 is an interesting looking plane, I like the way the main gear is placed so far apart and how the wing has anhedral instead of dihedral.

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