they still run aircraft like this?

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they still run aircraft like this?

Postby jrpilot » Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:40 am

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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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby Privatepilot1219 » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:02 pm

yea there now con air
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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:36 pm

There are DC-3s still earning their keep :o
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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby Politically Incorrect » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:10 pm

There are DC-3s still earning their keep :o


Yep!! And check back here in another 69 years and they still will be. Maybe fitted with rockets or something  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby Drastic » Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:04 pm

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Yep!! And check back here in another 69 years and they still will be. Maybe fitted with rockets or something
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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby Bazza » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:48 am

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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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby Hagar » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:31 am

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.

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. ;)
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Re: they still run aircraft like this?

Postby chomp_rock » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:48 am

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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