Earliest and latest

[olderndirt]

This pic is supposed to be part of Boeing's new ad.

[FuturePilot]

Cool! They've come a long way! 

[jlab58]

i wonder if the newbee, build with plastic and glue, will last as long as old daddy'o.

[Hagar]

i wonder if the newbee, build with plastic and glue, will last as long as old daddy'o.

Bear in mind that it took 8 years & 18,000 man hours to restore the Boeing 40 in that photo to airworthy condition. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184434145?bclid=1184431670&bctid=1618638475

It's a lovely job but not clear how much is original. According to these photos it was in a bit of a mess when recovered. http://home.comcast.net/~biplane0/boeing40/construction/

[DaveSims]

Its hard to tell the actual age of many antique aircraft from looking at them.  Some of them are completely new except for the original data plate (which is all you need to keep the certification), while others may be all original, and well maintained.  Case in point, all the P-51s flying today, almost all are rebuilds of some sort, very few are all original.

[tcco94]

Creative  8-)

[chris3090]

[quote]Its hard to tell the actual age of many antique aircraft from looking at them.