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By: - 23rd July 2015 at 19:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Still flying as an airliner ?
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 20:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
DC-3?
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 20:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A friend has a Ex-Pacific Air Transport 4-passenger 1928 Boeing 40C which is airworthy.
Of course it's not used commercially, but it operates under a standard certificate, not an "Experimental" license.
By the way, the Boeing 40 was issued Approved Type Certificate 2 in the U.S.
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 20:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Is the Grand Canyon Airlines 1929 Ford Trimotor still in service?
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 20:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
If we are talking oldest in regular scheduled passenger then it has to be a Dakota. I think Buffalo still operate Hay River to Yellowknife with a Dak. There was/is a New Zealand company also operating daks? As for turbo props are there are pax F-27's still flying? Indonesia is probably the best bet? As for jets I think its a Kenyan DC-9, the 4th one built, 5Y-XXB
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 20:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Lufties JU 52?
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 21:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A friend has a Ex-Pacific Air Transport 4-passenger 1928 Boeing 40 which is airworthy.
Wow! What a stunning photograph. Absolutely beautiful aircraft.
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 22:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Air Chathams now run the Auckland Whakatane route with a Convair but on summer Saturdays they plan to run DC-3 ZK-AWP. Air Chathams of course run Convairs from New Zealand to the Chats, the longest domestic route in New Zealand, well over 500 miles.
By: - 23rd July 2015 at 23:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
We are operating a Fox Moth and a Dragon on Part 135 charter ops, ift hat's of any interest, nowhere near as old as Tante Ju or the Boeing 40 etc. etc.
By: - 24th July 2015 at 01:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Dragon and Fox Moth you operate are superb. Thank you Stan for kindly hosting me for the day and showing me your wonderful collection earlier this year.
Tim
By: - 24th July 2015 at 08:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
What is the definition of an Airliner ?
Is it an aircraft carrying fare paying passengers, or does it go by size,
or other parameters ?
By: - 24th July 2015 at 08:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Mr Stan Smith I would like to second the previous comments about your superb DH Dragon, I got to fly with you in her back in 2006. An amazing experience and a highlight of my aviation experiences. Many thanks for all your efforts in maintaining such wonderful aircraft, long may it continue. By far the earliest airliner I have been in.
By: - 24th July 2015 at 08:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Douglas DC-2 "PH-AJU" c/n 1404 is slightly older (1935) than Lufthansa's JU-52 (1936).
By: - 24th July 2015 at 08:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
But it looks as though it's J Boyle's friend's beautiful Boeing 40C, assuming we are not taking about airliners in passenger service. That is a very handsome machine!;)
By: - 24th July 2015 at 09:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Boeing is just stunning, I was fortunate enough to shoot it air-to-air soon after the restoration was completed. The owner is a very fine chap too, and has been known to pop in to Old Warden on occasion - I ran into him there last summer at an event when he brought a Hornet Moth in.
By: - 24th July 2015 at 11:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Wow! What a stunning photograph. Absolutely beautiful aircraft.
I bet the pilot is not very warm though.
By: - 24th July 2015 at 14:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I thought the Boeing might have some competition from a flying Ford Tri-Motor for the title "oldest flying airliner". Mr. Pemberton's 40C N5339 was delivered to PAT on May 17, 1928.
However, the oldest surviving airworthy Ford Tri-Motor is actually about 7 months older: N1077, a 4-AT-B, was first registered 10 September 1927. It's currently owned By: Greg Herrick's Yellowstone Aviation. It is based at the Golden Wings Museum, near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Anyone know how often they actually fly it?
Addison flies the Boeing at least weekly in the summer going to events or just giving rides locally. It spends the winters at the Western Antique Auto and Airplane Museum in Oregon.
By: - 24th July 2015 at 15:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Greg flies one of his pair of airworthy Trimotors, it often appears at Oshkosh. The other was recently fully restored and strengthened with the intention of having John Mohr fly it in airshows to recreate Harold Johnson's aerobatic routine. I understand that the liability insurers killed that plan, and John has since announced his retirement from flying airshows, so Greg has put that particular Trimotor up for sale.
By: - 24th July 2015 at 16:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I imagine people will struggle to beat current Avro 504L project G-EASD - when she returns to flight - built 1920....
By: - 24th July 2015 at 16:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not exactly an airliner though. Were they ever used on scheduled passenger-carrying services?
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By: Wings43 - 23rd July 2015 at 19:36
Anybody know what the oldest surviving airworthy airliner could be?