Whoosh - The Airplane and Airline Thread

[GDRRiley]

Just now, pinksnowbirdie said:

If I lost some weight that's something that I might look into but I really wish there was a more affordable way into being able to get access to a Cirrus Vision jet lol
Like a leasing program almost not unlike leasing a car but I feel like even then that'd be expensive and insurance might not be nice either.

there is no easy way to get into a jet. cheapest way would be an older jet even then most turbo props are plenty fast and much cheaper.

1 minute ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

yeah that was the first time I ever flew and honestly I really like it haha
I wasn't sure what I'd think about it but I wasn't really nervous lol

 

Unfortunately N365DN is being stored in Victorville for the time being due to SARS-CoV-2 reducing air travel demand

This is close but I maybe missing some. I've been flying sense I was just a few months old all around the US and to a few countries. When I was born my Grandpa still worked for united and I've flown lots on their passes, until they changed the system so that current crew always get ahead of retired.

Flown on

727, 737, 747, 757, A320, A321 (likely missing some airbus ones)

CRJ 200, 500, 700

I think every major ERJ model

 

Been in control

1935 piper cub. 172SP with glass and a 172, 152A with 4 point for aerobatic. (I'd have to check my log book for any more details)

 

[OJTheAviator]

23 minutes ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

oh I finally flew for the first time on March 11th
Got to meet my dearest @handymanshandle finally, and it was a blast. From the flights with Delta and to meeting him.

 

I flew on these planes:
Airbus A321-200 (N365DN)

Boeing 717 (N936AT and N955AT)

Boeing 757-200 (N6712B)

Nice you got to fly on a B717! I've wanted to fly on some DC9 variant/decendant for a while. I might have as a baby or little kid, but I can't remember doing it. I've also always wanted to fly on a 747, but that's never happened and is looking less likely every year. Did get to go on an a340-600, which until the B747-8 was the longest passenger jet.

[handymanshandle]

2 minutes ago, OJTheAviator said:

Nice you got to fly on a B717! I've wanted to fly on some DC9 variant/decendant for a while. I might have as a baby or little kid, but I can't remember doing it. I've also always wanted to fly on a 747, but that's never happened and is looking less likely every year. Did get to go on an a340-600, which until the B747-8 was the longest passenger jet.

yeah lol

the 717 is @handymanshandle favorite plane, can't remember if he said he's ever been on one lol
but they're pretty nice lol I liked it. I was sitting a bit behind the wing both trips.

I really want to get the chance to fly on an A220 with Delta sometime.

 

I'd like to fly on a 747-8 since it's still related to the legacy of the other 747s lol

Good thing Lufthansa and Korean are keeping their -8s for passenger service foreseeable even though Lufthansa is getting rid of the older 747s and possibly entirely done with the A380s

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, OJTheAviator said:

. I've also always wanted to fly on a 747, but that's never happened and is looking less likely every year.

you can unfortunately it is going to be on a 747-4C/8C 

[handymanshandle]

I wished there was still a passenger operator of the MD-11

[GDRRiley]

4 minutes ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

I wished there was still a passenger operator of the MD-11

MD-11 don't seem like that great of an aircraft. for just 200 made they've had a lot of crashes.

[handymanshandle]

7 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

MD-11 don't seem like that great of an aircraft. for just 200 made they've had a lot of crashes.

the bulk of those were early tho

[GDRRiley]

3 minutes ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

the bulk of those were early tho

yes but some of that also seems to be the desgin.

I'm not saying it wouldn't be cool just not like I wish this was in regular service.

[syfari]

4 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

MD-11 don't seem like that great of an aircraft. for just 200 made they've had a lot of crashes.

All of the known faults of the plane have been ironed out, making it a safe cargo hauler 

[GDRRiley]

33 minutes ago, Gavinn said:

All of the known faults of the plane have been ironed out, making it a safe cargo hauler 

its Boeing, some part of the software will brake soon enough (saying this as someone who prefers Boeing and had family that worked there)

[greenhorn]

2 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

its Boeing, some part of the software will brake soon enough (saying this as someone who prefers Boeing and had family that worked there)

As far as I know, the MD11 basically is a modified DC10, both planes were manufactured by McDonnell Douglas which was later bought by Boeing. The DC 10 had a lot of accidents, earning it the unofficial name "Death Chamber 10". After all those faults/weaknesses were ironed out, the DC10's reputation was so bad it would have been unwise to continue producing them with the same name and using them as passenger aircraft.  In a way, the dilemma with the DC 10's reputation reminds me of the whole 737 MAX story (I can't wait to see how that one plays out).

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, greenhorn said:

As far as I know, the MD11 basically is a modified DC10, both planes were manufactured by McDonnell Douglas which was later bought by Boeing. The DC 10 had a lot of accidents, earning it the unofficial name "Death Chamber 10". After all those faults/weaknesses were ironed out, the DC10's reputation was so bad it would have been unwise to continue producing them with the same name and using them as passenger aircraft.  In a way, the dilemma with the DC 10's reputation reminds me of the whole 737 MAX story (I can't wait to see how that one plays out).

It was late in life made by Boeing and all the software updates have been boeing 

 

737 is going to take time but it will come out as the safest aircraft ever. And likely for the first few years super cheap to fly on. Woot!

[greenhorn]

1 hour ago, GDRRiley said:

737 is going to take time but it will come out as the safest aircraft ever. And likely for the first few years super cheap to fly on. Woot!

That is what I am hoping. Maybe airlines will have some really nice deals following the lockdown in order to get as many customers back in the air as possible to properly restart the whole industry.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, greenhorn said:

That is what I am hoping. Maybe airlines will have some really nice deals following the lockdown in order to get as many customers back in the air as possible to properly restart the whole industry.

if I actually had anywhere to go I would be flying. but I go to school 8 hours away and I'd rather drive to have my stuff.

[Mr.Meerkat]

We talking about the types we flown on eh? 

As pax: 737-all NG and one classic, 767 (unsure what variant), 777-200LR/300/300ER, 747-400/400 combi (KLM used to use a combi between AMS and NRT so have had 16 trips on one), A319/320/321, A300, A330-200/300, A340-300, A380, ATR72, Dash-400, ERJ-170/190, E175/190, BAe 146. A few is missing but can't remember their names right now... 

 

As PIC or P.u/t: C152 (normal, aerobat and long-range), Tomahawk, Supercub, SportCruiser, C172 and Warrior II.

[SFFDesigns]

Oooh an airplane thread!

 

I've flown on:

 

737 (don't remember all the variants, but recently only the -800)

747 (-400)

757 (-200 I'm pretty sure)

767 (unsure of variant)

777 (-300ER and -200ER)

787 (-8, -9)

A319

A320

A321

A330 (unsure of variant, but most likely I've flown on both the -200 and -300)

A340 (-300)

A380

Cessna 402

Piper Archer III

 

I've also flown on lots of other aircraft, but I can't remember the exact types.

[handymanshandle]

Well I found where the first plane I ever flew on N365DN, is being stored in Victorville to endure the COVID-19 outbreak's havoc on Air travel

 

March 11th, 2020 from Minneapolis to Atlanta

 

 

this is the full image from bloomberg

I see some DC-9 family back there. Some 717s I believe were put in storage, those could be it. Idk

[syfari]

6 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

its Boeing, some part of the software will brake soon enough (saying this as someone who prefers Boeing and had family that worked there)

The plane was engineered by mdd before it was taken over by Boeing was it not?

[GDRRiley]

Just now, Gavinn said:

The plane was engineered by mdd before it was taken over by Boeing was it not?

yes but Boeing was responsible for fixing and updating the aircraft given they took over from MD in the mid 90s, they updated software.

[syfari]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

yes but Boeing was responsible for fixing and updating the aircraft given they took over from MD in the mid 90s, they updated software.

The only software update that i know of for that plane was an  update to the LSAS after the crash at Narita in 2009. But I wouldn't think that Boeing would skimp out on that.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Gavinn said:

The only software update that i know of for that plane was an  update to the LSAS after the crash at Narita in 2009. But I wouldn't think that Boeing would skimp out on that.

this Boeing, who messed up on software for both spaceflight and aircraft hardware starting at around that time.

 

[PlayStation 2]

22 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

this Boeing, who messed up on software for both spaceflight and aircraft hardware starting at around that time.

 

Boeing never really paid much mind to the MD planes they inherited, namely the MD-11 and the 717. They never really messed with them when they bought MD out because Boeing really didn't want to deal with the planes in the first place. All Boeing really intended to do was what MD intended to do in the first place: finish orders of the MD-11 for cargo airliners, retrofit DC-10s with the MD-11 cockpit and keep support for the operators of them.

Again, the 717 died because Boeing didn't want it to beat out their precious 737. And now they're scrambling to get a regional jet because they threw away the 717 and Airbus struck gold with the old Bombardier CSeries turned A220.

[handymanshandle]

like I'd hate to take market share from Delta because American and United are smaller players for travel in and out of Huntsville International Airport

but a dream of mine would be to start an airline that gives Huntsville direct connections to many cities in the US. Have a fleet of Airbus A220-100s and some A220-300s. I don't know for sure if international would be viable but if it could I think it'd realistically go for A321s for closer international and A330neos and A350s for further away international

Maybe 787 could find a way in the fleet idk.

 

Alas that's all a dream because well JetBlue's founder is making a new airline with a similar concept but out of Utah with those A220s lol

 

 

717s would be dope but they're hard to come by lol

[iBabySlapper]

An old screenshot from WT.

 

Mmmmm The P61 is such a sexy thicc arachnid, isn't she.

[handymanshandle]

What a horrible thing to even suggest or consider, the A220 is a proper 717 replacement.

 

I could see them maybe replacing older 737s with the Max maybe but it seems like they're going towards Airbus and won't change that.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton1/2020/04/22/the-717-is-delta-air-lines-biggest-small-problem-can-it-swap-them-for-100-737-max-aircraft/#163dba544165