PeterNSteinmetz
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https://simpleflying.com/what-is-the-oldest-operating-commercial-aircraft/
https://simpleflying.com/what-is-the-oldest-operating-commercial-aircraft/
Huh? The B-707 entered commercial service on October 26, 1958, and the DC-8 on September 18, 1959. Those are both over sixty years ago.Simple Flying said:Commercial jet flight as we know it today has been around for almost 50 years.
And the de Havilland Comet in 1952...for about a yearHuh? The B-707 entered commercial service on October 26, 1958, and the DC-8 on September 18, 1959. Those are both over sixty years ago.
“Commercial jet flight as we know it today” probably excludes the Comet. But I don’t see how it can leave out the 707.And the de Havilland Comet in 1952...for about a year
Why exclude the Comet? Jet-powered, pressurized. After they fixed the problems, the Comet was in commercial service through the 1970's or so.“Commercial jet flight as we know it today” probably excludes the Comet. But I don’t see how it can leave out the 707.
I don’t know what the inside of a Comet was like. So I guess it could have been a similar experience to what we have now. Time to spend the evening looking for Comet videos online.Why exclude the Comet? Jet-powered, pressurized. After they fixed the problems, the Comet was in commercial service through the 1970's or so.
“Commercial jet flight as we know it today” probably excludes the Comet. But I don’t see how it can leave out the 707.
I don’t know what the inside of a Comet was like. So I guess it could have been a similar experience to what we have now. Time to spend the evening looking for Comet videos online.
Why exclude the Comet? Jet-powered, pressurized. After they fixed the problems, the Comet was in commercial service through the 1970's or so.
Huh? The B-707 entered commercial service on October 26, 1958, and the DC-8 on September 18, 1959. Those are both over sixty years ago.
I guess cargo aircraft aren't "commercial"? Poorly written article.
I don’t know what the inside of a Comet was like. So I guess it could have been a similar experience to what we have now. Time to spend the evening looking for Comet videos online.
So they were as shady as they looked on the TV show? I always wondered why they'd invite cameras in when they were running what appeared to be a bubble gum and duct tape operation.Buffalo Air is not flying any scheduled passenger service anymore. TC yanked their license (rightfully so).
Yep, and they've been on and off a few times. This wasn't the first time their certificate was suspended.So they were as shady as they looked on the TV show? I always wondered why they'd invite cameras in when they were running what appeared to be a bubble gum and duct tape operation.
My first flight in a jet airplane was 56 years ago this month, in a DC-8 from the west coast to Hong-Kong. Fuel stops in Anchorage and in Tokyo along the way. My kid brother now flies that route non-stop in a 787.
The next year, 1965, I flew across the North Atlantic from London. That DC-8 had to make a stop in Prestwick, Scotland to top up the fuel in order to have the range and reserves to battle the winds to get to Gander.
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My first jet flight (as a pax) was in 1966. It was a chartered Air France 707, nonstop JFK to London (the plane continued on to Paris Orly). The return was nonstop Paris Orly to JFK.
-Skip
Huh? The B-707 entered commercial service on October 26, 1958, and the DC-8 on September 18, 1959. Those are both over sixty years ago.
None in commercial service. Looks like Omega Refueling has 2 in serviceI think the article was restricted to specific aircraft that are still flying, not models.
Are there any B-707s still in commercial service?
That wasn't clear to me from reading the article, Peter; I must have missed it. I don't believe there are any B-707s still in commercial service, but Iran was using them on domestic scheduled flights as recently as 2013.I think the article was restricted to specific aircraft that are still flying, not models.
Are there any B-707s still in commercial service?
Wow, that long ago.. I thought more recentlyI don't believe there are any B-707s still in commercial service, but Iran was using them on domestic scheduled flights as recently as 2013.
I think Saha crashed it last year.Cool thread.. however I thought Saha Air in Iran was still flying a B707 around.. maybe they finally retired it?
Wow, that long ago.. I thought more recently
Every time I go to my hangar I drive past relatively new airliners on the scrap line -- A330s, 777s, etc. Just yesterday I watched the scrapper tear into the hulk of an A320, which looked like a rag doll in the teeth of a Doberman.
Here's a video from a couple of years ago, of a 777 getting the treatment. It's in the livery of Orenair, a defunct Russian carrier.
While working on Johnston Atoll in 1967 I became a semi-regular passenger on UAL's "stretch" DC-8-62 flights between Honolulu and Los Angeles. I always booked flights captained by my friend, John "Pete" Billon. Pete made 216 Burma "hump" flights during WW2, and went west in 2001. The DC-8-62 accommodated up to 189 passengers and had a range of 5,200 nm.
Yikes! I can't imagine enough legroom to be comfortable with that many seats.The MAC charters I worked at Ton Son Nhut in 1969 were configured for one class seating with 165 seats on the 707 and 219 on the stretch DC-8.
Same legroom as today, in economyYikes! I can't imagine enough legroom to be comfortable with that many seats.
Yikes! I can't imagine enough legroom to be comfortable with that many seats.
Still more comfortable than the C141 configured for passengers.
The -141 was designed for self-loading cargo, not passengers. ;-)
Yep. And it sucked.