Quote from: B757-236GT on May 29, 2013, 01:46:32 PM
Do you know when you took them?

Richard

June 2009

Saw my first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Saturday. A United example at Denver. Nice looking plane, wonder when I'll get to fly on one...

Ooh, lovely plane

Went down to Faborough when it made its first ever visit, well worth it


Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Farnborough 18-07-10


Paul

Rather than annoy Staurt ive put my explanation of my username here for Chetcombe.

The GT was an unofficial BA designation for the ER varients (they were mixed in the G-BPE* and G-CPE* reg ranges) which had uprated engines for better long distance crusing but as BA used theirs as shuttle aircraft with light loads they were known for being the GTi of the air (G-BIK* and G-BMR* had the older RB211-535Es and although they were still quite good fun they were never as quick off the mark as the ER varient). Out of interest G-BIKA (9), BIKB (10) and BIKC (11) are all still going with DHL cargo air and will be 30 years old in January (BIKB and BIKC arrived in Jan 84 before BIKA which arrived in March 84 as it was on flight testing). Apart from C/N 1 and 5 the others in the 1-10 range have had varied lives of those 5 and 6 and 8 which eeked out their days with Airtours in the UK as G-JALC, G-PIDS and G-RJGR respectivly. There was also G-MCEA which was ex Eastern airways but this was number 20. 1 and 5 are both owned by Honeywell for various testing requirements 4 and 7 are shown as stored but are actually scrapped and 2 again is shown as active but is actually stuffed and mounted somewhere with 3 6 and 8 having been scrapped. Out of 1050 built 861 are still active and considering the youngest is now 7 years old thats quite impressive.

Richard

Fascinating.

Hi Richard

Many thanks for your illuminating answer. I have flown on many of the BPE* and CPE* series and never knew they were getting me there quicker! I forgot that BA were the launch customer for the 757, it would be nice to see them be as pioneering in future.

Many of BA's 7676s are still flying - I understand these are the larger siblings of the 757 and that a pilot qualified on one type is also qualified for the other. They were introduced by BA after the 757s and are now showing signs of age. We still have a 767 scheduled on one of the two Philadelphia / Heathrow flights and they are getting pretty rough. My last flight home on G-BNWO last Sunday night was (eventually) cancelled due to a technical fault on the aircraft I ended up with a night at a Heathrow hotel and going back to New York last Monday morning. Thankfully BA saw the error of there ways and put me in First - a most pleasant experience

http://www.flightradar24.com

This site is one that endlessly fascinates as you track where that dot in the sky has come from, where it is going and even get a full screen photo of the actual plane. 

Not so much an interest in Airliners, but a long career in aviation instead.

Without getting into the Boeing/Airbus argument - I see someone posted a pic of the C5 Galaxy, the aircraft that almost caused Boeing to file for bankruptcy, (not chapter 11 protection, but the read deal).

IMO there's a lot of 'inaccurate' opinion in this thread being quoted as fact

My history of aircraft I've worked on, the first 6 were instructional airframes and the rest were operational.

Jet Provost
Folland Gnat
Sea Vixen
Hunter
Lightning
TSR2
---------
Jaguar
Vulcan XL575, XM607
Spitfire AB910
Lancaster PA474
Hunter - T7, T8, FGA9, PR10, GA11
Super VC10  - Ex British Airways 'in storage' prior to K3 conversion
Tornado Gr1(a), F3, GR4
Lockheed L-1011
DC-10-10, DC-10-30  (BA & Freddy Lakers piles of pooh)
Challenger 601
CRJ200,
Boeing 707 (AWAC)
Boeing 727
Boeing 737-200, -300, -400, -700
Boeing 747-400  (BA)
Boeing 757-100, -200
Boeing 767
Airbus A300
Airbus A310
Airbus A319
Airbus A320
Airbus A321
Airbus A330
Airbus A340
Airbus A380

I'm sure I've missed 1 or 2 out though.

Most have been 1st line or 2nd/3rd line maintenance, but 5 years on A380 production.

 

To show you how old I am the first plane I flew in was a Eagle Airways Vickers Viking from Blackbushe near Camberley.
later after starting to work for B.O.A.C,

I  have flown in Bristol Britannia's, Comet 4,VC10,Boeing 707/747/757/777,and I have flown in B.E.A Viscounts,Vanguards and Tridents.

Mike

Crikey Mike

You might have flown me in a Trident, or a 707. There's a thought

cheers

Ken

Just to clarify a point by the CF-FZG. There has never been a 757-100 series. Only 200 and 300 series. Boeing decided to start with the 200 series for the 757, 767 and 777 models so if they ever decided to do a shorter length varient they could do so but as the 757-200 was 235 seats compared to a 737-400s 194 seats i dont think they ever saw a decent margin. The same applies for the 767 and 777. However no one i know knows why they now start at series 800 including Boeing employees so if anyone does know id be interested in hearing their logic. Also i was told part of the 757 dates back to do the Dash 80 (707). They both shared the same fuselage cross section albiet with a new front end, wings, tail etc but if you look at one you will realise its the same as the earlier Boeings except 717 (MD-95) and 747.

The 757 is a high respected A/C in the field of aviation and it seems crews love it. One once told me that the 757 should be impossible to crash as if something goes wrong you apply TOGA power and you should be able to get out of trouble. So far no 757 has been lost due to a failure of the systems on boards. The Birgenair crash had outside circumstances (such as a gnat having made home in a pitot tube due to the failure of the ground crew to fit the covers, this was compounded by poor CRM on the flight deck.  The AA crash at Buga was due to the FMC having been incorrectly programmed. Taking out the ones lost on 9/11 and one lost when it was W/O having been hit by a hijacked A/C i know of only one other W/O incident and that was a Britannia 757 in Spain in which the flight crew didnt listen to good practice advice at the time (CRM requirement now) was to not attempt a 3rd landing at an airport when they had carried out two previous go arounds.

Richard

With regards to the 737, the original series of it was the -100 (handful built mainly for Lufthansa) and the -200, then they got replaced by the -400, 500, 600 and 700, the -800 is the Next Generation models along with the longer -900.

Quote from: B757-236GT on November 06, 2013, 07:39:03 PM
Just to clarify a point by the CF-FZG. There has never been a 757-100 series. Only 200 and 300 series.

The reason I put 757-100 was because I copied it from my CV and that was copied from the maintenance paperwork - I've rechecked and it was a freighter that I put as -100 so probably a -200PF

My mistake

However

Quote from: Tackleberry on November 06, 2013, 11:51:39 PM
With regards to the 737, the original series of it was the -100 (handful built mainly for Lufthansa) and the -200, then they got replaced by the -400, 500, 600 and 700, the -800 is the Next Generation models along with the longer -900.

Original 737 -100, -200
Classic  737 -300, -400, -500
NG 737 -600, -700, -800, -900

And of course now the Max7 / Max8 / Max9 and possibly the Max10 which will be a 757-200 replacement.

Richard

Just as a point of interest dash 80 is at 132 inches wide 16 inches narrower than a 707 and 12 inches narrower than the original 717 (KC135)