Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:40 amPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:59 amChairman wrote:QUOTE (Chairman @ Jan 13 2011, 09:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not sure what's more startling - the fact that it's number 1000 or the fact that they've been making them for 30 years !!
Thanx for sharing Gary. The following sentence from that article really hilights that fact huh...QUOTEThe 767 was the first Boeing wide-body airliner to enter service with a two-person crew flight deck, eliminating the need for a flight engineer[/quote]
At an aeronautical society meeting , we had a Boeing rep , one figure stated that any one time around the world , 2000 Boeing 737s were flying .
Didn't realise the 767 line was still open!
I don't have such good memories of it, I seem to end up on the tatty old Qantas coast-hoppers when I do see one.
Ian, as to the 737: 44 years old and "Every 5.3 seconds, a 737 takes off from an airport somewhere on the globe."
Impressive stats , both for the 76 and 73 models , Ansett NZ operated ex Lufthansa 100s and NAC/ANZ operated a prototype 737.
Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 13 2011, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Impressive stats , both for the 76 and 73 models , Ansett NZ operated ex Lufthansa 100s and NAC/ANZ operated a prototype 737.
What a shame we cant track them down, and bring them home (like QANTAS did) and preserve them in a national aviation heritage centre......i bet , if it was a bloody rugby ball...or fish hook...we would find the money no problem. Such an aviation based counrty, and really, very little to show for it on the civil side.....shame.
At least we're looking after the military side of it - an entire squadron of skyhawks preserved for posterity and not even in a museum
Splitpin wrote:QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 15 2011, 11:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What a shame we cant track them down, and bring them home (like QANTAS did) and preserve them in a national aviation heritage centre....
Speaking of historical aircraftthe ANZ fleet still includes the last 737-300 ever built (ZK-NGJ) which was delivered to the airline in December 1999
