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Posted: **Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:00 pm**

This is at Hamilton Aviation's facility, they have a whole load of ex-Delta 732s which were literally the last of the -200s made, in 1986. We all know of a certain prospective customer..

They refurbish the 732s, with new interior/paint. The Mexican Air Force example shows the finished product. There are also a few other planes Dad saw, including a really nice MD-80 and some kind of re-engined modified 727 which is supposed to be much more fuel efficient, but unfortunately there aren't many places left who maintain them, so maintenance would be a bit hard.

More from Hamilton Aerospace's yard soon. I'm off out for dinner (yay!

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Posted: **Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:17 pm**

Comprehensive shopping list there!
Jeepers 3+2 is already a bit on the lean side, but 3+3

You have to hope that's not a very long flight, and not straight after dinner either...

Posted: **Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:19 pm**

Good to see a MD80 .. maybe .. nah to UN NZ .. never really took off hear , unless your a Flightsimmer

Posted: **Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:49 pm**

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Jun 5 2008, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Jeepers 3+2 is already a bit on the lean side, but 3+3
You have to hope that's not a very long flight, and not straight after dinner either...

3+3 is the same as a regular 737.

Cheers for the comments guys

Posted: **Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:43 pm**

nice shots, speaking of which, we had a Vincent aviation Cessna in at work the other day, on it's way back to Darwin, nice guy to talk too, was explaining how short of pilots they are, plenty of work, but no pilots, sorry i didn't get a pick of it

Posted: **Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:44 pm**

More cool pics. Shame you couldnt have gone along.

So are there any pics of the one that may be destined to NZ

Cheers
Daniel

Posted: **Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:46 pm**

Cheers for the comments guys, is anyone keen to see anymore? Not many people seem that interested.

Posted: **Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:47 pm**

Yer do post more.
I'm enjoying them, and a few others seem to be as well.

I think there might also be a few people who just lurk and look.

Posted: **Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:48 pm**

Oh yep, I'm enjoying checking them out. :thumbup:

Alex

Posted: **Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:02 pm**

Same here, please post all!

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:55 pm**

hey is your dad considering a DC-9 or MD80?...

Posted: **Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:29 pm**

Kelburn wrote:
QUOTE (Kelburn @ Jun 8 2008, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hey is your dad considering a DC-9 or MD80?...

Nope. He'd like one though from what he's said.

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:35 pm**

That'd be cool having an MD-80 in NZ.

If I started an airline, I might consider it for NZ (as far as I know, they can take-off fro NZWN)

Posted: **Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:23 pm**

Kelburn wrote:
QUOTE (Kelburn @ Jun 9 2008, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That'd be cool having an MD-80 in NZ.

If I started an airline, I might consider it for NZ (as far as I know, they can take-off fro NZWN)

Yeah that would be nice they seem to be popular in the states as they can hold a few people and have got a good range plus their strips are some what longer than our's.PS i thought you would have gone for a 737 :lol:

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