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Post by beagle on Jan 15, 2013 16:00:33 GMT 12
After seeing a few B747's here a few weeks ago, It reminded me that I have never flown in one of then, not any of the different models. How rare am I, anyone else never flown in one.
Also who reckons they have flown the fastest. I have been in a B727, empty except 4 of us on the flight deck where we went from WP to CHC in just on 1 hour.
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Post by suthg on Jan 15, 2013 17:19:16 GMT 12
I came back from Sydney one time about 8 years ago, maybe more, after a hold up at the airport for a failure with the rudder!! We were delayed 2 hours and then took off. The pilot was in a hurry and was apologising for the delay and said we should be in Auckland in 2-1/2 hrs or so (I think) intending to go a bit faster than normal. Anyway, we were cruising higher than normal at about 43,000ft in this ancient 747 - the real plain Jane early model about at the end of its working life, and up ahead on the bulkhead, there was this big red LED readout panel of the speed in mph, it was saying 655mph. Don't know whether to believe it or not...
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Post by chinapilot on Jan 15, 2013 18:03:56 GMT 12
The first 747 was the 100 series so if it was 8 years ago you wouldn't have been in one of those and most 747s would have been in their prime then so don't know where the 'ancient,plain Jane/ end of working life' bit comes from?? Was it 'a dark and stormy night' as well Prob didn't get up to FL430 straight away and 570kts seems reasonable for a Tasman crossing with a tailwind.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jan 15, 2013 18:09:41 GMT 12
I'm with you Beags in the never-been-in-a-747 club. Not really fussed either. Done the DC8, (737, A320 'til it hurts) and 777 thing and found them all to be much the same. Give me a seat where I can see outside port, starboard, and for'd and the instrument panel too and I'm happy.
...though I wouldn't say no to any seat in an airborne Concorde
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 15, 2013 18:32:35 GMT 12
No 747. Flown in Emirates 777s (fastest), QANTAS 767s, Air NZ 737s QANTAS, Virgin Australia 737-800s, RNZAF 727, QANTAS 717, Air NZ and Virgin Australia A320s and Virgin Australia Embrear E190s. Late edit: Forgot the one flight in A BA146 Whisper Jet.
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Post by lumpy on Jan 15, 2013 19:15:34 GMT 12
I'm not really " well traveled " so I havnt been in a 747 either . Only 4 engined ( of anything ) has been a whisper jet . Otherwise just the trusty 737 , so far as airliners go .
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 15, 2013 19:26:51 GMT 12
Don't know about the fastest, but I can possibly claim the most room.
M and I were in Christchurch, about to ANZ it back to Auckland.
Over the terminal speakers: "Would the following passengers booked on ANZ flight xxx to Auckland please report to the check-in counter . . ."
We were among those called. Fear and dread about possible delays.
Turns out that the 737 had in fact been overbooked. No problem however. They just happened to have a 747 that was departing back to Auckland on a positioning flight. We were to go on that.
20 pax in a 747. We had whole rows of seats in which to stretch out and relax.
Not sure if they actually got the 747 out of second gear for a flight that short, though.
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Post by Deane B on Jan 15, 2013 19:52:18 GMT 12
727, 737, 747, 757, 767 and 777
Maybe a 717 and 787 one day.
Not much chance of flying in a 707 though !!
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Post by Deane B on Jan 15, 2013 19:53:11 GMT 12
I have been in a B727, empty except 4 of us on the flight deck where we went from WP to CHC in just on 1 hour. "fastest thing between two happy hours" !!
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 15, 2013 20:07:07 GMT 12
The fastest I've seen on the IFE system is 1,100km/h on a Singapore Airlines 777 crossing the Tasman. That would be groundspeed of course.
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Post by beagle on Jan 15, 2013 21:22:11 GMT 12
Don't know about the fastest, but I can possibly claim the most room. M and I were in Christchurch, about to ANZ it back to Auckland. Over the terminal speakers: "Would the following passengers booked on ANZ flight xxx to Auckland please report to the check-in counter . . ." We were among those called. Fear and dread about possible delays. Turns out that the 737 had in fact been overbooked. No problem however. They just happened to have a 747 that was departing back to Auckland on a positioning flight. We were to go on that. 20 pax in a 747. We had whole rows of seats in which to stretch out and relax. Not sure if they actually got the 747 out of second gear for a flight that short, though. would that have been a Sunday nite. I remember I got a DC10 out of CHC on a sunday nite back to AKL pretty sure that was a repo flight too
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 16, 2013 14:15:26 GMT 12
Well....I've flown in a Boeing 747-200 and a Boeing 747-400.
I've also flown in a Boeing 707-338C and a Douglas DC-8-52.
Who hasn't flown in a 707 or a DC8?
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Post by lesterpk on Jan 16, 2013 14:43:41 GMT 12
727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, A320, A340, A380, Mount Cook HS748, Bae 146, Banderante, Metro, B1900, Orion, Herc, Iroquois, Seasprite, Andover, TA-4K ;-)
I do like the 777 for long flights, although the best by far was Singapore-London in the A380. Heaps of room and very quite on the inside. Did a SATS flight on a 757 to take the kids down to the inlaws in Chch, it was put on at last minute so only had around 6 booked. Rows up the front in the comfy seats to ourselves and the kids got treated to as many lollies as they could fit in their pockets.
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Post by beagle on Jan 16, 2013 14:46:41 GMT 12
and daddy's pocket too
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Post by beagle on Jan 16, 2013 14:54:35 GMT 12
mmmm 707, 727, 737, 767, 748, 146, andover, C130, P3K, UH-1H, B47G, T6/24, metro, F27, B200, DHC8, V800, ATR72, dassault 900, PC-9, DHC4, B170
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Post by kb on Jan 16, 2013 15:05:29 GMT 12
707, 727, 737, 747,757,767 & 777. 747 types are -100, -200, -400 and -SP. I was on the infamous Tower Air wet charter by Air NZ from Singapore to Auckland in the late 1980's. The only good thing about it was that it provided some great dinner conversations for some time!
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Post by delticman on Jan 16, 2013 15:45:31 GMT 12
VH-ECD, ZK-TEA x2 and ZK-TEB. ZK-BRD x2, BRE x2, BRF x2; BWO, G-AOYN x2, G-AOYS. Once a Viscount was cancelled, Wellington to Christchurch and flew in a Spanz DC3. Rarest aircraft, a Zlin Z37T.
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Post by phil82 on Jan 16, 2013 16:50:40 GMT 12
After seeing a few B747's here a few weeks ago, It reminded me that I have never flown in one of then, not any of the different models. How rare am I, anyone else never flown in one. Also who reckons they have flown the fastest. I have been in a B727, empty except 4 of us on the flight deck where we went from WP to CHC in just on 1 hour. Fastest? Probably a Hunter out of Tengah over the South China Sea. A A4 from Ohakea to Waioru once, about eight minutes! I always thought the DC10 was a far better aircraft than than the 747, [I've flown in both] just a bit unfortunate in the accident department.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jan 16, 2013 20:26:12 GMT 12
No 747. Flown in Emirates 777s (fastest), QANTAS 767s, Air NZ 737s QANTAS, Virgin Australia 737-800s, RNZAF 727, QANTAS 717, Air NZ and Virgin Australia A320s and Virgin Australia Embrear E190s. Late edit: Forgot the one flight in a BA146 Whisper Jet. Oh well if you want props as well. RNZAF C130H, Andover, C47, Bristol B170 Frightner, Iroquois, Harvard, Devon, CT4B Airtrainer, RAAF Caribou & Iroquois, NAC Viscount & Friendship, Mt Cook HS748, SPANZ DC3 and misc Squirrel, Grumman Goose, Cessna Floatplane, Airtourer, Cessna 185, Tiger Moth (my first flight aged 4). Think thats the lot. Fastest - Emirates B777 Brisbane - Auckland something like 2 hours 30 or 40 minutes.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 16, 2013 21:48:03 GMT 12
Bugger it....I may as well try and remember every aircraft type I have ever flown in (although I'll probably forget some) and list the lot.
NAC — DC-3, Friendship F27-100, Friendship F27-500 and Viscount
Air NZ — DC-8-52, Friendship F27-100, Friendship F27-500, 737-200, 737-300, 747-400, 767-200
Qantas — 707-338C, 747-200, 747SP, 767-200
Mount Cook Airline — DC-3, Cessna 185 Skiplane, HS748, ATR72-212, ATR72-500
Air Central — Cessna 402B, Mitsubishi MU-2B
Air Eagle/Eagle Air — Piper PA31 Chieftain, Bandeirante, Metroliner, Beech 1900D
Air Nelson — Metroliner, SAAB 340, Bombardier Q300
East Air — Piper PA31 Chieftain
Ansett — Short Sandringham Mk.4 (a sightseeing flight out of Sydney in VH-BRC in 1974 a few months before the 'boats were sold overseas)
Float Air Picton - DHC2 Beaver floatplane
Sea Bee Air — Grumman G21A Goose
Mount Cook Skiplanes — Cessna 185 Skiplane, Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter skiplane
Helicopter Line — Aerospatiale Squirrel (including a 1,000 ft bungy jump out of one)
Fieldair — DC-3
Warbirds — DC-3
Various — Cessna 150, 172, 180, 182, 185, 206, 207; Piper PA18 Cub, PA28-140 Cherokee, PA32 Cherokee Six; de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth, DH83 Fox Moth, DH90 Dragonfly, DHA-3 Drover; Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (NZ Aerial Mapping...I sneaked a ride with Piet Van Ash one weekend when I was cheeky enough to ask if I could go along after helping him pull it out of the hangar at Bridge Pa when he was taking it up for a local flight around Hawke's Bay); NZ Aerospace Airtrainer; Pitts Special; about three different Harvards; P-51D Mustang; ASK-13 Glider; Hughes 300; Hughes 500; Hiller (can't recall the model number); Robinson R-22; a homebuilt illegal unregistered gyrocopter powered by a Hillman Imp motor that was built by a friend in the mid-1970s (it was a single seater, so I had to teach myself to fly it - and I'm still here to tell the tale)
I've probably missed a few too.
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