Question Have you ever been on an airplane?

[Piper]

Oh wow, I know I'm going to miss some, but let's see:

DA-20 Katana (pilot)
DA-40 Diamond Star (pilot)
BE-19 Sport (pilot)
Grob-115 (pilot, but only one short flight)
Cessna 172 (SAR spotter and navigator)
CC-130E Hercules (SAR spotter and navigator)
CC-150 Polaris (a converted A310)
B737-200
B737-300
Many other B737s (probably 600s, 700s, and 800s)
A320
B757
Bombardier CRJ200
Unknown boatplane (Flown in mid 80s. I have no clue of the type, but it had retractable landing gear)
Unknown Helicopter (likely a bell 206 Jetranger, it had seats for 4 including pilot and passenger).

 

[Loru]

Flying is easy, take-off and landing, that's the real excitement.

Yes but by allowing me to fly he broke law - he isn't an instructor and I'm not even a pilot student. Anyway I think I can manage take-off in such small sport plane like Wilga but landing without "feeling" aircraft would be very dangerous. It's quite different than FS or Orbiter even with good joystick.

 

[n72.75]

Sadly, I've never flown on any aircraft.

 

[Donamy]

Sadly, I've never flown on any aircraft.

I wish I could cheer you up and say, you're not missing anything, ...but you are.

 

[Urwumpe]

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

 

[Krys]

Uhm - I honestly haven't got a clue what most of the planes I've flown in are..... mostly Boeing 747/757/767/777 i think......but to be fair I've been airborne a lot!

I've never been a pilot...and have no intention of doing so. You know the babies who scream at landing and take off? ya that's me - every bloody time.

 

[astrosammy]

Hehe, I even remember every single flight...

1. 1998, Air Berlin B737, from EDLP to GCRR and back.
2. 2000, Lufthansa A320 or A321, from EDDV to EDDM.
3. 2000, Lufthansa Dash 8, from EDDM to LIRQ and back.
4. 2000, Lufthansa CRJ, from EDDM to EDDV.
5. 2001, Air Berlin B737, from EDDV to LEMH and back.
6. 2006, Hamburg International B737 from EDLP to ENAL and back.
7. 2007, Dubrovnik Airlines MD-80 from EDDH to ENGM.
8. 2007, Widerøe Dash 8 from ENSG to ENGM (best flight of my life...).
9. 2007, Norwegian Air Shuttle B737 from ENGM to EDDH.
10. Maybe LFH Britten Norman BN-2 Islander from EDXP to EDWL this Summer.

BTW, 2007 in Norway I found Orbiter on Wikipedia :hail:.

 

[Hielor]

A more realistic year
http://www.airplanetradeonline.com/apdetail13291.htm

Older airplanes are often in better condition than you'd think, if you're trying to compare to cars of that same age, due to the much stricter maintenance requirements (and lower usage).

 

[Donamy]

Speaking of airplanes.

I just ran outside to watch someone doing aerobatics over my house. An Extra 300 I think.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Okay, think I have them all. In order of appearance...

Vickers VC-10
Boeing 707
MacDonnell Douglas DC-10
Lockheed L1011 Tristar
Douglas DC-6
Lockheed C-130 H
Lockheed L-188 Electra
Boeing 747-200
Airbus A-300
MacDonnell Douglas MD-11
*Sleicher ASK 13
*Sleicher ASK 8
*Grob G-102 Astir CS
*Slingsby T-21B
*Grob G-103 Twin Astir
*Schleicher ASK 10
*Schemp Hirth Discus
*Schemp Hirth Nimbus 3DT
*Piper PA-18-150
PZL Wilga
*Grob 109
*Falke SF-25E
*Slingsby Venture Mk IV
*Cessna C-152
*Cessna C-172 F
Fokker F-27
*Cessna T-41D (R-172G)
*Cessna R-172K XP
*Cessna T-337
Boeing 767-300
**Beech 1900D
**Fokker F-28 MK-4000
*Piper PA-44 Seminole
Boeing 757-200
CRJ200
Embraer 190
*Cessna T-182T (G-1000 equipped)
*Cessna T-206H (G-1000 equipped)
*Boeing 737-200

EDIT: Oh God! I forgot one, between the R-172XP and T-337, the Pilatus PC-6. And yet another, DC-9, way up towards the top of the list (Braniff!)

EDIT II: However, I have ALWAYS wanted to build myself one of these one day, for tootling around (made an RC model of it, about 25 years ago)....


EDIT III:
*as PUT / PIC / SIC / FI (as applicable)
**Company related work on flights, was normally operational engineering / performance analysis and control, which was my job for a while (4 years).

 

[Hielor]

Cessna T-337

I'm jealous. I love the 337, and if I were to look into owning a twin at some point, that would be on the top of my list.

 

[Donamy]

Okay, think I have them all. In order of appearance...

Vickers VC-10
Boeing 707
MacDonnell Douglas DC-10
Lockheed L1011 Tristar
Douglas DC-6
Lockheed C-130 H
Lockheed L-188 Electra
Boeing 747-200
Airbus A-300
MacDonnell Douglas MD-11
Sleicher ASK 13
Sleicher ASK 8
Grob G-102 Astir CS
Slingsby T-21B
Grob G-103 Twin Astir
Schleicher ASK 10
Schemp Hirth Discus
Schemp Hirth Nimbus 3DT
Piper PA-18-150
PZL Wilga
Grob 109
Falke SF-25E
Slingsby Venture Mk IV
Cessna C-152
Cessna C-172 F
Fokker F-27
Cessna T-41D (R-172G)
Cessna R-172K XP
Cessna T-337
Boeing 767-300
Beech 1900D
Fokker F-28 MK-4000
Piper PA-44 Seminole
Boeing 757-200
CRJ200
Embraer 190
Cessna T-182T (G-1000 equipped)
Cessna T-206H (G-1000 equipped)
Boeing 737-200

EDIT: Oh God! I forgot one, between the R-172XP and T-337, the Pilatus PC-6.

EDIT II: However, I have ALWAYS wanted to build myself one of these one day, for tootling around (made an RC model of it, about 25 years ago)....

Looks like the contents of a FSX aircraft folder :lol:

 

[kneecaps]

B737, various sorts, old and new.
A320
A330
ERJ-145 (Cracking little jet).
DCH-8 great little prop.
Piper Tomahawk
Bae Bulldog
G103A Twin II Sailplane/Glider (you have not lived until you have glided!)

Can't think of any others.

 

[N_Molson]

Boeing 737 (7 hours flight, my duration record), Airbus A320 and the one I liked the most, a Bombardier "small" (less than 100 seats) bireactor, excellent acceleration and rate of climbing ! :thumbup: Traveled 600 kilometers in 45 minutes in this one, very cool !!

 

[craigh]

No idea how many individual trips. My earliest ones began in the 1960's on TWA and Pan Am. Various versions of the following for sure, probably missed something.

720
727
737
747
767
777
Airbus A320
Airbus A319
DC-6 or 7 as a kid on inter-island hops in Hawaii mid to late 1960's
L-1011
DC-8
DASH 8
Jetstream 41
DC-3
2 helecopters (1980's) Civilian Huey's.
1 Sail Plane (no-idea on manuf.)

I remember a Cub Scout field trip to LAX when the first 747's were rolled out. The airlines were giving tours of the aircraft. Nobody had ever seen anything like those things, two floors, the shear size.
Think of the mindset, this was a few years after the release of 2001, I think we were still walking on the moon...And yes all the other not so cheery stuff was happening.
Craig H

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Looks like the contents of a FSX aircraft folder :lol:

:rofl: Wouldn't know. Haven't got FSX! Only sim I have any time for is Orbiter...

:hail:!!!

I'm jealous. I love the 337, and if I were to look into owning a twin at some point, that would be on the top of my list.

Feels like a R-172, with retractable gear, and without any left turning tendency. Pleasant.

 

[FordPrefect]

Ka-8, ASK-21, DG-101, DG-500, Duo-Discus, Grob G-103
HK36
Impulse 100
Cessna 152
Piper PA-28
Piper Turbo Twin Comanche PA-30
Pilatus PC-6 (skydiver drop flights, pretty neat to fall out of 14,000 feet with up to 10.000 fpm descent rate, aboard a plane!)
Mi-8
Dash-8*
DC-90-30
Boeing 737-500*
Airbus A310
Airbus A319*
Boeing 757-300*
McDD DC-10-30
McDD F/A-18 Hornet Simulator at Cold Lake, AB (45 minutes), if that counts?

...and next month on Boeing 767-300ER* to Venezuela and back


* = multiple jump-seat rides

 

[Donamy]

Of course you know if someone posts that they've flown on the space shuttle, they win.:hail:

 

[eveningsky339]

Airbus A319
MD-90 (717?)
CRJ 200
CRJ 700

No 737's... kinda weird...

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Of course you know if someone posts that they've flown on the space shuttle, they win.:hail:

The trump card...

McDD F/A-18 Hornet Simulator at Cold Lake, AB (45 minutes), if that counts?

Hour and a half on the Tornado IDS simulator RAF ********* (base in East Anglia). Bombed Skegness!!! :woohoo: