PropPiedmont

Hate to shoot you down, but 906 is c/n 9. Not the oldest flying.

c/n 4 (VH-QQB), and c/n 8 (VH-QQC) are currently flying in Australia.

906 might have more cycles though.

BlueMoon

I'm only 25 miles from Canada at the moment

buddies8

RAH not YX.

III Corps

Before they were retired USAir had some -9s with reportedly over 90,000hrs on them. And NW (ne Delta) has some -9s that are as old as the USAir birds and they are still flying albeit with new paint.

We were in the hangar when an -80 was going through a major check and it was down to the bare bones. Everyone wondered how in the hell they were going to get it back together. A week later it was plowing the skies.

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dojetdriver

Take off you hoser.

HercDriver130

USAF has many 40+ year old tankers and bombers flying the friendly skys.... I would think all the c-5s are 30plus years old... plus lots of 130s as well.

bryris

850HK is the oldest E-145, and is owned by TSA. It started life as an E-135 I believe and was converted to an E-145. I heard rumors it was a test bed for Embraer.

If you do some research, you can find some photos of it when it was first off the press as a 135.

Thats an old worn out bird. Ferried it with the gear stuck down once, a turbine tower shaft busted on it in KEWR on one trip I flew, and I seem to recall we had an asymmetrical speed brake deployment on it one time, but that may have been another airplane.

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DrivingAloft

It's all about time and cycles. I don't think the USAF pulls 3,000 hrs. per year on a C-5 or 130. Nonetheless... I'm still amazed at those B-52s. They were designed right after the B-47, at times when jet flying was still a crazy idea...

ExperimentalAB

No RJ can touch the Diesel 9, it being unarguably a real airplane! And I could have sworn I've flown a -200 out of SLC with over 40K hrs. Somebody back me up here!

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IrishTiger

Yeah that DC9 is a tank alright. I'm amazed every time I see one of the NW birds. I think it's more awe actually. Everyone I talk to is like "Ugh, I'd NEVER want to fly that POS!"

Are you kidding me? I'd jump on that in a heartbeat!!!!