FDX 727-100s
 

Are they all gone yet?

Nope. The company will keep at least one -100, if for no other reason than to allow the antiquated Boeing Training Department to continue to confuse all who train there by mixing models and systems on a random basis, until the point that both instructor as well as student is totally screwed up.:D

The first flight I had out of IOE on the panel was a four leg night hubturn, in a 100, with a deferred fuel gauge and an FAA inspector riding the jumpseat. I looked like a monkey screwing a greased football....

Now there's a visual......

Yes, the last one is down in Mobile being spiffied up for a donation to a museum or something in Europe I believe. It won't be back on the line.

FJ

Gone last Thursday.

Actually I think they are all gone. Mech in LFT where we had one parked on standby for an important customer told me the last one had gone to CDG for a museum display. Said it had been refurbished like it had just come from the factory.

So with too much time on my hands I ran all the 100 tail numbers on the mx history and only got 3 hits. 136 & 180 just reported no discrepancies and 191 had a history page that included "aircraft retired". Then ran those 3 tail numbers on the FAA a/c registry, 191 & 180 were deregistered. 136FE said, "this a/c registration status may not be suitable for operation.....ergo I believe that they are all history.:o

At least the US Open has come on and I can do something more productive that includes a cold one.:rolleyes:

The last 4 active were all retired in May or early June. They were 151, 166, 168, and 189.

Thanks for the info. I think I just heard the sound of information being flushed from somewhere deep in my noggin.

I think I just shed a tear.........:(