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.

I'm only 25 miles from Canada at the moment

RAH not YX.

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.

Take off you hoser.

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.

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.

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...

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!

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!!!!