40 years ago today

[speedbird591]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7880808.stm

Ian

[DanKH]

My oh my ... how times fly. Has it really been 40 years already!

[forthbridge]

Blimey!
The old bird has certainly stood the test of time!

[Nigel H-J]

Its' certainly done well to be in production that long and maybe good for another forty years!!??

However long the 747 has been in production I doubt very much if any of those have ever reached the milestone of the VC10s' that have kept flying for over forty years..........Now THAT is an achievement worth celebrating!! :flying:

Regards
Nigel.

[VEGAS]

Here here Nigel.

Although I'm just wondering how long Mr Trott will take to post on this thread.

[Nigel H-J]

Starting countdown...............................

Nigel.

[DaveB]

You boy's you!

Well.. the VC10's are 40 year old aircraft and I doubt very much there are any 40 year old 747's still in the air! Wonder what it would have looked like with 40years of development.. the VC10 that is. ARGH!! A SCAREBUS!!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[TSR2]

Any idea's which is the oldest airframe still in service? :think:

[Techy111]

Apparently Ben...according to Airliners.net and a thread on this very subject....

I think it belongs to the Iranian Air Force 5-8101 B747-100 and was 5th off the production line and first flight in July 69...Still showing as active..!

The Thread Link.....http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... n/1949468/

Tony

[forthbridge]

Any idea's which is the oldest airframe still in service? :think:

Interesting one Ben.. to what extent to heavy refurbs and other work actually alter the 'history' of airframes? I am under the (possibly incorrect) impression that most older A/C end up 'virtually' new machines by the time they've had various new parts and panels fitted???