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touch&go
2nd Feb 2005, 11:25
Within 9 years from this:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=436865&WxsIERv=Qm9laW5nIDc2Ny0yMDQ%3D&WdsYXMg=QnJpdGFubmlhIEFpcndheXM%3D&QtODMg=TWFuY2hlc3RlciAtIEludGVybmF0aW9uYWwgKFJpbmd3YXkpIChNQ U4gLyBFR0NDKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=VUsgLSBFbmdsYW5k&ktODMp=MTk5NQ%3D%3D&BP=1&WNEb25u=RnJhbmsgU2NoYWVmZXI%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=Ry1CTkNX&MgTUQtODMgKE=&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MTk2&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMy0xMC0wOSAwMDowMDowMA%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=MjM4MDcvMTg0&static=yes&sok=V0hFUkUgIChjbiA9ICcyMzgwNy8xODQnKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9f aWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=14


To this:


http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=755324&WxsIERv=Qm9laW5nIDc2Ny0yMDQ%3D&WdsYXMg=QW5zZXR0IEF1c3RyYWxpYQ%3D%3D&QtODMg=TW9qYXZlIChNSFYp&ERDLTkt=VVNBIC0gQ2FsaWZvcm5pYQ%3D%3D&ktODMp=RGVjZW1iZXIgMTgsIDIwMDQ%3D&BP=1&WNEb25u=RGVyZWsgSGVsbG1hbm4%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=TjgwN0FO&MgTUQtODMgKE=SSBndWVzcyBub2JvZHkgd2FudHMgYW4gb2xkIDc2NyB3aXR oIGEgMy1tYW4gRmxpZ2h0IGRlY2suIEl0IGRpZCBsYXN0IGEgbG9uZyB0aW1 lLCB0aG91Z2gsIGFzIGV2aWRlbmNlZCBieSB0aGUgU3RhciBBbGxpYW5jZSB sb2dvIGJha2luZyBuZWFyIHRoZSBmcm9udCBkb29yLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NDcyNA%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNS0wMS0xMiAwMDowMDowMA%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=MjM4MDcvMTg0&static=yes&sok=V0hFUkUgIChjbiA9ICcyMzgwNy8xODQnKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9f aWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=1

PPRuNeUser0172
2nd Feb 2005, 14:28
Why? just out of interest is that sad? A piece of metal after all.............

con-pilot
2nd Feb 2005, 16:04
Christ, I must be getting old. I can’t believe that there are 767s already being scraped out. I still think of them as brand new state of art airplanes!:uhoh:

lasernigel
4th Feb 2005, 11:48
Ser No 23807 had it's first flight on 14/08/87 before initial delivery to Britannia Airlines.It went to Ansett in 1996 before being passed onto AWAS in 2002.Sold for spares 2004.
So it is 17 yrs old.But as said no age for a plane nowadays.

Old Smokey
5th Feb 2005, 03:46
Aeroplanes, I love them dearly, but they are just machines, and all machines have their day. Preserve a few for posterity, and recycle the rest.

On another note, was that one of the Ansett "odd-ball" B767s with the company ordered Flight Engineer station, thus reducing their resale value and on-going commercial viability to NIL ?

Old Smokey

Crash & Burn
5th Feb 2005, 05:53
On another note, was that one of the Ansett "odd-ball" B767s with the company ordered Flight Engineer station, thus reducing their resale value and on-going commercial viability to NIL ? Nope - the one photographed was delivered to Britannia.

All Ansett 767's with the flight engineer station were ultimately converted back to 2 crew aircraft.

Lil' Pilot
5th Feb 2005, 12:35
I didn't know that there were 76's whith a flight engineer station. But why would a company choose for the flight engineer configuration?

Avman
5th Feb 2005, 13:54
Aeroplanes, I love them dearly, but they are just machines, and all machines have their day. Preserve a few for posterity, and recycle the rest.

Same goes for women Old Smokey . Been trying to recycle my wife but not with much success! :} :E ;)

HEATHROW DIRECTOR
5th Feb 2005, 14:04
Yes, but it's not a REAL aeroplane after all... REAL aeroplanes have fans on the front...

Old Smokey
5th Feb 2005, 16:27
Lil' Pilot,

But why would a company choose for the flight engineer configuration?

The company didn't, you'd better direct your question to the union (The same union wanted Flight Engineers on DC9s).

N'uf said, it's all history.

Old Smokey