Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
Fair enough. I was just thinking as it's a -200 the airframe has been around for a few hours so why this combination, why not a -3 / 4 or 500. But it's a tried and tested combination as you say.
Bet she has low total hours however, and not nearly the cycles and hard life of the clapped out 200's that I "enjoyed" as a passenger at Burbank on hot days.....brake check!!!!
Many of the military aircraft derived from passenger aircraft have surprisingly lower hours compared to their civil counterparts (by no means not all)