Highest time airframe ever
Anyone know which aircraft has the world record total time on its airframe ?
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Surely it would have to be a Dak? |
One of the B-52s? |
Some KLM 747-400 (PH-BFB) reached 134.000 hours and 36.000 cycles. Pretty impressive. LH had some very high time 747s as well. They fly way more than B-52s.
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Probably some converted freighter like B727, 737-200/Classic and 767-200. Many are enjoying a second life as a freighter and they fly lots of cycles, with an average of 4 sectors per day for the 737.
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I seem to recall it's a Boeing 707,origially built for civilian market, then taken back and converted to a EC-135/KC-135, then taken back a second time for engines to be swapped out for latest fan versions.
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Iranian airliners |
tracer would probably know
At least on the Boeing side I'll bet tdracer has the answer. I seem to remember he posted once about some converted 747 with a lot of hours.
Plenty of DC-3's still flogging in up north and in the islands butI'm guessing their hours are lower. 20driver |
Originally Posted by KiloB
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Surely it would have to be a Dak? |
B757 G-MONB now N935FD has over 100000hours on the clock |
Originally Posted by 20driver
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At least on the Boeing side I'll bet tdracer has the answer. I seem to remember he posted once about some converted 747 with a lot of hours.
Plenty of DC-3's still flogging in up north and in the islands butI'm guessing their hours are lower. 20driver I would be very, very surprised if it's DC-3 (or any other piston engined aircraft) because they require so much maintenance per flight hour - and even turbine conversions get shaken badly by prop vibrations - plus it's a low altitude aircraft which means it gets beat up by turbulence much more than jets. I'd also be very surprised by a military aircraft - they simply don't get the usage that commercial aircraft do. 1,000 hours/year is a lot for a military aircraft (even the tankers), where 3,000-4,000 hours/year is not only common but typical for commercial aircraft. |
Lufthansa's A320 delivered in 1989 are still in service. LH Technik has an ESG package that allows ops until 120 000 hours.
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Originally Posted by tdracer
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I'd also be very surprised by a military aircraft - they simply don't get the usage that commercial aircraft do. 1,000 hours/year is a lot for a military aircraft (even the tankers), where 3,000-4,000 hours/year is not only common but typical for commercial aircraft.
Wondered whether Air NZ or Qantas would be one as Qantas has a 26 yr old 747-400 ...................... |
100 000 hours is around what 5 pilots can expect to log in their entire careers and is quite an achievement for a piece of machinery. I look at an old airframe and think what it must have gone through in it's life, how many Captains got their first command on it, how many F/Os did their first line flight on it. The places it's been, the passengers it's carried, the emergencies it's survived.
If only they could talk. |
Originally Posted by krismiler
(Post 10452290)
100 000 hours is around what 5 pilots can expect to log in their entire careers and is quite an achievement for a piece of machinery. I look at an old airframe and think what it must have gone through in it's life, how many Captains got their first command on it, how many F/Os did their first line flight on it. The places it's been, the passengers it's carried, the emergencies it's survived.
If only they could talk. 1,500,000,000 litres of fuel used |
Originally Posted by Bend alot
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Or for something like a 747 with 100,000 hours.
150,000,000 litres of fuel used 1.500.000.000 litres Or about 1.000.000 tonnes or 5 Suezmax tankers full of Jet A-1 |
Originally Posted by EDLB
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you missed a zero. 1.500.000.000 litres Or about 1.000.000 tonnes or 5 Suezmax tankers full of Jet A-1 |
I flew a Convair 580 that had 96,000 hrs and 157,000 cycles 6 years ago. |
I’ve just looked at G-INFO. The oldest BA 747 still in service which is now pushing 30 years old (G-BNLN) had TAH 119294 on the clock as of Jun 2018. So I’m going to estimate that will have around 122000 hours now. And it’s still going. |
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