Thanks Pancho, any idea how long in advance you need to book the examiner?
Cheers
JD

Hi,

Down below are two pictures of flight deck's of 737-200's. One is Hooters Air and the other one is Ryanair. On the glareshield of the Hooters Air 737-200 they have 737-300/400/500 style switches. On the Ryanair 737-200 they have diffrent control switches. Why do these two aircraft have different glareshield's?

Hooters Air 737-200

Ryanair 737-200

BAe 146-100

Having just watched HIGNFY earlier on, that 2nd picture brings to mind their 'caption' competition - they're looking so intently in their manuals and into the midsts... What could they be saying . . .

"Oh blast, that's it of course Brian , I've got the gist of it now : - Instruction number1:SIT DOWN . Excellent , right ,okay close up,we're off. " :D

They have different autopilots. The Ryanair one is the is an SP77 and the other one is an SP177, a later model -200 getting closer to the -300 series layout. Ryanair operate both types of A/P in their -200 fleet.:)

Last remaining Ryanair 737-200 routes
 

Does Anyone know on which routes Ryanair will still be flying the Boeing 737-200, at least for the next month or two?
I've been meaning to fly on one for ages, but am not entirely sure which routes (preferably from London) still fly them. Is there any schedule which says?:sad:

Last time I checked all based at Dublin.

737-200's BRS-DUB every day the locals Love it :ouch:

Ive got to say I am a 'bus' man.

But the 732, Oh Yes!!:cool:

IS the aircraft still used on the London-Derry route?
I read that the airport is too small for the 737-800 to land so the -200 will still be used?:ooh:

The flight from London Stansted that is.

The -200 rocks. As a pax, ever since I was a 9-year-old obsessed with airplanes I look forward to that unique push to the seatback even old -200s give you, and the steepest climb anywhere (I still got to fly 'em new when they could do that, and the Lufthansa guys in 1980-81 were fond of hauling @$$ out of FRA for the short DUS flights, or vice versa). It was a great thrill ride, and I'm glad we still have a lot of 'em here in Mexico flying for charter and regional lines... a little creative Internet booking can assure you a place on a -200 almost anywhere in the country.

It's a funny thing that so many Mexican airlines rely on them now (AVIACSA, TAESA when it was in business, Global, Nova, etc.) because in the 70s there were no 737s in Mexico but for the 2 the Air Force operated as VIP transports. The state carriers didn't buy any, and in those years private airlines were not allowed, so one had to go to Europe or the USA to fly in a -200... the benefits of "savage" capitalism ^_^

Greets
H. Averdung
MMMX

Agggggh the -200
 

Those days before "the noise police" the 200ADV JT8D's (our were -15A's) without drag kits, -5 degree C frost at CHC in winter, climb thrust 600 feet, clean up accel to 350k crossing the coast at 1500 feet Aggggh the noise was fantastic! Just made you want to live next to the airport to hear the little jet leave in the morning. (OK I am an aeroplane nut and don't mind aircraft noise)

Just a distant memory now in some parts of the world, but the 200 was and still is a great plane, only 1 737-219QC left now in NZ. Many pilots cut their teeth on Mr Boeings little bush jet, and are good sticks because the 732 was a good teacher, that would not accept sloppy work.

Our 219's (in the last batch made) are still going strong in Mexico.

Sorry to ramble on but the 732 has a special place in my log book.

Regards