747SPA330MD11 From Germany, joined Dec 2003, 100 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 4389 times:
I just surfed in the database and found out that a lot of 737-400 of US-Airways were broken up in Greenwood, Mississippi last year? Ok, US Airways changed to Airbus, but why this happen to the N407US - N416US, there were not that old. All were build in 1988. Quite a lot much older 737-200 are still flying.
777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11350 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 4358 times:
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As there are thousands of used B737s on the market then US Airways would not get much for them so they have reduced them to parts to help keep other B737s flying. Parts are worth more these days.
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 2, posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 4311 times:
I took some pics of 3 USAirways 734's in IGM in July,later I read they were flown to France to be scrapped Sad,sad,sad.
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Ifly2eat From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 8 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3866 times:
The -400's have the same style cockpits as B-757/767, two "glass" screens on each side of the cockpit with the other flights instruments being analogue. The over head panels of every single B-737 are pretty much the same with very few differences. This is primarily because Southwest convinced Boeing to keep type commonality for the 737. You buy 1,000+ airplanes you get what you want. The -400's never really fully caught on because they added weight to the plane without adding any fuel so the range decreased. Boeing corrected that with the -800. Frankly, as 777ER said the planes are worth more as parts than complete airplanes. Not like there is a shortage of B-737 out there.
ClipperNo1 From Germany, joined May 1999, 671 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 3750 times:
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the only case were new aircrafts were fitted with 'retro-cockpits' is Ansett's early 762s, which were fitted with a 3-man-cockpit, holding on to the flight engineers place. I wonder what happened to those......
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777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11350 posts, RR: 17 Reply 6, posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3541 times:
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according to http://www.ansett.com.au/aircraft/aircraft_f.htm only VH-RME has been scraped and is being sold as parts. VH-RMM, RMO, BZF, BZI, BZM and BZL have been redelieved to new owners. The other remaining 767s are either being stored at Melbourne or are at Majove
SlamClick From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 10062 posts, RR: 71 Reply 7, posted (9 years 5 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3497 times:
Ifly2eat
Normally true. However, USAir special-ordered the 737-300/400 with the old style flight instruments. They have no "glass" at all. Possibly this was done to make them match the -200 fleet already on the property. This no doubt rendered them less marketable as used airplanes.
Further, it is a mistake to assume that the airline owns the airplanes. This is rarely true, as search of the civil aircraft registry will show. Most are mortgaged and the real owner decides the fate of the airframes.
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SlamClick From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 10062 posts, RR: 71 Reply 10, posted (9 years 5 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3089 times:
Ramprat74
Come to think of it, I think you are right about the -400s coming from Piedmont. However, they were equipped with the same gauges as the US -300 fleet.
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