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RIP Honeywell B720 At PHX

4holer From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 2851 posts, RR: 10
Posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 5130 times:

Not sure if it's been posted, but the Honeywell B720 was, as expected, broken up at PHX.
But that doesn't make these pics any easier to see.
http://www.visitingphx.com/phxn720h.html

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WILCO737 From Greenland, joined Jun 2004, 8533 posts, RR: 78
Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 5122 times:

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Quoting 4holer (Thread starter):

that is indeed sad.... tombstone

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JRadier From Netherlands, joined Sep 2004, 4599 posts, RR: 51
Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4986 times:

A sad sight!

Once airliners is operating as normal again (that might take a while)... I'll upload my photo of it's last ever take-off.

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Crjflyer35 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 667 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4894 times:

I've been watching it being broken up for a while now...it kinda hurt everyday...Though on the positive, I'm sure Honeywell will be able to do some awesome stuff with their gorgeous 757!!

Ok, wait for the RJ to pass, cleared to push tail south Mike, and you're cleared to spin #2 in the push.

SAAB900 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2007, 479 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 3848 times:

What a sad sad sight! Why the hell was she broken up & not offered to a museum? Angry

Surely a museum somewhere would have given her a good home? What were Honeywell thinking of breaking her up, because they sure as hell knew how much of a special aircraft they had! hissyfit

RIP N720H! tombstone

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United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8
Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3793 times:

That's a shame. By looking at the older pics,it looks like an ex-Eastern bird.

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RAFVC10 From Spain, joined Sep 2005, 1980 posts, RR: 7
Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3505 times:

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Quoting 4holer (Thread starter):

Was the last B720 flying or I'm I wrong?

hissyfit

Very bad news....

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BeechNut From Canada, joined Apr 2004, 708 posts, RR: 9
Reply 7, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3452 times:

Quoting RAFVC10 (Reply 6):
Was the last B720 flying or I'm I wrong?

No, I believe Pratt & Whitney still have theirs flying out of Montreal but it is scheduled to be replaced by a B747SP. Not sure if that has happened yet. I have seen it fly many times in the last couple of years.

Beech

L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29366 posts, RR: 61
Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3356 times:

Too bad they couldn't have figured out a way to donate it to a museum and get a tax write-off.

That is a pretty historic aircaft there.

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Knightsofmalta From Malta, joined Nov 2005, 1429 posts, RR: 17
Reply 9, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3318 times:

I have fond memories of the B. 720. Those gorgeous engines, the noise and those massive flaps...

Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23
Reply 10, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2494 times:

Quoting United_fan (Reply 5):
That's a shame. By looking at the older pics,it looks like an ex-Eastern bird.

Not sure what photos you're referring to, but based on the 720-051B model number and the construction number, it was originally delivered to NW in 1962, the 13th of NW's 17 720Bs. (Eastern's 720-025s were all non-turbofan 720s, not 720Bs).

Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21041 posts, RR: 60
Reply 11, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2476 times:

It's a 720B, not a B720. Civilian Boeing jet planes don't start with B. They start with 7.

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4holer From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 2851 posts, RR: 10
Reply 12, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2446 times:

Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 11):
It's a 720B, not a B720. Civilian Boeing jet planes don't start with B. They start with 7.

My "B" was for Boeing; just saying "720" didn't seem right since it's not a model we talk about much. Though I'd love to talk about seeing a 720A take off. Or is that a B720A? Wink

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DesertFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 475 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2323 times:

Saw this aircraft flying quite a bit last year. Even did some touch and goes next to it at IWA last spring. It's sad to see her go.

Nwarooster From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 864 posts, RR: 3
Reply 14, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2209 times:

I remember this aircraft (N733US) when I worked as a mechanic at Northwest Airlines.
It was sold to Maresk. old

IFlyTWA From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 267 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2109 times:

I believe TWA was the original operator of this 720. N795TW (reg was reused on a 707-131 later on.)

Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 10):
Not sure what photos you're referring to, but based on the 720-051B model number and the construction number, it was originally delivered to NW in 1962, the 13th of NW's 17 720Bs. (Eastern's 720-025s were all non-turbofan 720s, not 720Bs).

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Ned Kelly From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 393 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1938 times:

Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 10):
Not sure what photos you're referring to, but based on the 720-051B model number and the construction number, it was originally delivered to NW in 1962, the 13th of NW's 17 720Bs.

Quoting IFlyTWA (Reply 15):
I believe TWA was the original operator of this 720. N795TW

Both correct. This aircraft was ordered by Northwest but appears to have been leased first to TWA as N795TW in Sept 1961 direct from Boeing before being "re-delivered" to Northwest as N733US in Oct 1962.
SOURCE: Airliner Production List 1992.

For a brief history of this aircraft and to see some of the airlines it operated for, click on the photo below & then click on the construction/line number. (Sorry no photos of it in TWA).

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A340Spotter From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1974 posts, RR: 25
Reply 17, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1807 times:

Quoting L-188 (Reply 8):
Too bad they couldn't have figured out a way to donate it to a museum and get a tax write-off.

Word has it that Honeywell's lawyers didn't approve of that and thus, the break up occurred. There is also a sad YouTube video of the demise that's hard to watch, given the history of the plane...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy0NWKCmNdo

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4holer From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 2851 posts, RR: 10
Reply 18, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1741 times:

Quoting A340Spotter (Reply 17):
There is also a sad YouTube video of the demise that's hard to watch, given the history of the plane...

Oh, that just makes an aviation buff a little sick in the stomach, doesn't it...

One more reason to dislike lawyers, eh?

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N2111J From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 143 posts, RR: 1
Reply 19, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1569 times:

Yes, it's too bad the lawyers weren't scrapped instead of the airplane!

WILCO737 From Greenland, joined Jun 2004, 8533 posts, RR: 78
Reply 20, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1550 times:

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Quoting A340Spotter (Reply 17):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy0NWKCmNdo

Quoting A340Spotter (Reply 17):
Oh, that just makes an aviation buff a little sick in the stomach, doesn't it...

Oh what a sad video indeed. And it is a pain in the stomach... Sad

A whole airplane life ended in 2.5 minutes on youtube...

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CPH-R From Denmark, joined May 2001, 5754 posts, RR: 4
Reply 21, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1506 times:

I'm forever slightly amused that this bird used to fly for my favourite airline, Conair, and even flew in its (basic) colours for a while (the horisontal blue stripe). Smile

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