flyibaby From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1015 posts, RR: 6 Reply 1, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 29305 times:
I don't think so. The darn thing has been flying since 1969, and has over 70,000 cycles on the airframe. I did find it has flown all over the world before it was converted into a cargo aircraft. Here is a pic from 1988 when it flew with Presidential Airways.
netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 29090 times:
Mark Cuban bought his G-V on Ebay for $40 mil. At the time (and still) the largest transaction on ebay ever.
upcfordcruiser From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 102 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 26037 times:
Wonder if the plane comes with a free set of those baller rims he also sells
TSS From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 2884 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 24748 times:
Quoting upcfordcruiser (Reply 9): Wonder if the plane comes with a free set of those baller rims he also sells
Since the outer wheels and tires on the main landing gear of 737s remain exposed even when they're in the stowed position, could there be a better aircraft upon which to mount a set of "baller" rims?
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varigb707 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1229 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 23426 times:
tb727 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1398 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 22827 times:
cessna2 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 277 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 22573 times:
Any anetters want to go in together and buy this...make a nice time share! lol
Spending a bit of time in Canada, it was one of the original order for B737s for Pacific Western Airlines. But it didn't fit well in the fleet as not only was it a "Basic", (non-Advanced), it was not equipped with the gravel kit, as were the rest of the Combi's at PWA. It didn't make it into the merger with CP forming Canadi>n.
It did however, spend time at NWT Air, and Air Canada Connector, before going to Westjet.
na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9710 posts, RR: 10 Reply 17, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 21832 times:
Last operator was indeed Westjet (you can still see its colours), and it was wfu in 2000. Wonder how it could survive that long, 732 parts arent much worth anymore I guess.
71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2765 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 21640 times:
I thought these screens were part of the gravel kit?
Longhauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 4316 posts, RR: 36 Reply 19, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 21483 times:
Quoting 71Zulu (Reply 18): I thought these screens were part of the gravel kit?
No, all of the B737-200s I flew had them in the early 1990s. It was termed "Tire Burst Protection". Then for reasons I can not recall, they were all removed. If these screens are at all compromised, a "tire screen" light would illuminate in the cockpit.
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fsnuffer From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 229 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 20796 times:
Quoting Longhauler (Reply 19): It was termed "Tire Burst Protection". Then for reasons I can not recall, they were all removed.
Back in Nav training we were taught to get on the call button if there was a tire blow out and say "Pilot, the gear". At that point the pilots would leave the gear down and we would do doughnuts over Rancho Seco to burn off fuel. The reason given was the USAF lost a T-43 (737-200) when a tire ruptured on takeoff and when they raised the landing gear all that rotating shredded rubber tore the hydraulic lines loose dumping it onto the hot breaks caused a fire resulting in a crash.
railker From Canada, joined Aug 2006, 169 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 19003 times:
Well, I don't know what kinda budgets training schools have, but both Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and British Columbia Institute of Technology have 737-200s -- BCIT has one with the WestJet logo still painted on the aircraft. Old and now that students have touched it, completely not airworthy. But amazing training tools for maintenance. Maybe a school can fork out the money to pick it up if they don't have an aircraft like that, make a good addition to their fleet.
GothamSpotter From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 586 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (2 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 17947 times:
Baltia bought their newer 747-300 for $500,000, though it did not come with engines.
25 Longhauler: Airlines very often donate old airframes to schools and museums. There are several ex-Air Canada DC-9s at various schools and museums around Canada.
26 titanmiller: Interesting. It looks like someone put a bid on it.
27 JETnyc: Maybe the can sell it for living or office space..
28 MD11Engineer: I´d like to have it as a restauration project (not that I´d ever get a permit to fly it in Europe due to noise rules). It brings back memories, I di
29 Fly2HMO: The plane is a turd. Has a ton of cycles, the C check is relatively close to being needed (assuming heavy use), original avionics, no stage III, surel
31 flylku: I read it as 0 since C and D checks so it sounded like they were fresh but I would expect heavy maintenance on an aircraft like this could easily run
32 mrskyguy: It "reports" that it's fresh out of C and D checks, but that's a bit unusual given the location of the aircraft (stored at LRD since 2005). There's a
33 KFlyer: mrskyguy, now I understand the meaning of your signature.
34 nema: So the current and first bid is showing at US $500,000.00 Does anyone have an idea of its real value in todays market?...not noticed any price valuati
35 N685FE: **I tried to post this last night, so some of this has already been covered. Had a space in the wrong spot in the UBB code.** Year and cycles don't me
36 MD11Engineer: I could imagine using this aircraft e.g. in South East Asia, with two sectors a day, where airspace isn´t as congested as in Europe or the US, where
37 na: In the books yes, but have they ever flown it? It was registered that way, but it wasnt painted, still kept Westjet colours with hastily overpainted
38 N685FE: So Westjet had it converted and used it as a freighter?
39 RyanairGuru: What a shame, my credit card maxes out at A$2,000!!! Still, I'll be able to afford the deposit if someone stumps up the other $498,000
40 DeltaRules: Who's the New Jersey Devils superfan that wants to buy that 727? That's a nice look into one of the executive-configured jets (in this case, a 727) t
41 srbmod: No. WestJet never used it as a freighter. This a/c is a 737-200 Convertible, meaning it could be operated as a passenger a/c, a freighter, or a combi
42 longhauler: This aircraft was built as a combi (with the cargo door) in 1969 for Pacific Western. It always was a B737-275C You can see the cargo door right thro
43 N685FE: Ok I see. I thought this operator converted it to a freighter but didn't understand how they got a combi certificate for it. I also never knew they in
44 d93: I don't know that I would by as aircraft on Ebay.
45 longhauler: It is a different type of air-stairs from the front. If you look closely at this picture, you can see the actual cabin door is hinged at the bottom,
46 mrskyguy: Funny thing is, I really can't tell you the single reason why the B732 tickles me so. She's just got it all in the right places. Never before or sinc
47 N685FE: I knew about the fwd stair option, but you said rear airstairs. I've seen those a lot.
48 Fly2HMO: It would have to stay below FL290 or jump straight up to FL410 or higher where RVSM airspace ends. I know, however what I was saying is that, AFAIK,
49 tb727: I've been flying in and out of LRD for a while now on a regular basis and last time I was there it was where it always was, over in the tall grass. T
50 N685FE: It wouldn't take a big tug to move this, low fuel and no interior. Perhaps someone who works 737-200 C-checks can comment, I doubt it would take more
51 mrskyguy: Exactly. That's in-line with the point I made above.. it just doesn't make sense. Perhaps the listing agent "Ari" is selling it in its "proposed" con
52 Skydrol: a.net member? What's not so good, for a $500,000 bid, is having zero feedback... wonder how long until the seller cancels the bid? LD4
53 GothamSpotter: Their last press release in early August said the plane had arrived at MAS Aerospace in Malaysia for "maintenance." I presume they'll be installing t
54 United_fan: Lots of planes for sale online here; http://www.avbuyer.com/aircraft/default.asp?Corp=true&ListId=1
55 mrskyguy: Alright, so here's the deal. I have this information on good authority, and what happened here with this 732 is actually a rather sad story. The curre
56 N685FE: So the now that the current status of the last heavy check has been verified, the value of this a/c is a little better then before when we where just
57 mrskyguy: Well.. sort of. Yes, it's almost 0 time since the heavy check, but that was in 2002. As for the outfit that performed the check, it didn't leave the
58 N685FE: Yes I understand your explanation of the last C check, I asked if you knew who done it. That really sucks that a business would lure customers like t
59 greasespot: I worked on this airplane with NWT Air. C Check will depend on the AD status and what they find. There is always surprises fond on -200 c checks. Espe
60 mrskyguy: Anything in particular that made her a moneypit at NWT Air (more so than the others)?
61 Viscount724: It was the 4th 737-200C built (after 2 for Wien Air Alaska and 1 for Nordair), and PWA's 2nd 737. Here's a photo of it in its original PWA livery. Lo
62 N685FE: Nice pic, she was a good looking flying machine in her younger days, far different then what she looks like today.
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