Aircraft Type You Wish You'd Flown But Never Will

bcoz · Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:09 am

Tonight, I was watching Chuck Heston's 1972 film "Skyjacked" and it got me thinking...

The aircraft featured in most of the exteriors is N374WA, what I assume to be a Western 707.

I was born in 1979 with my first flight around 1981 or 82. I've flown on an EI 747 and a Delta L-1011... and a host of other aircraft that are no longer in service.

But I never got to fly in a 707, and there is a chance...given my age...that I probably could have flown on one.

My question to you all is what aircraft type that you realistically had the chance to fly on, but never did...and why?

bcoz

andz · Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:25 am

I think there is only one answer to this question: Concorde. I never did because I had no need to fly LHR-JFK and it was a bit expensive to do it just for fun.

ERJ135 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:41 am

You will probably get a lot for the Concorde, myself included. However others that I missed by pure bad luck more than anything else include, Tristar, and Convair 880. I was lucky enough to fly a Convair 990. Add to those would be Russian airliners. When I did fly to the old USSR my flights were all on TU 154's and I so desperately wanted the TU134 at least once and the newer TU204. IL 62 and IL 86. Not out of the question yet but hopes are fading fast. Most others that I wanted to Fly on I have managed to do so.

wilco737 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:41 am

Quoting Andz (Reply 1):
I think there is only one answer to this question: Concorde.

Yes, same here. CONCORDE! Sad I never flew on her cry

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af773atmsp · Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:01 am

Concorde (although I did get to go inside the BA Concorde at the Intrepid Museum but they don't seem to be taking good care of it)

MD-11 (there are still carriers flying passenger MD-11s but not too many)

wilco737 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:04 am

Quoting Af773atmsp (Reply 4):
MD-11

Just hop on one KL or AY flight on your next trip to Europe. There are still pretty good chances to fly on an MD11 these days. Not impossible Wink

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ERJ135 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:06 am

Quoting Af773atmsp (Reply 4):
Intrepid Museum but they don't seem to be taking good care of it)

In 2000 I went to NYC for the first time and the Intrepid was a must see on my agenda. Like you say it's kind of disturbing they don't seem to be taking care of any aircraft at all, although when I went, the concorde was not there yet.

Elite · Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:46 am

The Concorde, MD-11, 707, and DC-10.

Quoting WILCO737 (Reply 5):
Just hop on one KL or AY flight on your next trip to Europe

Don't get to go to Europe often and even when I'm there I don't take domestic flights. Sucks, really.

wilco737 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:51 am

Quoting Elite (Reply 7):
Don't get to go to Europe often and even when I'm there I don't take domestic flights. Sucks, really.

That sucks indeed. And the MD11 of KL is often in Asia. So you should take a trip to HEL with the MD11 and then fly to THR and there you can take the 707 flight and then head to Bangladesh with their DC10 Big grin

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babybus · Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:32 am

Concorde

Second choice would be a BOAC VC10 to somewhere in Africa or Hong Kong.

andz · Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:19 am

Quoting Bcoz (Thread starter):
707

Quoting ERJ135 (Reply 2):
Tristar

Quoting Af773atmsp (Reply 4):
MD-11

Quoting Babybus (Reply 9):
VC10

I have been lucky enough to fly on all of these.

Elite · Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:28 am

Quoting WILCO737 (Reply 8):
That sucks indeed. And the MD11 of KL is often in Asia. So you should take a trip to HEL with the MD11 and then fly to THR and there you can take the 707 flight and then head to Bangladesh with their DC10

A 3-in-1... that would be my dream itinerary cloudnine

Leskova · Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:45 pm

I guess Concorde, the DC8 and DC10 will probably remain on my wish-list for ever, as will the TU134, TU154 and IL86.

Fortunately, I've been lucky enough to get the B707, B727 and the MD11 onto my "have flown on" list while they were still available (not that it's impossible to get onto an MD11 these days, but it used to be easier).

NWADC9 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:05 pm

L1011
DC-8 (unless I fly boxes around as a career)
Anything Russian (no need to go to Russia and unwilling to go to a communist nation)
DC-9-20 (unless I wanna go skydiving)
737-100
Concorde (like I had money...)
MD-11
Shorts 330/360
Metro III

I can go on and on...

PlymSpotter · Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:38 pm

Concord
F-227
DC-8
DC-9-10
DC-10-10
DC-10-40
Tu144

Hopefully still catch many more rarities before it's too late Big grin

staralliance38 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:20 pm

Concorde

B727
B707

wilco737 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:24 pm

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 14):
Concord

You don't deserve to fly on her, you cannot even spell her name rotfl

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NWOrientDC10 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:00 pm

Quoting Babybus (Reply 9):
Second choice would be a BOAC VC10 to somewhere in Africa or Hong Kong.

I think the RAF operates VC10's as troop transports. I also would liked to have flown VC10's but will never get to. Sad

Quoting Elite (Reply 11):
A 3-in-1... that would be my dream itinerary

This is my dream itinerary as well. Smile

Quoting Leskova (Reply 12):
the DC8

Quoting NWADC9 (Reply 13):
Anything Russian

Quoting NWADC9 (Reply 13):
(no need to go to Russia and unwilling to go to a communist nation)

The USSR went out of existence in 1991. The Russian Federation hasn't been a communist nation since then. Wink

I would also like to have flown in the Siddeley Hawker Trident. Sadly those of us who haven't flown in one will never get to do so.

Good Day Smile

Russell

PlymSpotter · Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:10 pm

Quoting WILCO737 (Reply 16):
You don't deserve to fly on her, you cannot even spell her name

What's an 'e' between friends - anyway, it used to be it's official name in the UK, for a little while at least Wink

FlySSC · Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:54 pm

I wish I could fly this beauty ... just to be able to compare it to Concorde !

wilco737 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:50 pm

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 18):
What's an 'e' between friends - anyway, it used to be it's official name in the UK, for a little while at least Wink

Yupp, I know they had a small "fight" about the 'e'....

but I miss her Sad

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PlymSpotter · Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:59 pm

Quoting WILCO737 (Reply 20):
but I miss her

Don't we all Sad

The sound of her ripping the sky apart across Filton for one last time will stay with me forever, not just because it's an aircraft, but because it was history coming to an end that day.

wilco737 · Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:36 pm

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 21):

You speak right from my heart! cry

this is so sad!

R.I.P. Concorde, we all miss you

I love that video. it shows how impressive she was, how lovely, pride, gorgeous cloudnine

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HT · Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:39 pm

Quoting Bcoz (Thread starter):
My question to you all is what aircraft type that you realistically had the chance to fly on, but never did...and why?

Concorde across the Atlantic Ocean in both directions:
Arrving in the U.S. earlier than you had departed in Europe.
Eastbound crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in daylight.

Why I did not take a flight ? It was beyond my finances at that time.

Quoting NWOrientDC10 (Reply 17):
I think the RAF operates VC10's as troop transports. I also would liked to have flown VC10's but will never get to.

Copy that. I saw (and heard checkmark

) one climbing out of HAJ only yesterday.
-HT

CairnterriAIR · Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:08 am

Of course the Concorde, but I would have loved to have been able to fly a Lockheed Constellation or a Boeing 314 Clipper Flying Boat.

2H4 · Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:39 am

Without question:

2H4

NWADC9 · Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:46 am

Quoting NWOrientDC10 (Reply 17):
The USSR went out of existence in 1991. The Russian Federation hasn't been a communist nation since then.

Maybe I should've added a comma separating my lack of need to go to Russia and unwillingness to visit communist countries to make it more clear Wink

falstaff · Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:59 am

For me the number one choice would be a Caravelle. I would love to fly on one. A BAC 111 and a Trident would be great too.

As far as props are concerned I would want to fly on a Connie or a DC4, 6, or 7.

I would like to fly a TriStar again. If the last time I flew on one I would have known it was going to be the last time I would have taken some photos to remember it by.

Quoting 2H4 (Reply 25):
Without question:

looks cool, what is it?

TDubJFK · Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:19 am

Wow -- great topic!!

Quoting Bcoz (Thread starter):
The aircraft featurd in most of the exteriors is N374WA, what I assume to be a Western 707.

Actually, that was a World Airways 707. Great movie too (for the footage alone!)

But here is my pick of planes I'd love to have flown .. without a doubt!!!:

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2H4 · Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:19 am

Quoting Falstaff (Reply 27):
looks cool, what is it?

The PZL-Mielec M-15 Belphegor. A jet-powered crop-dusting Polish biplane. It's pilots joked that insects died not from the pesticide, but from laughter.

My dream is to one day restore one and turn it into my Oshkosh partymobile.

2H4

MHG · Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:48 am

1) VC-10
2) Trident
3) Lockheed C-130 (Pax-version !)
4) NAMC YS-11
5) B 737-100
6) Gulfstream G-159 (Gulfstream I )

B747forever · Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:01 pm

The Concorde of course. So sad that it ended service, so sad.

JetBlueAUS · Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:26 pm

Concorde

B707
B727
B737-100

DC-10

UltimateDelta · Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:09 am

I'd love to fly on a DC-10 and a Lockheed Constellation.

TruemanQLD · Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:56 am

MD-11
Concorde
727
707

MEA-707 · Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:02 pm

Anyone here whining 727, 707, Shorts 360, MD-11, DC-10, Il-62, Tu-134, Super Connie etc. is just not trying hard enough.
You can go to Russia, Iran, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Bolivia, Honduras or Nicaragua and have flights in them. Biman also flies the DC-10 cheaply between Bangkok and Singapore.

My wish list is another story: Caravelle, FH-227, VC-10, Trident, Tu-114, Tu-104, Martin 404 and Concorde. It really sucks I never had a chance or was too young to get on them. Not flying anymore or only military.

There are still small chances I'll manage to log DC-6, DC-7, DC-8, C-46, Il-14, C-130 ever so I won't mention them (yet)...

TUNisia · Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:10 pm

Concorde
Boeing 707

sbworcs · Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:15 pm

Definitely Concorde without any shadow of a doubt !

Also the B707 and DC8

isitsafenow · Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:11 am

Piston ..........DC 7...from the DC 3 upward, its the only DC plane missing
Turboprop......Convair 600, the one with the Rolls Royce Darts
Jet................VC 10 and MD 11
That's the ones I missed.
safe banghead

747m8te · Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:39 pm

Thses 6 are some my favourite aircraft types and sadly I have only seen half of them in person, and will never get to fly on them Sad

Concorde
DC-10
L-1011
727
707
Constellation

And if I don't get my act together the MD-11, I've been looking at taking a trip to Europe just to get on one of KLM's lovely birds, though my trip plans keep getting delayed or put off. Sad

CrimsonNL · Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:04 pm

B-17F, or any other B-17 will do!

ALexeu · Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:13 pm

Sud SE-210 Caravelle. The last airworthy crashed 3 years ago...
BAC 1-11 , although there is still a chance to fly them.

PGNCS · Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:54 pm

I have to hop on the bandwagon: Concorde.

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