Basler 67s, (up dated DC-3), are apparently being used lots of places.
I guess it depends on your definition of what an Airline is...
http://www.baslerturbo.com/bt_67_worldwide.html
graywolf wrote:
Well any mechanical thing can last pretty much forever, if you do not
mind the expense of maintaining it. Some of those far better than new
classic cars you see where rusting hulks before restoration. Never
mind that a car that cost $1800 new took $50,000-100,000 to make like
that.
A DC-3 cost about $35,000 new, I know of a company that will put one
back that way for only 1/2 million or so. How many do you want?
BTW, I can not believe that any real airline in the world still has
DC-3's in regular passenger service.
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frank theriault wrote:
Sheesh,
They're still flying DC 3's. Some of those must be over 60 and
approaching 70 years old. Properly maintained, an airframe should
last indefinitely.
cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Otis Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes, and 20 years is not too surprising for an airframe. I believe
the f-14 first flew in 1970. As I recall, it is still doing quite
nicely. Cars maintained to the standards applied to airframes would
last a long, long time.
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