Rob P Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Now there's a question. It is: Caravelle 727 737 (various) 757 767 A310 A319 A320 A321 A330 Bac111 Trident Tristar DC-10 Fokker F27 Twin Otter (floats) Dash 7 Dash 8 Trislander Shorts 360 Bae 146 Chipmunk DH Dove Chinook Puma VC10 Sedburgh Kirby Cadet Grob Viking Pa-38 Pa-32 Pa-32r Pa-28 Pa-28r Pa-23 Robin DR300 That's all folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Hadn't seen this thread, but even though I spent my time fixing aircraft in the FAA I still liked to fly in them although I took the controls on some, being a pilot never really grabbed me. PA-28-140 Cherokee PA-28 Warrior PA-38 Tomahawk Cessna 172 Cessna 182 Cessna 310 Hunter T-8M Harrier T-4N Hercules several times Heron Dove VC-10 - RAF Tristar - RAF C-9 Nightingale - USN Comet 4C Trident Viscount Vanguard BAe 146 BAC 111 Islander Boeing 737 Boeing 767 Boeing 777 Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Airbus A330 Airbus A340 Bombardier Express Beech 1900 Twin Otter with Floats Learjet 25 Learjet 35 Helicopters Sea King Mk4 Sea King Mk5, too often Chinook Gazelle ASK13 Gliders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Flown; Puma HC.1, Stearman, Tiger Moth, T-6 Texan. Passenger; (the above,...only flew them for a short time!) Hercules C.1 & C.3, C-130H, VC-10C.1, Tristar, Chinook HC.1, Wessex HAR.2, CH-53, Dakota, Barrage Balloon (never landed in one though), Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.7, Sea King HC.4, Huey, Sikorsky S-61, Dragon Rapide, Cessna 172, Robinson helo...plus the boring holiday airliners like the DC.9 and various Airbus and Boeing types including a Virgin 747. I`ve probably missed something out. One of my mates had the ultimate flight, but under bad circumstances,....he was rushed home from W.Germany asap in a Harrier T.4 from Gutersloh to see his Mum in hospital,....from hearing she was ill to seeing her it took 3 hours,...and thankfully she recovered OK. He said that it was well worth her being ill,....callous little man! Cheers Tony O Edited October 26, 2013 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Air New England FH-227 Allegheny BAC-111 American DC-10, CVG-DFW and return, 1986. American Eagle Embraer ERJ-140 American Eagle ATR-72 (miserable flight; no air conditioning) American Fokker 100 Boeing 727 (too many to recall) Bombardier/Canadair Regional Jet (can't remember airline; possibly United Commuter. GJT-DIA) Braniff CV-440, SPS-DAL and return, 1968. First airline flight. Braniff II 727-200, LGA-AUS and return, 1984. Delta L-1011, ATL-SFO and return, 1977. Piedmont NAMC YS-11, CVG-ATL and return, 1977. Pilgrim Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter, HVN-LGA, 1984. Most cramped. Short 360, LAX-SNA, 1992. Can't remember airline; was a Southern California commuter. TWA 707, BDL-STL and STL-OKC. Worst flight ever; Xmas 1980. Left BDL late due to weather and missed connection at STL due to weather. Stood in line for 2 hours just to get another flight. Only one poor TWA agent at airport due to blizzard in area. Finally arrived OKC after midnight. Luggage didn’t arrive until 36 hours later. One of the last TWA 707 flights. United DC-8-62, nonstop BDL-LAX and return, 1982. Most memorable flight; served Long Island roast duckling for lunch, and chandelles over the Grand Canyon while on descent to LAX! Ryan Navion. First airplane flight, age 13, 1960. Local airspace around Clover Field, Sugarland, TX. Got to take the controls! Aero Commander 100. Flight with college roommate, Georgetown, TX, 1968. Stalls and spins. Cessna Skyhawk. Flight with college roommate, AUS-LBB and return, for football game, 1968. IFR in rain all the way there! Piper Seneca. Business trip, OJC-CYS-LAS-OJC, 1989. Got to take controls on return night flight. Cessna T-50 “Bamboo Bomber, antique airplane fly-in, DTN-3F3 and return, 2015. Loudest airplane flight! Edited June 21, 2022 by Space Ranger Addl. info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Hah, really interesting theme, I have to support so.. trying to remember! 1st I can’t tell exactly. Some MD .. I was 16 yrs old youngster TU-134 TU-154B and 154M (Last one 154M in Aeroflot!) 737-200 (about 2005-2007 years) A-320, A321 (a lot of times - Aeroflot, S7, NordWind and others) 737-400 (Peggasus-Asia) 737-800 (also clear many different companies, RoyalAirMaroc as the most unusual))) A320 and A321 NEO (both Pegasus Turkey) Sukhoi SSJ-100 (Azimuth) And only once wide-body, 777 RoyalFlight (Usual tourist charter to Bodrum) I think that’s all for today, but I dont gonna stop 😀 ЗЫ I must update: plus I've forgotten - B757 also RoyalFlight (charter flight back from Antalya) Edited June 17, 2022 by tMikha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Oh, that's my list, not sure that I forgot some: Ju-52 Il-18 Yak-40 An-24 Tu-134 Tu-154 Il-62 Il-86 A 300 A 320 A 321 A 330 A 340 B 737 - 2 B 737 - 7 B 747 - 8 ATR-42 DHC-6 BN Trislander Dash 8 BAe 164 EMB 160 EMB 185 modelldoc UPS, forgot Saab 340, B 767 Edited June 17, 2022 by modelldoc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Great question. Not sure how I missed this first time around. My list is: A300 (Emirates) A310 (Cyprus Airways) A319/20/21 (BA, BMI, Monarch, Easyjet, Jetstar, America West) A330 (Qantas, Singapore, BMI, Sri Lankan) A340 (Virgin) A350 (Singapore) A380 (Qantas, Emirates, Singapore) ATR 42 (Aer Arann) ATR 72 (FlyBe) BAC 1-11 (BA, BCal, Manx) ATP (Manx) 146/RJ (Manx, BA) 707 (TAP) 717 (Qantas) 737-200 (BA, Britannia, Orion, British Airtours) 737-300 (America West) 737-400 (Qantas) 737-800 (Virgin Australia, Qantas) 747-400 (Qantas, Virgin, Singapore) 757 (BA, Delta, United) 767 (American, Qantas) 777 (Emirates, Singapore) Chipmunk (RAF) Dash Eight (Qantas, Air Southwest, America West, FlyBe, BA) Embraer 145 (BA) Fokker F-27 (Air UK, Manx) Fokker F-28 (Air France) Fokker 70 (BMI) Herald (Air UK, Janus Airways) Jetstream (Cranfield University, Eastern Airways) Trident (BA) Hercules (RAF) Tristar (BA) MD80 (American, SAS) Shorts 330, 360 (Manx) S-61N (Skylink) Viscount (Manx, BA) and I've flown Grob 115, PA-28, PA-38, Grob Viking and BA's 747-400 simulator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 RN Sea King (at a recruitment-drive open-day in Portsmouth, when I was 16). Hughes 500 in Australia, near Surfers Paradise. DC-3 in Auckland, New Zealand. Dragon Rapide at Duxford. Not the same as an actual flight, obviously, but maybe worth mentioning... At an open-cockpit evening at the Cosford Museum a few years ago, I sat in their FW-190 and stood with the upper half of my body in their Ju-88 (they didn't allow you to climb around inside, but I appreciated being able to have a good look). On another evening at Cosford, I sat in the F-111, Mig-15, Pucara, Harrier, Ohka Kamikaze "manned-bomb" ( a very rare treat) and a number of other airframes. At open-cockpit events at Duxford, I've been inside the B-52, B-17, Lancaster, Huey, "US Marines" F-4 (a British-model Phantom, repainted as a 'Corps one, IIRC), Sunderland and a few others. Cheers. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 7/31/2013 at 10:18 PM, Old Viper Tester said: Most of these were flown as part of the Test Pilot School Curriculum (I was a test engineer, not a pilot). The RAF aircraft were when I did an exchange tour at the MoD and my boss, seeing I wan't too happy chained to a desk, arranged for some "familiarization" flights. Now I've been flying a desk for twenty years. Sven Old Viper Tester Wow! That is one hell of a list! Have you ever thought of writing a book about your career? Cheers. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 First Flight DH Rapide at Duxford Second and thirds Flight, a few panels of sheet metal strapped to a lawnmower engine (BN Islander) ATR42 BA Jetstream Ryanair 737 Various Easyjet Airbus 757 Icelandair back from the Island during The Volcano crises (my last flight) Not traveled that much and one day would like to go on something bigger (was planning a medium haul trip when covid hit) but I doubt the destinations I might end up are going to be served by the bigger types given even the small ones can go to the moon and back on half a tank now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 For me aside from the usual mix of contemporary Boeing and Airbus types, the most interesting was the 1980-built Airbus A300 on an Iran Air service from Schipol to Tehran in 2016. Definitely a very retro experience from booking the tickets via a dodgy German travel agency, to manual checkin at an unbranded desk, the welcome aboard non-alcoholic beer, 2-4-2 seating and genuine leg room! Funny think is that when I booked the flight, lots of people said I was crazy to risk Iran Air and I should have just gone via Turkish Airlines. However on the day of the trip was the "coup" in Istanbul that closed the airport and cancelled all flights. Therefore we made it through fine but my fellow traveller ended up rerouting via Aeroflot on a hideously expensive ticket! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnuag Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Some of my more interesting flights were: Ju52 Helio Courier VC-10 - dutch roll crew training Super Constallation Short Sandringham DH84 DH80 Grunnau Baby - Brasilian version Tripacer DC-7CF Lodestar And lots of later types..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Hs Trident BAe 146 Boeing..... 727 737 747 Airbus A320 Cessna..... 150 172 Citation Dhc Twin Otter And a twin engine propeller job that i cant recall the name of out of Panshanger.(possibly a comanchie?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tMikha Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 An interesting theme I've revived in result 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Brown Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) Flown: Some kind of glider, can't recall the type Hang gliders Quicksilver MX ultralight (still questioning that choice 40 years later) Lots of different single engine Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft types NAVION Baron 55 and 58 Cessna 310, 402, 441 Beech 18 DC-3 Beech Starship All of the King Air versions from the C90 to the 300, except the F90 Mitsubishi Diamond Beechjet Dash-8 CRJ 737 Ridden in: B-17 A320 Fokker 28 & 100 707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757 (best jump seat ride ever!), and 777 DC-8, DC-9, MD-80 Shorts 360 Metroliner III Jetstream ERJ-145 & 170 Ben Edited June 19, 2022 by Ben Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 My list (didn't realise it was that big): Boeing 737 - ? Airbus A330 - ? Airbus A321 - ? Bell 47. Tiger Moth. DH Rapide. Siai Marcheti S205. Cessna 152. Shorts SD3-30. Shorts SD3-60. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) Viscount 700 (fiirst flight), Cesena spam-can, Chipmunk (first I've flown), B737-200 (grim), B737-800, B767, B757, A320, A330, Piper Tonahawk (yawn), Tiger Moth, Dragon Rapide, Super VC-10 (Goddess of the skies, full stop!) SRN4, A W Argosy, H P Hastings, Kirby Cadet TX. 3. Edited June 21, 2022 by stever219 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-21 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Far too many to list 50 types of glider, oldest Gipsy Moth. Lucky flew in RAF VC-10,Dan-Air Comet 4 and 8 trips in Varsities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Dakota Bristol Freighter Carvair B 727 Britannia B737 DC9 AW Argosy Chipmunk Some kind of twin Cessna/Piper B767 Tiger Moth Fokker Friendship 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Tip Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Cessna something (1st flight) 737(-800?) various A320 747-400 Bell 206 An-2 (1x passenger, 1x Cockpit seat) Do27 Stearman (none were controlled by me) Maybe some oldies will follow... unfortunately no Hurricane, as much as I'd want to. 💷 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) Fascinating resurrection of this thread. I contributed back in the day. I still remain in awe of the so many fabulous and historic aircraft those of us who contribute to this forum have flown or flown in. I'm seriously envious. But yet I remain the only person who's flown in an Alouette III with an assault rifle and jumped out without landing. 👍Plus the GA8 We are, it seems not just modellers but pilots, enthusiasts, aviation professionals and amateurs. Hardly a surprise. I can only add to my list, I flew in an Airbus A350, really nice. I actually thought it was a Boeing 787 thanks to my lack of currency in those things. I flew a Vans RV6 belonging to friend of mine in Zimbabwe. What a rocket ship that is. You only have to apply pressure to the stick to manoeuvre it . It's kind of like using the 'force'. It's a little Spitfire. At the other end I flew a Land Africa not in Africa but it's an Ultralight. Really nice to fly and I simply cannot see how you could kill yourself in the thing without diving straight into the ground. Anyone could fly the the thing it's like driving a car. OK with a bit of flight training. Edited June 19, 2022 by noelh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Updating my list, I can add the A380, A350 and B787-900for my trip to Nz and Oza, 2019 Then much more recently some gliding revival for me in a ASK-21 and a DG-505 as P2. Might get some more gliding in again during the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Some very interesting entries in people's lists here! Flown: Chipmunk Slingsby Venture C150 C172 PA-28 Cherokee 140 SA Bulldog Grob 109 CFM Shadow Slingsby Firefly Short Tucano Gazelle HT2/3 Bell 412 Sea King 3 (also briefly 3a & 5) AW139 (short demo flight) EC725 Caracal (demo flight) MD902 Explorer AS355F Twin Squirrel Sikorsky S-92 Flown in: Sea King 4 Puma Chinook Wessex various Nimrod Hunter T8b (briefly on the controls) Hawk T1 B727 B737 various B747 various B757 B767 DC-9 (jump seat, LBA - LHR rtn) DC-10 Tristar VC-10 A310 A319/320 A330 A340 Embraer 175/190 Embraer 135/145 Canadair CRJ Saab 2000 Saab 340 Jetstream J41 DHC Dash-8 Bombardier Q400 ATR 42/72 Sikorsky S-61N (both pax & demo P2) There might have been others, but I've lost track! Jon Edited June 20, 2022 by Jonners 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvrle Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 OK, trying to remember all of them: Antonov An-26 Piper Comanche Mi-8MTV-1 Mi-8S And then the usual suspects: MD-80 B737-500 B737-200 A320 A319 A340-600 A380 B747-8 Dash 8-Q400 Cessna 402 And newly added 777-300 767-300 Well short of some lists here, of which I'm very jealous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 HS748 bristol freighter heron dove ambassador 1-11 dragon rapide trident islander trilander Andover Hastings Shackleton Puma Wessex chinook gazelle scout Beaver beagle c-130k c-130j galaxy brittannia herald 747 720 707 727 737 757 767 777 a300 I think french Air Force cougar Swiss allouette tristar antonov 124 canadair cl44 Dc8 dc3 dc10 nimrod chipmunk merlin ec135 police c-17 vc-10 belfast vangaurd hovercraft from Pompey Argosy whilwind tu-154 dash 7 dash 8 banderante convair440 c141 long one transal saab340 skyvan A319 A320 A340 i think that’s all, but not sure. sammy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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