Airplanes we/I had flying with

Boeing 727

My very first flight in 1973 from Stuttgart to Mallorca/Spain.

The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airports. On December 5, 1960, the 727 was launched with 40 orders each from United Airlines and Eastern Air Lines. The first 727-100 rolled out on November 27, 1962. Its last commercial passenger flight was in January 2019. Production ended in September 1984 with 1832 having been built.

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Boeing 707

My first long-haul flight in 1984 from Frankfurt am Main to Vancouver/Canada.

The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In total, 1010 Boeing 707s were produced and delivered. Today, no plane flies in civilian passenger service anymore.

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Boeing 737

I probably flew the B737 the most, along with the Airbus 318/319/320/321.

The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707-fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines. Envisioned in 1964, the initial 737-100 made its first flight in April 1967 and entered service in February 1968 with Lufthansa. The lengthened 737-200 entered service in April 1968, and evolved through four generations, offering several variants for 85 to 215 passengers. As of June 2024, 16,527 Boeing 737s have been ordered and 11,797 delivered.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737

Source Pictures: Milad A380, Milad A380 (talk) - own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19464285

Boeing 757

I mostly flew domestic routes in the USA with the B757.

The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The then-named 7N7 received its first orders in August 1978. The prototype completed its maiden flight on February 19, 1982, and it was FAA certified on December 21, 1982. Eastern Air Lines placed the initial 757-200 variant in commercial service on January 1, 1983. A package freighter (PF) variant entered service in September 1987 and a combi model in September 1988. The stretched 757-300 was launched in September 1996 and began service in March 1999. After 1050 had been built for 54 customers, production ended in October 2004.

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Boeing 757

The B767 was a popular aircraft type for American and European airlines on the European route.

The Boeing 767 is a twin-engine wide-body aircraft from the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The economically very successful low-wing aircraft is Boeing's first long-haul aircraft with only two engines and can carry up to 375 passengers over 10,000 km. The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on July 30, 1982. The initial 767-200 variant entered service on September 8, 1982, with United Airlines, and the extended-range 767-200ER in 1984. It was stretched into the 767-300 in October 1986, followed by the extended-range 767-300ER in 1988, the most popular variant. The 767-300F, a production freighter version, debuted in October 1995. It was stretched again into the 767-400ER from September 2000. The last passenger aircraft was delivered in June 2014, and the Boeing 767 is still being produced today as a cargo aircraft and for the military.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_767

Source Picture: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada - myAustrian Boeing 767-300ER OE-LAT, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47105847

Boeing 747

My first flight with the 747-400 was in 1990 from Frankfurt via Singapore to Australia, which was an incredible flying feeling back then.

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2+1⁄2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. In 1965. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft, and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop the JT9D engine, a high-bypass turbofan. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's largest building by volume. The 747's first flight took place on February 9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747

Source Picture: By Kiefer. from Frankfurt, Germany - Lufthansa Boeing 747-8, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38246592

Boeing 777

The B777 is used by all major airlines, but I personally prefer to fly with the Airbus 350.

The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the world's largest twinjet and the most-built wide-body airliner. The jetliner was designed to bridge the gap between Boeing's other wide body airplanes, the twin-engined 767 and quad-engined 747, and to replace aging DC-10 and L-1011 trijets. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines, the 777 program was launched in October 1990, with an order from United Airlines. The prototype was rolled out in April 1994, and first flew in June. The 777 entered service with the launch operator United Airlines in June 1995. Longer-range variants were launched in 2000, and first delivered in 2004. Since 2015 it has mainly competed with the Airbus A350 and later also with the A330-900.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777

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Boeing 787

Like the B777, the B787 is in use by all major airlines.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, which focused largely on efficiency. The program was launched on April 26, 2004, with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways (ANA), targeting a 2008 introduction. On July 8, 2007, a prototype 787 without major operating systems was rolled out; subsequently the aircraft experienced multiple delays, until its maiden flight on December 15, 2009. Type certification was received in August 2011, and the first 787-8 was delivered in September 2011 before entering commercial service on October 26, 2011, with ANA.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner

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Airbus A320 Family

I probably flew the Airbus 318/319/320/321 the most, along with the B737.

The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus. The A320 was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air France. The first member of the family was followed by the stretched A321 (first delivered in January 1994), the shorter A319 (April 1996), and the even shorter A318 (July 2003). Final assembly takes place in Toulouse in France; Hamburg in Germany; Tianjin in China since 2009; and Mobile, Alabama in the United States since April 2016.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320_family

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Airbus A300

I often flew Frankfurt - Hamburg with the A300. The seats were quite tight.

The Airbus A300 is Airbus's first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, double-aisle wide-body airliner, developed and manufactured by Airbus from 1971 to 2007.

In September 1967, aircraft manufacturers in the United Kingdom, France, and West Germany signed an initial memorandum of understanding to collaborate to develop an innovative large airliner. West Germany and France reached a firm agreement on 29 May 1969, after the British withdrew from the project on 10 April 1969. The pan-European collaborative aerospace manufacturer Airbus Industrie was formally created on 18 December 1970 to develop and produce it. The A300 prototype first flew on 28 October 1972. Production ceased in July 2007 after 561 deliveries. As of September 2023, there are 197 A300 family aircraft still in commercial service.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A300

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Airbus A310

With the A310, I flew the first time to Dubai with Emirates.

The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industry, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers. Airbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the A300, the first twin-jet wide-body. On 7 July 1978, the A310 (initially the A300B10) was launched with orders from Swissair and Lufthansa. On 3 April 1982, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight, and the A310 received its type certificate on 11 March 1983. Between 1983, and the last aircraft produced in 1998, 255 A310s were delivered.

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Airbus A330

The A330 took me to Tokyo and Singapore.

The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus. Airbus began developing larger A300 derivatives in the mid-1970s, giving rise to the A330 twinjet as well as the A340 quadjet, and launched both designs along with their first orders in June 1987. The A330-300, the first variant, took its maiden flight in November 1992 and entered service with Air Inter in January 1994. The slightly shorter A330-200 variant followed in 1998 with Canada 3000 as the launch operator. In July 2014, Airbus announced the re-engined A330neo (new engine option) comprising A330-800/900, which entered service with TAP Air Portugal in December 2018. With the exclusive, more efficient Trent 7000 turbofan and improvements including sharklets, it offers up to 14% better fuel economy per seat. The first-generation A330s (-200/200F/300) are now called A330ceo (current engine option).

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330

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Airbus A340

The Airbus A340 had the toilets in the ECO on the baggage floor and was my standard flight to China and Japan.

The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel with the A330 twinjet. In June 1987, Airbus launched both designs with their first orders and the A340-300 took its maiden flight on 25 October 1991. It was certified along with the A340-200 on 22 December 1992 and both versions entered service in March 1993 with launch customers Lufthansa and Air France. The larger A340-500/600 were launched on 8 December 1997; the A340-600 flew for the first time on 23 April 2001 and entered service on 1 August 2002. On 10 November 2011, Airbus announced that the production reached its end, after 380 orders had been placed and 377 delivered from Toulouse, France.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A340

Source Pictures:  Makaristos, derivative work Lämpel - own work, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65591554

Airbus A380

Followed the A380 to Dubai countless times and then continued on the B777 to Manila.

The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX project was presented in 1994. The first prototype was unveiled in Toulouse on 18 January 2005, with its first flight on 27 April 2005. It then obtained its type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 12 December 2006.

On 25 September 2020, Airbus completed assembly of the final A380 fuselage. Nine aircraft remained to be delivered (eight for Emirates, one for All Nippon Airways) and production operations continued to finish those aircraft. On 17 March 2021, the final Airbus A380 (manufacturing serial number 272) made its maiden flight from Toulouse to Hamburg for cabin outfitting,[146] before being delivered to Emirates on 16 December 2021.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380

Source Picture: Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39235791

Airbus A350

The Singapore Airlines A350 is my favorite aircraft at the moment.

The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine airliner developed and produced by Airbus. The initial A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the Airbus A330 with composite wings and new engines. Due to inadequate market support, Airbus switched in 2006 to a clean-sheet "XWB" (eXtra Wide Body) design, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB high bypass turbofan engines. The prototype first flew on 14 June 2013 from Toulouse, France. Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was obtained in September 2014, followed by certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) two months later. On 15 January 2015, the first A350-900 entered service with Qatar Airways, followed by the A350-1000 on 24 February 2018 with the same launch operator. As of June 2024, Singapore Airlines is the largest operator with 64 aircraft in its fleet, while Turkish Airlines is the largest customer with 110 aircraft on order.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A350

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Airbus A220

The Airbus A220 is a family of five-abreast narrow-body airliners by Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (ACLP). It was originally developed by Bombardier and had two years in service as the Bombardier CSeries. The program was launched on 13 July 2008. The smaller A220-100 (formerly CS100) made its maiden flight on 16 September 2013, received an initial type certificate from Transport Canada on 18 December 2015, and entered service on 15 July 2016 with launch operator Swiss Global Air Lines. The longer A220-300 (formerly CS300) first flew on 27 February 2015, received an initial type certificate on 11 July 2016, and entered service with airBaltic on 14 December 2016.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A220

Source Picture: Mark Harkin - HB-JBA Bombardier CS-100 Swiss, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60416684

Embraer - Family

I flew the Embraer E-Jets often in DE and EU.

The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast, narrow-body, short- to medium-range, twin-engined jet airliners designed and produced by Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer.

The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding ERJ family, Embraer's first jet-powered regional jet. Designed to carry between 66 and 124 passengers, it was larger than any prior aircraft built by the company. The project's existence was revealed in early 1997 and was formally introduced at the Paris Air Show two years later. On 19 February 2002, the first prototype E-Jet conducted its maiden flight; later that year, quantity production of the type commenced. In early March 2004, the first E170 deliveries were made to LOT Polish Airlines. Larger versions of the aircraft, the E190 and E195, debuted later in 2004, while a slightly stretched version of the E170 was introduced in mid-2005 as the E175.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_E-Jet_family

Sourct Picture: Juke Schweizer - own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79725083

MD-80

The MD80 I flew a lot in the USA

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second generation of the DC-9 family, originally designated as the DC-9-80 (DC-9 Series 80) and later stylized as the DC-9 Super 80 (short Super 80). The MD-80 made its first flight on October 18, 1979, and was certified on August 25, 1980. The first airliner was delivered to launch customer Swissair on September 13, 1980, which introduced it into service on October 10, 1980.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80

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MD11

The MD11 brought my to Bangkok savetly.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is an American tri-jet wide-body airliner manufactured by American manufacturer McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and later by Boeing. Following DC-10 development studies, the MD-11 program was launched on December 30, 1986. Assembly of the first prototype began on March 9, 1988. Its maiden flight occurred on January 10, 1990, and it achieved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification on November 8. The first delivery was to Finnair on December 7 and it entered service on December 20, 1990. The last of 200 aircraft was built in October 2000 after Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11

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Fokker 100 und 70

The Fokker 100 was operating mainly in EU.

The Fokker 100 is a regional jet that was produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 was based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by 5.7 m (18.8 ft) to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, and it has an updated glass cockpit and a wider wing and tail for increased maximum weights. 

The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner designed and produced by the now defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It was developed during the early 1990s as a smaller version of the newly-developed Fokker 100.

Source  Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_100, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_70

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De Havilland DHC-8

The Dash 8 mainly used in Austria.

The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was bought by Boeing in 1986, then by Bombardier in 1992, then by Longview Aviation Capital in 2019; Longview revived the De Havilland Canada brand. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150s, it was developed from the Dash 7 with improved cruise performance and lower operational costs, but without STOL performance. The Dash 8 was offered in three sizes: the initial Series 100 (1984–2005) and the more powerful Series 200 (1995–2009) with 37-40 seats, the Series 300 (1989–2009) with 50-56 seats, and Series 400 (1999-Present) with 68-90 seats.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_8

Source Picture: Tirolerbergwelten - own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52816973

BAe 146 / Avro RJ

Flew a couple of time Munich - Zurich.

The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a short-haul and regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2001. Avro International Aerospace manufactured an improved version known as the Avro RJ. Production for the Avro RJ version began in 1992. Later on, a further-improved version with new engines, the Avro RJX, was announced in 1997, but only two prototypes and one production aircraft were built before production ceased in 2001. With 387 aircraft produced, the Avro RJ/BAe 146 is the most successful British civil jet airliner program.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAe_146

Source Picture: By Adrian Pingstone - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113106

Cessna Grand Caravan Amphibian

Air Juan flew the Manila-Puerto Galera route for a while.

The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft manufactured by the US manufacturer Textron Aviation without a pressurized cabin. The Amphibian is the seaplane version.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208_Caravan

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Cessna 425

The 425 flew in the Australian bush and had to make an emergency landing for the only time because an engine burned.

The Cessna 425 Corsair/Conquest I is a twin-engine turboprop aircraft equipped with a pressurized cabin from the US manufacturer Cessna.

Source Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_425

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