Oldest aircraft you’ve flown in?

[CFI A&P]

Off the top of my head, 1946 Luscombe 8A & 8E. There might be an older Aeronca or Piper but I'd have to check the book to be sure.

 

[Corporate Pilot]

Probably a 1938 Ryan SCW, I was less than a year old, Dad's airplane, I was born in 62. First airplane I landed unassisted was a Tiger Moth. Soloed in a late 40's Cessna 140. Damn I am getting old. I have right seat time in an early GII, and Jet Commander.

 

[bLizZuE]

No older Cessnas at your flight school?

Honestly, I don’t know. Probably. I don’t know how to look it up but my first solo was N5956E.

 

[Roger Roger]

Probably the 1947 Aeronca sedan

 

[knot4u]

I once got a ride to Reno from Van Nuys in Howard Keck Jr's A-26 (after we fixed a hydraulic leak), after we landed he started asking for gas money. I just walked away, he was notorious for inviting people working for him out to lunch and then trying to split the bill. I think when someone is born into that kind of wealth they think everyone is trying to get something from them. I'd think the fact that I found the leak on the left hydraulic filter housing and helped replace it was plenty. People are weird. He offered to fly us up there, we cancelled airline tickets.

 

[BobDDuck]

1928 Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker.

Flyback Friday: Bellanca Comes Home

Look up at O‘ahu’s blue skies and you might just be lucky enough to spot our maroon, single-engine Bellanca, the iconic aircraft that started it all for Hawaiian Airlines. This week in history, we’re celebrating the aircraft to which we trace our long-time legacy as Hawai‘i’s hometown carrier.

newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com

 

[form810]

1939 for me. Tiger Moth.

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Same! Same! But deeflent... tail.

 

[bimmerphile]

1928 Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker.

Flyback Friday: Bellanca Comes Home

Look up at O‘ahu’s blue skies and you might just be lucky enough to spot our maroon, single-engine Bellanca, the iconic aircraft that started it all for Hawaiian Airlines. This week in history, we’re celebrating the aircraft to which we trace our long-time legacy as Hawai‘i’s hometown carrier.

newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com

that is a super cool story!

 

[Beefy McGee]

A Ford Trimotor, 1930s vintage I believe. Maybe earlier.

 

[Lawman]

A Ford Trimotor, 1930s vintage I believe. Maybe earlier.

Was it full of chickens! Please tell us it was full of chickens!


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[PenguinAviator]

1929 EAA Ford trimotor

They’re still giving rides and I’ll take another this year at airventure

 

[WacoFan]

Got sick of mashing the "Like" button - just great stuff all around. Consider every post "Liked".

 

[msmspilot]

B-25 delivered in 1945.

 

[alaskadrifter]

Not as old as some, but my first plane was a 1946 BC12D Taylorcraft with a might A-65 and no electrical. Good times. A more elegant airplane for a more civilized age.

 

[///AMG]

1955 Beech Bonanza, that was my dad's old plane. Professionally, probably T-34C or F/A-18A/B (early 1980s). Nothing particularly "old" in comparison

 

[Pilot Fighter]

1955 Beech Bonanza, that was my dad's old plane. Professionally, probably T-34C or F/A-18A/B (early 1980s). Nothing particularly "old" in comparison

A related thread would be aircraft we’ve been paid to fly.

 

[///AMG]

A related thread would be aircraft we’ve been paid to fly.

hah that made me notice the topic is flown "in". I have no idea. Probably some clapped out UA 727 when I was a kid. Or a DC-10, 747-100, or whatever else.

 

[ahw01]

B-25 delivered in 1945.
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Loved Panchito. So *ahem* heavy

 

[Burrito]

Kinda relieved there's no Airbus posts in here just for age sake.

But, If the airplane doesn't need to be active, it'd be the 1967 DC-9 I know I've ridden on one trip... Delta sent it to the grave some time in the early 2010s.

 

[ahw01]

Flew on one of these a few years back

The Story Of The Last Active Ex-Air Transat Airbus A310

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