USAir retiring the 737-400 today

[Kingairer]

End of an Era at USAir with the final victory lap for the 737-400 today. Flying all day as flight 737 making stops in DFW PHL and CLT.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE737/history/20140819/2359Z/KPHL/KCLT

 

[Jimmy_Norton]

I can't say I'll miss riding in those things. They seemed to fly most of the CLT-Florida flights. Nothing like being in a middle seat in the back with a bunch of PBI residents.

 

[wheelsup]

The non-rev list looks like a PIT-PHL flight!!

 

[Mike Wise]

Nothing like being in a seat with a bunch of PBI residents.

FIFY

 

[Zapphod Beblebrox]

Now don't nobody talk bad about Fifi the "bubba jet". You ride the "bubba jet" to the "Hub-o-bubba" and on to the rest of the US. I flew these before the Airbus and we used to go PHL to SFO or LAX in the 300LR. Talk about a long ride in a 73.

If yo are on the ramp in DCA you may see the Alaska 73 taxi out. DCA to SEA. It's an 800 long range version, if there is such a thing. That's a real long ride in a 73.

I flew one of the last airplanes last week and I am sorry to see it go. AB school is just around the corner but possibly the 76. It depends on the next bid.

All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it’s pretty damn complicated in the first place

 

[CirrusMonkey]

Now don't nobody talk bad about Fifi the "bubba jet". You ride the "bubba jet" to the "Hub-o-bubba" and on to the rest of the US. I flew these before the Airbus and we used to go PHL to SFO or LAX in the 300LR. Talk about a long ride in a 73.

If yo are on the ramp in DCA you may see the Alaska 73 taxi out. DCA to SEA. It's an 800 long range version, if there is such a thing. That's a real long ride in a 73.

I flew one of the last airplanes last week and I am sorry to see it go. AB school is just around the corner but possibly the 76. It depends on the next bid.

All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it’s pretty damn complicated in the first place

Great username!

 

[cmhumphr]

That jet had way too many clocks...

I will miss those flap sounds though.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

3 hours is a comfortable range in a 737.
4 hours and you're cursing Boeing.
5 hours, two lavatory breaks and aerobics behind the center console are required.
6 hours and you fantasize about a nice comfortable 9-5 cubicle job.

 

[MikeD]

Here at TUS, get to still see 737-200s flying

 

[ASpilot2be]

Here at TUS, get to still see 737-200s flying

Same with Anchorage. Those plus DC-6s, DC-9s, and now MD-80s.

 

[MikeD]

Same with Anchorage. Those plus DC-6s, DC-9s, and now MD-80s.

Of those, just DC-4 and DC-7 around here, and a couple of C-123s

 

[ASpilot2be]

Of those, just DC-4 and DC-7 around here, and a couple of C-123s

Would love to see a C-123.

 

[MikeD]

Would love to see a C-123.

Most were immediately destroyed by the USAF recently, but not before a few got out surplus. Cool bird

 

[ASpilot2be]

Most were immediately destroyed by the USAF recently, but not before a few got out surplus. Cool bird

For a long time this sat outside the Kulis ANG base. I love the paint job.

 

[MikeD]

For a long time this sat outside the Kulis ANG base. I love the paint job.

The C-123 that starred as a flying version in the movie Con Air, 709RR, crashed up in AK a couple years back.

 

[ASpilot2be]

The C-123 that starred as a flying version in the movie Con Air, 709RR, crashed up in AK a couple years back.

I had forgotten about that accident. Sad to see such classic aircraft destroyed along with the loss of life.

 

[H46Bubba]

Sad day. I remember Piedmont received the first 737-400 back in September 1988.

 

[Romulus]

Anyone know what Alaska has planned for their 734 fleet? I know some of it depends on getting the Q up here in more numbers and I heard something recently about 700 freighters.

 

[BobDDuck]

Would love to see a C-123.

There's one that has been sitting on the ramp at New Bern, NC for as long as I can remember. It was still flying when I started going in there in 2005 or so as it was leaking oil. That stopped by 2008 or 2009 though.

 

[ndakcfi]

Anyone know what Alaska has planned for their 734 fleet? I know some of it depends on getting the Q up here in more numbers and I heard something recently about 700 freighters.

Since Bombardier announced they had two customers for the combi version of the Q400 (they only named one), and Horizon still has seven options for Q's, I'd be really surprised if Alaska isn't planning on having Horizon buy a couple of them to use in AK.