737s alive and kickin'

[frumpy]

Hi guys,

I've been to Riga Airport and saw a few classic 737s, some even with eyebrows!

Not the best weather for shooting, but I thought you still might enjoy.

 

Edited February 22, 2016 by frumpy

[Morrigan]

Apparently almost 1000 classics (almost 500 -300 versions) are still in active service. That's quite alive indeed!

Great shots

[Litjan]

It´s starting to wear on me that we only have 5 or 6 737s left at Lufthansa. Last flight is planned for something like October, and I really hope they will throw a farewell party, but for some reason I doubt it.

I start taping and taking pictures of all the 737´s I see, my Copilots think I am crazy . Just yesterday I saw our newest model, D-ABEF! (Only a little over 20, still a youngster!).

And what do we get to replace them? NEO´s... what a nightmare.

Jan

[Morrigan]

Hey, in 20 years people will have same sentiments for the 320neo

What's so bad about the neo though?  

[frumpy]

To me as a desktop driver, it's Airbus' design philosophy in general. While they were clever at some points,

they tried to be very consequent in the fly-by-wire design and did some things that give

some pilots headaches. I am thinking about the sidestick which isn't interconnected, the

non-motorized thrustlevers that do not give you a valid feedback on thrust setting and

other stuff (just think about the LH A320 that did a 4000ft dive because of frozen sensors -

the pilots had to turn off a few systems to regain control) and other stuff. Proper reaction to

errors which were not described in the manuals takes longer, as systems are more complex

and more interconnected. Much more A320 pilots say they do not understand all systems/functions

than any 737 (including NG)-pilot would do.

[Eddie]

The 737 (moreso Classic than NG, but even the NG has an edge) is a pilot's aircraft and the A320 is not, based on their respective design philosophies. It's as simple as that.

[PilotNuts]

57 minutes ago, Morrigan said:

What's so bad about the neo though?  

Not Boeing, not flying

[Morrigan]

I think I have opened can of worms, let's focus on the topic at hand 

[Paterpilar]

7 hours ago, Litjan said:

It´s starting to wear on me that we only have 5 or 6 737s left at Lufthansa. Last flight is planned for something like October, and I really hope they will throw a farewell party, but for some reason I doubt it.

Jan

You must postulated to fly with it last time.
We can make a petition to lufthansa if you want 

Edited February 23, 2016 by Paterpilar

[ETOPS-330]

On 22/02/2016 at 4:08 PM, Litjan said:

It´s starting to wear on me that we only have 5 or 6 737s left at Lufthansa. Last flight is planned for something like October, and I really hope they will throw a farewell party, but for some reason I doubt it.

I start taping and taking pictures of all the 737´s I see, my Copilots think I am crazy . Just yesterday I saw our newest model, D-ABEF! (Only a little over 20, still a youngster!).

And what do we get to replace them? NEO´s... what a nightmare.

Jan

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Hi Jan, what aircraft would you be flying next year?

[maumauthompson]

On 2/21/2016 at 1:08 PM, Litjan said:

It´s starting to wear on me that we only have 5 or 6 737s left at Lufthansa. Last flight is planned for something like October, and I really hope they will throw a farewell party, but for some reason I doubt it.

I start taping and taking pictures of all the 737´s I see, my Copilots think I am crazy . Just yesterday I saw our newest model, D-ABEF! (Only a little over 20, still a youngster!).

And what do we get to replace them? NEO´s... what a nightmare.

Jan

I totally agree...  I find it sad that so many airlines are retiring their 737 Classics and then replacing them with Airbus!

Oh, and Boeing for life guys

[maumauthompson]

On 2/21/2016 at 3:28 PM, PilotNuts said:

Not Boeing, not flying

That's the spirit! 

[Vantskruv]

Damn it! Thought the aircraft was released!

[captain_alligator]

Yesterday, Cranfield University were running some engine tests on the retired 737-400 that BA donated to them. Quite an impressive noise when I went for a walk at lunchtime, made a change from the Cessnas buzzing around!

[KAPTEJNLN]

well a few weeks back I saw this funny picture as I was tracking a flight.. I don´t know when Sao Paulo moved to Billund in Denmark and that Lufthansa had long haul flights in a 737.. Frankfurt to Sao Paulo.. A bit wired tracking sometimes

 

[jettojig]

Pilot probably messed up the flight no. Entry in the FMS. That's where that info comes from...

[mishagolfer]

 

[mtaxp]

alive and kickin' indeed..

Here in Israel you can see many of them in spring and summer months , as those are the months that people travel usually , some companies like blue bird , blue air , air bucharest , nordavia , tailwind.

And some more known companies like LOT , UIA , Enter air..

The Israel Aerospace Industries has there own 737CL

And It's expected that more smaller companies will come to here in the next few years , now necessarily operates 737CL but I can imagine some of them are , as those smaller companies usually opeartes those older planes.

So I guess we will host many Classics in the next few years :-)

 

Edit: And how could I forget this one (Although Cargo)

 

Edited March 25, 2016 by mtaxp

[daemotron]

Got this one for Jan - and guess where? At Airbus capital LFBO [emoji1]

Sorry it's a bit blurry but that window of the A319 didn't want to open[emoji12]

Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk

[sultan.of.swing]

There are a bunch of 737's still flying in and out of KPDX my local airport. 

[chibre57]

On 2/21/2016 at 10:08 PM, Litjan said:

It´s starting to wear on me that we only have 5 or 6 737s left at Lufthansa. Last flight is planned for something like October, and I really hope they will throw a farewell party, but for some reason I doubt it.

I start taping and taking pictures of all the 737´s I see, my Copilots think I am crazy . Just yesterday I saw our newest model, D-ABEF! (Only a little over 20, still a youngster!).

And what do we get to replace them? NEO´s... what a nightmare.

Jan

Can you inform us when you do your last 737 flight so we can book a ticket? 

[jimbim]

19 minutes ago, chibre57 said:

Can you inform us when you do your last 737 flight so we can book a ticket? 

I think that already happened... Otherwise, I would be on board as well :-)

[Litjan]

1 hour ago, chibre57 said:

Can you inform us when you do your last 737 flight so we can book a ticket? 

Yep, too late for that .