Highest Time Airplane?

[SabreFlyR]

Speaking of US Check-Airnet, how about those Cessna 310s? When I flew´em from 1990 to 1993 they had anywhere from 10 to 13,000 hrs. I kinda crunched up a 13K hr machine at St Paul, totalled it... not my fault though, the prop came off! I see them around from time to time, they gotta be around 20,000 or more I´d guess...

I flew the 310's at Wright Express in 1988 before they were bought by US Check. They were worn out then. Saw one while passing thru Indy a couple weeks ago. Amazing what a little paint will do for them though.

 

[jetdriven]

we had a 401 at texstar that had over 30,000 hours on it. It actually flew pretty good. The airframe made a lot of niose in turbulence though.

 

[Dr4uh60l]

I get a little nerous flying through moderate turbulence in a 210 with 18,000+ hours on it. How much can these things take? We also have a Baron that has been geared up 6 times---the tail # ends in "TA"and is called "Twisted Airplane" because it flies crooked.

 

[LXApilot]

Old Birds

I remember flying a Cessna 172 when I was in college that was rumored to have around 40,000 hours... it was a late sixties model that had been flying hard in training and put away wet ever since it was delivered. Old ex-American Airlines DC10 N140AA has 93,912 hours on 21,412 cycles, and an ex-United Airlines DC10-30 with 92,507 on 22,286 cycles. There is an old Delta 737-200 for sale that advertises with 72,793 hours on the airframe.

 

[LJDRVR]

The highest time CE172 is in Oregon with 26K. I'm pretty sure the highest time DC-3 is still the North Central Airlines ship 18 in the Henry Ford museum, at 81,535TT as of August 1964. (It flew till 1967) I'm not sure what it retired with, maybe someone knows. For a long time, #18 was the highest time airframe in the world, since surpassed by some of those first generation jet airliners.

 

[B190Captain]

Check your MX Logs....... I want to see who has flown an airplane with the most hours on it.....

We just retired a B1900C back to Raytheon with +40K hrs.... (I heard it was the highest time B190 in the world!!!)

-Bless Our Troops-

Jackson

It did not happen to be UB-1 which was N190GA was it?

 

[hydroflyer]

Speaking of US Check-Airnet, how about those Cessna 310s? When I flew´em from 1990 to 1993 they had anywhere from 10 to 13,000 hrs. I kinda crunched up a 13K hr machine at St Paul, totalled it... not my fault though, the prop came off! I see them around from time to time, they gotta be around 20,000 or more I´d guess...

Good guess! Apparently 37575 is right about on the mark of 20,000. Still has some of the original paint left to.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

HI time

I can't remember the hours or cycles exactly, as it has been almost two years since I flew the 580. I recall seeing over 75,000+ cycles on one of the aircraft. It was an ex Allegheny Aircraft(5810) and is now 151FL. That was in the summer of 2001, so i would imagine theyve added quite a few since then

 

[avbug]

Bear in mind that total hours and years mean nothing. The environment the airplane has flown in during that time, the type of flying it's done, and it's maintenance history all play critical roles in the lifespan of the airplane.

The highest time airframe I've flown in a light airplane was a Cessna 206 with a little over 23,000 hours. It was still a very strong airplane.

I've flown other airplanes that were much older but with far less hours, that suffered catastrauphic in-flight breakups and serious structural failures. It's not the years, it's the miles. Hours, however, don't count for a whole lot.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

Well I can agree with you on that. The mx on the CVs that I was flying was pristine. The build dates on them were early 50s and I bet theyll still be flying for a long time. Yer gonna have to try real hard to break a Convair

When I first started flying the Convairs, my father, whos a sup at MKE atc told me of this incident.

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1968/1968-29.htm

 

[500and2]

N-number

I'm not sure which plane we gave back to Raytheon (it wasn't UB-1 or GA...)..... could've been N5632C...... or N1553C..... I'll double check today when I go to work.

-we have a few of Great Lakes old C models.... N41UE... .and N45GL.... still going strong!

Thankyou everyone for responding! This has been very interesting!


Jackson

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

hey 5 and 2,

Pm me, I was wondering if a few people are still at lakes and where did you go to school?

 

[na265]

We are flying a 65 Sabre with over 12k on it. We were told it is the highest timed 65 out there. Still going strong, we fly 5-6 days/wk.

 

[mckpickle]

Someone else said it but the Highest time aircraft/airframe in the world is 136PB. It was operated by PBA until the late 80's early 90's. I think it retired with close to 100K. I havent heard of any DC 9's that had that much. Maybe cycles? Nova did a special on PBA a while back and showed them flying 136 PB. Great show.

 

[500and2]

B1900C tail #

the plane we sent back to Raytheon was N1563C..... the "highest time B1900C in the world"

(and we're negotiating to "lease" it back from them for a few months while we upgrade the avionics in our airplanes..... Capstone II )

-cool

Jackson

 

[metrodriver]

mkpickle , see what I posted on page one and the reference: Flight International, ageing aircraft supplement, has some very high DC9 times in it

 

[Toga Driver]

40,000 hour Super Cub

I knew a guy by the name of "Red". He flew a Super Cub doing pipeline and powerline patrol. He logged about 30,000 hours in it and had purchased it with around 9,000 hours on it. The guy is darn near 80. He flew alot in the midewest. I met him in OLU a few years back. Anybody ever met this guy?

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Northwest donated a 747-151 to Western Michigan U. a couple years ago. It had about 94000 hours if I remember correctly. It was cheaper to donate and get a tax break than get another D cycle check and keep flying. it's now unofficially the worlds largest glider and bird nest. (Northwest kept the engines after arriving in BTL)

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Brian, take flights 172's got to have around 20k on them, I think one of them does - still flying strong to this day.......

2 of the CV580's era still flies only have about 16 and 18k hrs on them......amazingly low, and they were built in 57'!

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

flew an Mu2 a few years ago that was the highest time flying mu2 on the planet. It set a new record everytime it flew.

It flew the OMA-DSM-MDW-DSM-OMA route for CASI who is now ACT.

N37AL

Not exactly sure what the times where but it was huge.