Man.. this thing has more patches than the cabbage patch range of dolls.
By: LBARULES - 20th September 2004 at 21:18
God where have I heard that before?
By: danairboy - 20th September 2004 at 21:15
The 738 is a runway hog when compared to its older sister the 732 which has excellent short field performance.
By: RIPConcorde - 20th September 2004 at 17:57
The Hertz logojet is the one which had the incident at ‘Brussels’ a few months ago.
By: Lawndart - 20th September 2004 at 17:55
Look’s like a cloud of nut’s and bolt’s all trying to fly in formation I suppose,it’s got bad news written all over it 😮
Cheers
By: danairboy - 20th September 2004 at 17:41
That aircraft is a real workhorse for sure. At least now with Ryanair she doesnt have to fly nights. A punishing day schedule though. Stood the test of time but very outdated now. Excellent field performance though much better at getting into small airports than FRs new 73-8s which are runway hogs!
By: Whiskey Delta - 20th September 2004 at 16:53
It appears that it’s just the paintwork that is patchy rather than the aircaft itself. It does have non-matching cargo door and a nacelle piece. Cosmetic, no more.
By: LBARULES - 20th September 2004 at 15:27
Yes indeed very patchy paintwork, noticed it when she flew into LBA a few weeks ago.
By: danairboy - 20th September 2004 at 15:22
Its about time the poor old bird was allowed to be retired. She could do with a bit of cosmetic surgery as she is looking a bit battered these days.
By: andrewm - 20th September 2004 at 15:09
I saw her at dub on Saturday and Sunday
By: Bmused55 - 20th September 2004 at 14:29
I think it’s a true monument to Boeing Engineering that such an old example of aircraft is still flying, and keeping up with that of it’s latest counterpart, Boeing or Airbus, after years of “abuse” (for the want of a better word). 🙂
indeed 😀
By: Ren Frew - 20th September 2004 at 14:07
Yea she is – well she was as of last monday where she was seen at LBA!
I’ll let you all know if she turns up in executioner’s row at PIK soon.
By: EGNM - 20th September 2004 at 14:04
Yea she is – well she was as of last monday where she was seen at LBA!
By: EGNM - 20th September 2004 at 11:03
No – the aircraft will probably have all arrived back at base by 1am, and not start departing until around 6am i would imagine, thats certainly the case with most other lo-cos!
By: Bmused55 - 20th September 2004 at 11:01
She will have been highly utilised as well prior to joining Ryanair in her previous life. Arent some of these 732s ex BY aircraft and they were very intensively utilised day and night on holiday charters!
Bet she doesnt get 5 minutes peace now working for Ryanair!
The only rest she or any other fleetmates seem to get is the required by law maintenance time.
By: Bmused55 - 20th September 2004 at 11:00
that doesnt really surprise me in the slightest! Aircraft dont make money by sitting on the ground!
Indeed
By: EGNM - 20th September 2004 at 10:59
that doesnt really surprise me in the slightest! Aircraft dont make money by sitting on the ground!
By: danairboy - 20th September 2004 at 10:58
She will have been highly utilised as well prior to joining Ryanair in her previous life. Arent some of these 732s ex BY aircraft and they were very intensively utilised day and night on holiday charters!
Bet she doesnt get 5 minutes peace now working for Ryanair!
By: Bmused55 - 20th September 2004 at 10:52
I think FR once eeked out 20 sectors in one day from a 737-200
By: EGNM - 20th September 2004 at 10:44
I wonder how many daily secotrs those DUB based machines must do in a day – all the Uk flights will bne under an hours flight, with a 20-40 mins turnaround each time, could theroetically be as high as 12 i suppose?
By: steve rowell - 20th September 2004 at 10:11
Looks as though she’s had a hard life
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