Just a couple of notes from the previous page

In the pic of Air Anglia F.27 G-BAKL, PH-ARO can be seen in the background leased from Fokker with AA titles on a previous livery.

Cambrian Viscount G-AMOP. The ground staff are not lining the props up to look pretty. After 30 mins or so the Dart was hand spun to remove any pockets of hot gas aiding even cooling down, which could cause distortion of delicate components if not released.

Naturally, when finished there was a tendency to leave the props tidy not so much for good looks, although that was a bonus, but so that it could be seen to have been done.

Nothing new. Ryanair have been replacing some in service machines as well as growing all along.

Currently they have 305 Boeing 737-800 out of the 350 they have had delivered.

I wouldn’t have thought that the Ryanair aircraft are higher cycle than other European 737’s.

They are not engaged in frequent short sectors, like Hawaiian inter island for example. Route lengths pretty much the same as anyone else’s??

Replacements are purely down to a desire to keep the age of the fleet down for efficiency reasons.

There are structural difference probably there too.

What is impressive is five and a half thousand A.320 series which are essentially similar.

Boeing must have felt the NG 737 were very different as they re started the build number sequence to try and show that they were nothing like the previous.

Yes…by name.

But there is little is anything in common with the earlier incarnations.

Still…quite an achivement nonetheless

Barton Simpson!!…more like Homer Simpson.

Anyone know why Lufthansa reduced the 747-830 order with a built machine (D-ABYE) being the one displaced?