![]() 09/01/2015 at 12:52 • Filed to: LISTS, PLANELOPNIK, FC | ![]() | ![]() |
The air travel industry is actually going through major changes, older planes are quickly replaced with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! modern fuel efficient twinjets and some great classic airliners are sadly being retired then parted-out and / or dismantled for recycling. Here’s some of the most endangered airliners at the moment.
5 - Douglas DC-8
Years produced: 1958-1972
Total production : 556
In service : 17 (non-military)
4 - Boeing 707
Years produced: 1958-1979
Total production : 1,010
In service : 10 (non-military)
3 - Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
Years produced: 1968-1984
Total production : 250
In service : 11
2 - Douglas DC-9
Years produced: 1965-1982
Total production : 976
In service : 77
1 - Ilyunshin IL-62
Years produced: 1963-1995
Total production : 292
In service : 16
![]() 09/01/2015 at 13:03 |
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How many of the 16 are Air Koryo?
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A LOT
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4 of them
Look at this guy’s channel, he’s travelling the world to fly proper enthusiast airplanes
![]() 09/01/2015 at 13:24 |
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You forgot the 747.
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Almost out of production doesn’t mean near extinct.
There’s still plenty of them in service.
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But it’s set to be replaced by smaller, more efficient jets like the 787 or whatever Airbus will make. The jumbo jet is dying.
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Sure, but that was not the point of this essay
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older planes are quickly replaced with boring modern fuel efficient twinjets
It kind of is...
Airliners are adopting the 787 as a replacement to the ponderous 747 for trans-continental flights.
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747 will still be flying in 20 years.
Planes listed above won’t see the next decade.
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There are still 11 L10s out there. They must have next to no support. Lockheed pretty much washed their hands of them about 15 years ago. The L10, while awesome was also basically a flying conglomerate of cracks and corrosion when they left the main commercial fleet over the last decade.
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The Great Successor is doing his part:
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Do you know if the RAF Tristars are included in this number? They’ve been divesting themselves of them IIRC.
![]() 09/02/2015 at 09:00 |
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No they aren’t, all civil aircraft, but I I wouldn’t be surprised if most of these aircraft are currently parked. The only one flying for sure is the stargazer