The Oldest Plane you have Flown In? (1 Viewer)

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Elmas

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as passenger or pilot?

From my side, C45, in 1971, as passenger, of course.

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Douglas DC-4 built in Long Beach CA in 1944. Operated by Nordair enroute to Resolute Bay NWT in October, 1966.

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1941 PT-13 Stearman as the passenger/photographer/ballast to shoot another Stearman with a T-6. I took this photo of the PT-13 earlier in the day. The funny thing is that most of the aircraft I have flown in for the last 6 years have been built in the 40s or 50s.
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Oldest I've been in is the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Stearman. She was born in 1940 !.

It was also my most expensive flight on account of I lost overboard a video camera that cost me £300 the day before I flew to the States !! :(

I've also had two trips B-17 'Fuddy Duddy' (1945) and one in B-25 'Pacific Prowler' (1944)
 

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The oldest aircraft I have flown in was a T-6 Texan at an airshow. Nothing special though, just straight and level and a few turns. Not sure what year it was built in either.
 
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I got a ride in Jim Nissens' Jenny a long time ago. I liken it to riding on a motorcycle compared to a car. Wind and noise, fannnntasssstic!
Oldest at the controls of? Lockheed 10A, 1939 Ryan SCW, not sure the oldest of the two.
 
Stearman for me too, pilot and pax.
 
Toss up between J-3 Cub (pilot trainee in 1962), T2V (T-33B, a Navy T-33 as a Fam flight, Pax-Crew?), R4D (PAX) or P2V (PAX),

I really don't know which of these is the oldest as far as date of manufacture. Probaby the R4D: The most interesting of these was the P2V-7S or P-2H a photo of the same aircraft is shown below (taken in 1975) when it was visiting NAS New Orleans., LA. In 1963, the same aircraft suffered a mishap while attached to VP-17 and is shown in the second photo. I caught a 2.4 hour training hop in this aircraft when it was assigned to reserve squadron VP-69 out of NAS Whidbey Island as a joy ride in 1971. They transferred to P-3A shortly around 1975. I had left active duty the previous year.

In 2003, this same aircraft, apparently used as a privaely owned water bomber, crashed while flying up a cloud obscured California valley, killing the flight crew (No one else aboard). Bureau number: 147961
 

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T21 Glider, No idea when it was built but probably 1951-3 period. The T21 is the one in front, nicknamed the Barge because of its handling which was less than responsive. It was fitted with a horn to warn people it was landing, totally useless but a lot of fun.
 

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Air Atlantique Dakota, ex WW2. I was a passenger in it in 1982/3 at the West Malling airshow in Kent
John
 

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