How old is too old for an airplane to be flying passengers? MD-87 built in 1987

Oct 20, 2021
2:40:55pm

doctorcoug All-American

Crashed...would you get in this beautiful 1987 Acura Integra?

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How old is too old for an airplane to be flying passengers? MD-87 built in 1987

doctorcoug

10/20/21 2:40pm

I flew in a 1943 DC 3 In 1975

Nat Gas Man

10/20/21 2:43pm

I flew in a WW2 vintage Dakota from Amsterdam to Maastricht in 1996, or so

Florida Man

10/20/21 2:52pm

Crazy to think that if I flew on a 1987 plane today it's older than the 1943

RisinUp

10/20/21 3:11pm

Very true. But those DC 3s are still flying all over the world

Nat Gas Man

10/20/21 3:18pm

This is one of the many reasons I won't fly Allegiant or Spirit: really old

macdizzle

10/20/21 2:43pm

They do pretty rigorous annual inspections.

Eddie

10/20/21 2:46pm

Not trying to make a joke, but

byujdmba

10/20/21 2:53pm

My only Allegiant flight

mncstr

10/20/21 2:50pm

Nah. Spirit has one of the newest Fleet ages in the nation. Their planes are all

RalphWiggam

10/20/21 3:10pm

Depends on how well the maintenance has been kept up more so than age

Kajdin

10/20/21 2:46pm

It’s not uncommon at all for private aircraft to be that old or older.

Lieutenant America

10/20/21 2:49pm

I don't know about commercial planes but for private planes very little would be original.

HuskerFan2

10/20/21 2:51pm

That 1987 integra probably isn’t much different than my 1997 Honda Civic, so

Tim to some

10/20/21 2:52pm

Military flies old planes all the time.

letthewookieewin

10/20/21 2:54pm

B-52 has been in service since 1955. The newest one was delivered in 1962.

Jericho

10/20/21 3:13pm

Mil planes are more like The Ship of Theseus.

valleus

10/20/21 3:55pm

Cause of accident? I assumed they forgot to set the flaps

bluelands

10/20/21 2:55pm

That too, the vast majority of crashes even in old planes is pilot error

Kajdin

10/20/21 2:59pm

I am addicted to the show Air Disasters

bluelands

10/20/21 3:02pm

Flew in a 1944 B-17G about 5 years ago. It was AWESOME!!!

toadie

10/20/21 3:29pm

Metal fatigue is real. I ain’t excited to fly on any old plane.

WDaddy

10/20/21 4:06pm

Airplanes are way different than cars. The FAA mandates periodic change-out of

Forzaitalia

10/20/21 5:06pm

Assuming they fly in the USA

Nat Gas Man

10/20/21 5:27pm

Most western 1st world countries have similar requirements--e.g. France's DGAC.

Forzaitalia

10/20/21 6:11pm

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