Attn: Aviation Division

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Correct.

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From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred W.
Schneider III
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 8:12 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Attn: Aviation Division


Am I to assume that an air frame cycle is one take-off and landing?

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
>
> Noted in passing:  U S Airways (AKA various unkind monikers) recently
> retired its very first DC-9-30, which had arrived on the property June 2,
> 1967 to replace a short-term leased Series 10 aircraft.  N970VJ, the 118th
> DC-9, was retired January 6 after a flight from Binghamton, with 99,824
> cycles on the airframe.
>
> Incredibly, that first leased airplane (line number 42) continues in
service
> with Northwest Airlines as N948L.  They seem to think that the airframes
are
> forever.
>
> Prognostication:  We will very much miss the much-maligned Used Air if it
is
> allowed to be absorbed by Untied Airlines.
>
> Error Correction:  Some time back, in a discussion of the Mohawk Airlines
ad
> car (1664), I had said that Mohawk began service to Pittsburgh in
mid-summer
> 1961.  The correct date was May 15, 1961.
>
> Ed