Flying one of the oldest 737s in the world

2024 ж. 29 Ақп.
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In this 4th video of the Venezuela series Gabe has two days left in Caracas to track down an active 737-200 and fly on it. Here's what happened next - a very fun day flying to Porlamar (Margarita Island) with Venezolana.
With subtitles in English and Spanish! Find them in the settings button!
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Part 1: • Chasing the elusive 73...
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  • Finally, Captain Ahab's quest for the “white whale” comes true. The one irony that I noticed on the first flight was that the plane could have been the oldest commercial aircraft in the world with the youngest FO in the flight deck right seat. We are all happy for Gabriel. Thanks - Jim

    @jamessmitka8066@jamessmitka80662 ай бұрын
    • He needs his own channel, Gabriel!

      @t.p.mckenna@t.p.mckenna2 ай бұрын
    • @@t.p.mckenna I actually have one! Click my handle to see what I've been publishing there! Many thanks to you both.

      @airedition@aireditionАй бұрын
  • As a retired airline pilot I can tell you my favourite aircraft to fly will always be the B737-200. Don't you love those target type thrust reversers on landing. Just crack reverse and you've got bags of aerodynamic drag.

    @fireflyrobert@fireflyrobert2 ай бұрын
    • How about the Boeing 720B ? Cheers!

      @LectronCircuits@LectronCircuitsАй бұрын
    • @@LectronCircuits never flew 720B although I did fly B707

      @fireflyrobert@fireflyrobertАй бұрын
    • 737-200 is just a light twin The 727 was where it was at.

      @rudder727@rudder727Ай бұрын
  • Still has those small cockpit windows at the top, that you are supposed to use for stellar navigation. Amazing!

    @Baranoeda@Baranoeda2 ай бұрын
    • I noticed that too! Very interesting

      @jhsevs@jhsevs2 ай бұрын
    • It was in 737-200 and 727’s

      @Winter1256@Winter12562 ай бұрын
    • They were on the early 737NG as well.

      @MM-tt7hy@MM-tt7hy2 ай бұрын
    • Eyebrow windows!

      @iain8837@iain8837Ай бұрын
    • @@MM-tt7hy Yes you can still see the plug outline on some of them.

      @sullybiker6520@sullybiker6520Ай бұрын
  • Loved the conversation with the pilots in the cockpit in Spanish! This content is so, so cool! 🙌

    @EasyBreezy41@EasyBreezy412 ай бұрын
    • I was listening to them like i understood every damn word, but honestly i didn't 😂 but pilots are cool.

      @csch92@csch92Ай бұрын
    • @@csch92 Hehe there are subtitles you can turn on!

      @airedition@aireditionАй бұрын
  • Wow; Co-pilot at the age of 21!

    @JKB-@JKB-2 ай бұрын
    • 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

      @david47s@david47s2 ай бұрын
    • And on a classic bird the 732 he will never forget it! 😅

      @Calebs_Aviation@Calebs_Aviation2 ай бұрын
    • @@Calebs_Aviation That's such a flex!

      @LaczPro@LaczPro2 ай бұрын
    • He’s living his dream

      @canesguy5@canesguy52 ай бұрын
    • Wish I lived in a country live that sometimes. Would be nearly impossible if impossible to do that at 21 in the U.S. You need to be 21 to even have your ATP license in the U.S. Definitely envious of him though, I’ll be there in a couple of years… on a E-175 though…😂

      @cody7068@cody70682 ай бұрын
  • Que excelente video y un maravilloso recuerdo de ,"La Chancha" 737/200 así la llamábamos en Argentina. Tuve el placer de ser tripulante de cabina en ese avión desde 1973 que volaba también el Avro 748 hasta 1978 que pasé a volar 707. Mi carrera luego continuó con A310. B747/200, B747SP, B747/400 y A340/200 y 300. Para jubilarme en 2008. Magníficos recuerdos de mi querida Aerolineas Argentinas. Y los hermosos vuelos y estadías en Caracas. La Bella Venezuela. Muchísimas gracias por este sensacional video.

    @norbertoraulmarasco7604@norbertoraulmarasco76042 ай бұрын
    • guauuuu gran recorrido el tuyo, pasaste por todos los modelos, abrazos

      @marcelasilvananatura@marcelasilvananaturaАй бұрын
  • Nolinor in Canada operates 200s C-GNLE and C-GNLK, both older than this plane (1975 and 1974 respectively). Air Inuit lists C-GMAI that is around the same age as the one in the video (it's actually 3 days older lol).

    @orion45@orion452 ай бұрын
    • There is also C-GAIG that is 44 years old.

      @nicolaslessard6073@nicolaslessard60732 ай бұрын
    • @@nicolaslessard6073 True, but I'm only listing 1978 and before, as the one in the video is 45.

      @orion45@orion452 ай бұрын
    • The guy is clueless

      @user-ny9mt1yr8u@user-ny9mt1yr8u2 ай бұрын
    • me when I ignore the phrase “one of”

      @EvanAviator@EvanAviator2 ай бұрын
    • @@user-ny9mt1yr8u still dc3's in scheduled passenger service from Wwii in northern canada

      @tc7009@tc70092 ай бұрын
  • 21 years old and flying the 737-200. I am jealous but also happy with my 777 at 23. Awesome that you finally managed to fly on the -200. :)

    @studentpilot284@studentpilot2842 ай бұрын
    • Increíble, tengo 43 años soy Piltoto Comercial desde los 25 años pero en mi país (Argentina) como Piloto Comercial, No sos nada. Tenes que hacer el quintuple de carrera que haría cualquier piloto en otro país. Ya que aca piden la Lic de Piloto Comercial de Primera Clase (que no existe en ninguna parte del mundo!) como requisito mínimo para una linea area, a parte de ingles ICAO, lic de radio operador, avion multimotor y todo lo que quieran sumarle. Y cuando llegaste a esa licencia con sudor y lagrimas eres un viejo y ya no te toma nadie. En el extranjero, como latinoamerica toman gente nativa mas frecuentemente y en el resto del mundo piden la FAA o EASA, licencias que revalidar que te salen un platal en dólares o Euros. Es una carrera fascinante y me gusta y me gustara por siempre. Lastima que en mi pais no veo una segmentación y orden de prioridad correcta de pilotos. La principal via es el acomodo, palanca o como quieran llamarlo. Y ahora también una nueva: si sos mujer o transgénero tenes mas chances para completar la “falta de igualdad” de oportunidades que es una falacia hipócrita, cuando hay miles de excelentes pilotos del genero que sea que siguen en la calle sin poder cumplir su sueño.

      @jma_foxtrot@jma_foxtrot2 ай бұрын
  • The migration checks (even for national arrivals) are there because Margarita Island (actually the whole Nueva Esparta state) is a special tax free zone. (Puerto Libre / Zona franca) Apart from that, the checks are also for crime prevention like kidnapping. It’s pretty common in Venezuela that you can get checked crossing state borders but margarita always has been a special one. So great to follow you on this journey! Happy that you made it, following that white whale!

    @Hooman_sir@Hooman_sir2 ай бұрын
  • The flight attendant 😍

    @B787YV@B787YV2 ай бұрын
    • u are ridiculous

      @northstar5934@northstar59342 ай бұрын
    • @@northstar5934u are gay

      @AMCMOASS@AMCMOASS2 ай бұрын
    • She is a smoke show for sure

      @chipjumper@chipjumper2 ай бұрын
    • @@chipjumperhuh??

      @owihinape@owihinapeАй бұрын
    • Venezolana 🔥🔥🔥

      @sschwen8050@sschwen8050Ай бұрын
  • The only one aircraft I have ever obsessed over was the Lockheed L-1011. Unfortunately not 1 survives as a passenger airliner today but I will always remember the power of flying on it.

    @djespo69@djespo692 ай бұрын
    • There's one sitting in the middle of a market in Bangkok, non-operable of course.

      @jeremynewcombe3422@jeremynewcombe34222 ай бұрын
    • @@jeremynewcombe3422 i would fly to thailand just to see that with my own eyes

      @bozocraft@bozocraft2 ай бұрын
    • The L-1011 was a very nice plane that feeling to me is a 707 love that plane just as much!

      @aussiegarbo752@aussiegarbo7522 ай бұрын
    • @@aussiegarbo752 Yeah, you would take your seat and out taxi out. There was almost no noise, but as soon as you’re back, pressured against the seat, and you became airborne, you knew you were on a special aircraft. Long live America’s greatest jetliner.

      @djespo69@djespo692 ай бұрын
    • Flew them more than a few times down to MIA on EA thru flights to Caribbean when I worked on the Eastern Airlines advertising account. Very spacious interior. Distinctive hum and vibration on takeoff. Nice...

      @donnafromnyc@donnafromnyc2 ай бұрын
  • In Honduras there's also a Boeing 737-200 currently flying. It is operated by the airline AVIATSA, registered as HR-MRZ. It is 41 years old and still going strong. It's very common that on Sundays they fly Tegucigalpa (Toncontin Airport MHTG/TGU) to Roatan Island (MHRO/RTB) and back to Tegucigalpa.

    @oscarjosueelvirvasquez139@oscarjosueelvirvasquez1392 ай бұрын
    • I actually commented about the same aircraft in another video, HR-MRZ is just an outstanding aircraft. And the combination of both airport’s and aircraft can’t be found anywhere else but in Honduras these days.

      @DefiniteFan3067@DefiniteFan30672 ай бұрын
  • There are a few 737-200s flying for Nolinor in northern Canada that are older than this, for example C-GNLK, C-GNLE, C-GFCN :) Great video, keep it up!

    @udomonkos@udomonkos2 ай бұрын
    • Yes. Something like half of all the world's 737-200s in active service are in Canada! See also Air Inuit, which operates scheduled services with 5 737-200s. (Nolinor and Chrono Aviation being charter airlines)

      @Reason077@Reason0772 ай бұрын
    • because of the older turbojet.. it doesnt hang as low as the turbofans (smaller diameter) so it ingests less gravel when it flies into the mines' gravel strips.

      @MattVarnish1103@MattVarnish1103Ай бұрын
  • 12:02 The China Eastern swim vest😂

    @germanaircraft@germanaircraft2 ай бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂

      @david47s@david47s2 ай бұрын
    • I noticed that, too. Funny how gear gets passed around!

      @ExpatUA@ExpatUA2 ай бұрын
    • And just before the label about life vests under the seats in French. Don't know where that comes from

      @benmol_@benmol_2 ай бұрын
    • Oh …I was a bit distracted at that time stamp😅

      @viperdriver82@viperdriver822 ай бұрын
    • Also in French: The overwing exit sign.

      @whateveriam12@whateveriam122 ай бұрын
  • Here in Miami there’s MD82s and 737-2s that regularly fly. Nice to see them still in the air.

    @josephthibault9153@josephthibault91532 ай бұрын
    • And DC-8s cargo series 73 based here in Miami

      @mariovuksanovic5077@mariovuksanovic50772 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic! Love the 737-3xx engine sketch on the safety card... Remember flying on DC9 from Caracas to Porlamar in 1998, and Dash 7 from Porlamar to Los Roques. Back in time a DC-3 was in service between Caracas and Los Roques. You might want to check if it's still in service. Venezuela is hard to beat when it comes to classic aviation.

    @guillaumesoumillon6682@guillaumesoumillon66822 ай бұрын
  • Visited Margarita Island many times. My ex lives there. Flew on the Rutaca B732 a few times as well. Venezuela and it’s people are beautiful!

    @devanandramcharitar3998@devanandramcharitar39982 ай бұрын
  • There are four DC-8s still in service N782SP built in 1969, N817NA also built in 1969, 9S-AJG built in 1969 as well and the 9S-AJO built in 1970. N330AU DC-10-30CF built in 1973. There are also 13 Lockheed L-188A Electras still flying in Canada registrations: C-FVFH, C-GZVM, C-FDTH, C-FBAQ, C-FZCS, C-GZCF, C-GXFC, C-FLJO, C-FLXT, C-GJTZ, C-GZFE, C-GHZI, C-FIJX, all built between 1958 and 1959. LOCKHEED L-1011 TRISTAR 100 registration N140SC is still flying around also

    @amanthaesports3228@amanthaesports32282 ай бұрын
  • Had no idea you could speak Spanish fluently, you're very good Gabriel! What an amazing video you guys have made; you must feel incredible after finally catching that ride on the -200. We have multiple affectionate nicknames here in Latin America for these like "Chanchito" in Chile and Argentina, "Camastron" in Venezuela and "Mojarra" in Colombia and we will surely miss them when they're no longer around. Here in Colombia we have only 2 remaining and they're both freighters, a 1981 and a 1984 built. Fun fact, the latter had an incident a couple years ago where it struck some trees and lost an engine after a very long takeoff roll but managed to safely return to the airport and it's still going strong with Aerosucre till this day. Amazing video again and thank you for all the content!

    @sbaviationcol@sbaviationcol2 ай бұрын
  • Southwest FA here! I remember those seats and when you went into that lav, I had a blast from the past 😂 The miles of caulking, the smell, they were awful 😂 Those little 200s were workhorses though and we miss them! Great video 😊

    @zms8092@zms80922 ай бұрын
    • Those seats look like this is an ex SWA jet.

      @KCFlyer2@KCFlyer22 ай бұрын
  • I used to work in Britannia Airways Operations Department and we had 29 x B737-200 in the fleet. I flew on them regularly all over Europe and loved them. We also had a couple of freighters we did night time cargo flights with, so we used to fly on the jump seat when it was quiet in the winter time just to have a trip out. A great aircraft ... a real classic!

    @jmbeames@jmbeames2 ай бұрын
    • We use to use your maintenance facilities at EPA and Canadian Airlines. Always had a good experience at Britannia and loved Lutron.

      @stanurquhart1542@stanurquhart15422 ай бұрын
    • My first ever flight was on one of yours - MAN-CFU in October 1987. I'll never forget it! Unfortunately I didn't take not of the reg. and, to this day, that 732 and the 767-200 I came home on are the ONLY commercial aircraft I've flown on that I haven't identified.

      @garybroadhurst3548@garybroadhurst35482 ай бұрын
    • ​@@garybroadhurst3548 similar story here, first flight Summer '87 Manchester to Zakynthos on a Britannia 200. The one I flew on was sold to South America and subsequently crashed 😢

      @alistair-01@alistair-01Ай бұрын
    • Same here. First flight was in about 1986 MAN-PMI on a BY 737-200. Ended up working as crew for BY on the 757 /762/763 and then spent 9 years flying the 737-300/500/800 as FO and then Capt. Great aircraft to fly.

      @Nick-vp7lp@Nick-vp7lpАй бұрын
    • @@Nick-vp7lp Like you Nick, 20 yrs with BY at Man base. 8,500 hrs on 737-200 then 762 and 752, ended up 763 with Royal Brunei - John Murray

      @JohnMurray-qv4ks@JohnMurray-qv4ksАй бұрын
  • I'm an aircraft mechanic and it's always impressive to work on an aircraft which is more than twice as old as you are. So it's even more special to see such a young captain and 1st officer on such an old bird which has totally different challenges compared to a modern airliner. Nice catch these days to grab a flight on such an old lady. When I was a 6 year old kid, I've been on vacation with my parents from Germany to Tunesia and I flew on the 737-200 and the 727-200, both operated by Tunisair. Back then in the late 90s, it was possible to get access to the cockpit and the pilots were impressed that a kid is so interested in aviation, so they took me on the jumpseat for a while. I still remember that the flight engineer on the 727-200 (who was probabaly over 70 years old) allowed me to push the instrument panel test button that illuminated all the indicator lights. :D Great memories...

    @E39Passion@E39PassionАй бұрын
  • On a tour through the Yukon, Canada, we flew on a 737-200 from Dawson to Fairbanks, Alaska with an airline owned by the First Nation. Sketchy at best flying out of a short gravel runway mostly served by turbo prop aircraft. This was over 7 years ago and the airport in Dawson was scheduled for improvement and lengthing. Talking to pilots they said they have a special takeoff procedure to avoid injesting any FOD, i.e. gravel. All in all a very pleasant flight on this old bird.

    @jimthannum7151@jimthannum71512 ай бұрын
  • Nolinor still flies their 737-200. Nolinor is based in Canada, and the registration of the plane is C-GNLK. Amazung vid mate. Flight Radar is one of my favourite apps. Cheers from Australia!!!

    @OP38074@OP380742 ай бұрын
  • Since I was Airline staff, I got offloaded in Caracas back in 1994 off a KLM MD11 flight from Aruba, via Caracas to Amsterdam. There I stood with my wife all by ourselves at 21:00:at night watching the KLM flight taking off. Airport staff advised us to remain in transit so that we would not get robbed. We decided to fly back via the US, in order to catch a flight with the company I used to work for. So early next morning, after not having slept the entire night we managed to buy full fare ticket to Miami with Avensa for only 30 USD a person. The aircraft happened to be a very old former Lufthansa 737-100, still with some German text on the walls here and there. The aircraft was only half full and the flight was uneventful except that the interior was rattling a lot. It was an interesting flight since the crew was making some extra income by playing a bingo lottery almost the entire flight and only stopped once the gear was extracted just before landing in MIA. We were grateful that we departed Caracas unharmed and survived the Avensa flight back to the US. That was my last flight ever on a 737.

    @hendrik5557@hendrik55572 ай бұрын
    • @@chamowinky You are correct, it was Avensa. I have corrected my text, thanks for pointing it out to me

      @hendrik5557@hendrik55572 ай бұрын
  • Wow! What an awesome treat to see inside a 737 200! Fabulous pilots and seeing the cockpit instruments. Oh thank you for this wonderful video. Hope you catch another one soon xx 31:02

    @michellejohnson3867@michellejohnson38672 ай бұрын
  • There is a 737-200 operating for Nonlior registered as C-GNLN It is in regular service and 40 years old!

    @PlaneNerdB747@PlaneNerdB7472 ай бұрын
    • and if I remember correctly, they've fitted it with a glass cockpit. The -200's could have a gravel kit, something that's essential for the gravel runways of the arctic region of Canada.

      @joncalon7508@joncalon75082 ай бұрын
    • Yes they have 2 planes 732 in service now

      @Winter1256@Winter12562 ай бұрын
    • Absolutely correct. The 200's with shortened passenger cabin in favor for the cargo hold.

      @winni223@winni2232 ай бұрын
  • That first officer looked about 17! There's a really good chance that aircraft is older than his parents! I always loved the 732. My first ever flight was on one with the UK charter airline Britannia in 1987. I was so lucky, living in Manchester to ride on BA 737-200s several times a year, both to London and around Europe. A seat in about row 15 or 16 was always best - right next to the reverser. I'm so glad you sat at the back for the return trip. In Europe, Lufthansa and Air France 732s were quite easy to catch and I had one (twice) with Olympic too. My last one was with Sabena in February 2000. My best EVER 737 experience though was when my Continental flight YYZ-EWR produced... a 737-100! N77204, delivered to Lufthansa in April 1968 and I flew her in October 1998, so she was "only" 30 years old.

    @garybroadhurst3548@garybroadhurst35482 ай бұрын
    • He said in Spanish he is 21

      @ITME.1@ITME.12 ай бұрын
  • Nolinor Aviation of Canada still flies the Boeing 737-200 (C-GNLK) - another beaut and a strong 49 years of age! Wish I could fly in one of these classics one day! Love your video!

    @MaxW.-kz6qp@MaxW.-kz6qp2 ай бұрын
  • Been following your hunt recently. Nice that you got to see the engine buckets on your return. As for old aircraft flying commercially, I can think of Buffalo Airlines in Canada that still flies a DC-3 return from Hay River to Yellow Knife daily. That plane was there in WW2 on D Day in 1944.

    @simiot1@simiot12 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic, I flew on the 200 as a kid for New Zealand back then it was NAC.. Thanks for the chance to re live the memory..

    @shanevickers1654@shanevickers16542 ай бұрын
  • Guess what? I just tracked down a vintage Nolinor Boeing 737, born in the disco era of 1976, sporting the tag C-GNLN. This beauty spread its wings for the last time on January 3rd this year, cruising from Rankin Inlet to Montreal. But you know what really revs my engines? The 1981 Airbus A300B2 from Iran Air, a true blast from my birth year! Kudos on snagging your White Whale! Your videos are a total joyride-keep 'em coming!

    @SkyPilotXSX@SkyPilotXSX2 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic trip Gabriel, thanks for taking us along.

    @DUBaviator@DUBaviator2 ай бұрын
  • I grew up in the 80's watching these things take off and land from the gate when you didn't need a ticket to wait there. Love those high-pitch, screaming cigar shaped engines!

    @tsufordman@tsufordmanАй бұрын
    • Good old times with much less regulations. Even taking a look at the pilot's cabin was a regular thing.. impissible these days tho

      @marianoorlando6736@marianoorlando6736Ай бұрын
    • @@marianoorlando6736regulations are a good thing 😉

      @erikarabie@erikarabieАй бұрын
  • I flew on one of two that were being operated by America West back in 2003. I knew then that they were not going to be in service much longer and was happy to get to fly on one. The JT8D sounds so much better than the high bypass turbofans they use today.

    @toomanybears_@toomanybears_2 ай бұрын
  • Here in Brazil there is a company that flies a couple 727s one of them is PR-TTO which is from 1976, at more that 47 years old! Congrats for the video

    @marcelolima2815@marcelolima28152 ай бұрын
  • Ahhhhhh brings back memories….back in the day when Boeings came with all their nuts and bolts lol. Glad that you found your 737-200. Love your vids Gabriel!

    @jeffnesbitt1168@jeffnesbitt11682 ай бұрын
  • So awesome! A couple years ago my wife took me to the Delta museum for my birthday where I had the privilege of flying the 737-200 class d full motion flight simulator, and it was amazing! Great video!

    @Ridonculous@Ridonculous2 ай бұрын
  • A pure treat to the eyes, satisfaction to the heart just watching this classic airframe.....thanks bro...

    @martinvareed8756@martinvareed87562 ай бұрын
  • Awesome video! Congratulations on scoring the ride on this classic bird, which first flew when I was a high school senior. I’m 64 now!

    @yaronsteinbuch3956@yaronsteinbuch39562 ай бұрын
  • Beyond cool. Now about to be 40, I am really really regretting never figuring out how to get myself on a 747-400. Huge regret. Chasing down a classic like this and finally getting to fly on it must feel awesome.

    @simdaddy9306@simdaddy93062 ай бұрын
  • The 200 was on my ever first flight GOT-LHR with BA back in 1985. Was behind the nice reversers. Tack för din filmer!

    @gorannilsson8319@gorannilsson83192 ай бұрын
    • Awesome! 😎

      @Calebs_Aviation@Calebs_Aviation2 ай бұрын
  • I used to fly the 737-200 for a few years in Laos, s.e Asia, this video bring back memories!

    @Taifun38@Taifun382 ай бұрын
  • Stunning flight attendants ❤

    @Jason-BMWM5@Jason-BMWM52 ай бұрын
  • Éxito.....al fin lograste estar en un 737-200, tuve la oportunidad de estar en 737-200 desde Maracaibo hasta Porlamar con la línea aérea Conviasa hace como 12 años atrás y fue una experiencia inolvidable.

    @javierperalta6357@javierperalta63572 ай бұрын
  • One of the most interesting aviation videos I've lately seen. Keep going!

    @ingpac@ingpac2 ай бұрын
  • Super super ENJOYED your flight report on the 737-200! THANK YOU!❤

    @danielbagliettoseymour2802@danielbagliettoseymour28022 ай бұрын
  • Fascinated how you're spending time in my country, knowing the airlines and the aircraft we've got here, I guess you've been knowing a bit the country and the places you've been visiting, I hope you're enjoying your stay here :D

    @YoSoyVicMan@YoSoyVicMan2 ай бұрын
  • Love the unbridled happiness. Lovely crew. My diary tells me I had 21 flights on B732s, mostly BA but the odd one on Lufthansa, Malaysian, Sabena, Air France up to 1992, and one last flight in 2008 on Aerogal in Ecuador.

    @ivanb52@ivanb522 ай бұрын
  • Back in 2001, I had the pleasure of flying on Delta Express from Indianapolis to Orlando and a return flight. Delta Express was Delta’s attempt a recreating the success of Southwest Airlines by using their old 737-200 fleet. We flew on N247WA (former Western Airlines on the way down (delivery date 12/86) and N319DL on the way back (delivery date 11/84). On the flight down, one of the P&W’s was being difficult and the pilots announced that engine 2 was not cooperating and were about to do a cross bleed start. I look over and a guy with his wife is turning purple freaking out. I gestured to him that it was ok and the engine fired up and 2:10 minutes later we were at MCO. After the flight, the first officer let my 2 year old son up in the cockpit and he showed him the fight controls. We got some amazing pictures. Great aircraft!

    @BrownsburgKevin@BrownsburgKevin2 ай бұрын
  • He finally did it!!!! The elusive 732! The engines are so tiny and cute. 😁

    @JenniferinIllinois@JenniferinIllinois2 ай бұрын
  • So happy for you! You finally did it! Great plane great engines!

    @luisluisaviation@luisluisaviation2 ай бұрын
  • She was originally Frontier and then United. Was stored/wfu 2001 - 2011 so most have had major overhaul after this storage! Nice video.😁

    @belugast@belugast2 ай бұрын
  • 12:18 Oh that sound!, some many memories 😍😪

    @gabcove@gabcove2 ай бұрын
  • Love the engine noise! Gives me old Diesel-9 vibes and memories 🥹

    @martenth1984@martenth19842 ай бұрын
    • Both the DC-9 and the B737-200 are powered by the same engines.

      @jacobtapianieto9655@jacobtapianieto96552 ай бұрын
    • @@jacobtapianieto9655 i know. Thank you.

      @martenth1984@martenth19842 ай бұрын
  • Great airplane I was lucky to fly on Ryanair’s from Dublin to Manchester many times. So glad you got to fly on one another dream achieved ✈️✈️

    @denisedonnelly5782@denisedonnelly57822 ай бұрын
  • Hi Flightradar! On a holiday in Cornwall, I flew on the Isle of Scilly Skybus from Lands End Airport, to St Marys in the Scilly Isles. My flight was on (now 44 year old) De Havilland DHC-6-300 with registration G-ISSG. It first flew in December 1977

    @bristolaviation@bristolaviation2 ай бұрын
  • Gabriel, that's a sensational video, thank you. You are a truly gifted presenter.

    @rogerhiggs3495@rogerhiggs34952 ай бұрын
  • APU Inop! :) Loved the video! Thanks for making it possible! I am happy you were able to finally catch a 732!

    @yv295c@yv295c2 ай бұрын
  • I had the opportunity to fly many times in this model of airplane (and I don't know if it will be the model with which I flew the most, since when I was a boy, I traveled a lot by plane, and now not so much), and with at least four types of interiors, and also in the combies (which were used only for passengers) which at that time stood out for having automatic stairs in the rear door (the other models had the door in the front). I always liked traveling behind the wing (row 14 or 15), because I loved seeing how the turbines "opened" when landing; only twice did I travel ahead. Thank you for sharing this memory with us.

    @vlozowski@vlozowski2 ай бұрын
  • Simply fantastic!! I remember flying on Varig and Vasp 737-200s in the eighties and nineties. Very nice video!!

    @viajandodeonibus3297@viajandodeonibus32972 ай бұрын
  • First time I was told about the Flightradar app in 2022, I was hooked on planespotting! I flew as passenger mostly on US Air 737-x back in the day. Great Venezolana B737-200 white whale video. Thank you Flightradar24 - amazing!😊 ✈ 👏

    @3caninos@3caninos2 ай бұрын
  • Man, you actually managed to get into one! Congrats!. I finally understand what that Avior pilot said in the last video: It's an experience. I hope I try one sometime in the future.

    @LaczPro@LaczPro2 ай бұрын
  • In 1986 my first flight ever was on a B737-200 of Lufthansa from Munich to Paris. Nice short flight to get used to flying, in good weather. Good memories.

    @UlliStein@UlliStein2 ай бұрын
  • I flew on an Air Philippines B732 in 2009. It was a really short 40 minute flight to Camarines Sur. The reversers is what had stuck with me - the entire clamshell opening up, and forming a bucket around the JT3D. Memories…

    @YuunaAndCuddles@YuunaAndCuddles2 ай бұрын
  • fantastic filming and enjoyable to watch

    @normanhoneysett4576@normanhoneysett45762 ай бұрын
  • Wow! I am glad I saw the 732's of Sierra Pacific back at Tucson, some 7 years ago. Good to see a few still operational.

    @vangestelwijnen@vangestelwijnen2 ай бұрын
  • Im very glad you finally could fly the 737 200. Gracias por visitar Venezuela amigo.

    @cajamusical_@cajamusical_2 ай бұрын
  • Thanx for the great video. Nice to see one of these old birds still flying and I hope they continue,. Here in New Zealand the National Airways Corp (Later Air NZ) bought 8 737- 200 in 1968 and retired them in 1978. I remember flying on these . The airline fitted hush kits to them to try and quite them down but not 100% successful. Replaced with later 737 versions which are now all gone and replace with Airbus A320 and 321 aircraft.

    @paulwarner5395@paulwarner53952 ай бұрын
  • The Canadian -200s (Nolinor etc) were mentioned below. There is also Buffalo Airways with their C47s, C46s and L188s, not to mention their "new" 737-300. All cargo though.

    @robertshedlin9791@robertshedlin97912 ай бұрын
  • well done you did it mate.Olympic airways had a few of these 737s and I used to fly a lot on these jets back at 70s and 80s,cool stuff

    @flyingdentist@flyingdentist2 ай бұрын
  • -200's are very popular with remote mining companies as you can fit gravel kits allowing them to operate on unpaved surfaces. Seen one being installed in a facility in North Carolina.

    @kpw94@kpw942 ай бұрын
  • 6:56 Seeing this 737-200 with those Eyebrow Windows 🤤 That many years difference and I just flew Alaska “N302AS”. A 737-900 delivered in 2003 with Eyebrows. Can’t beat the JT8D sound though

    @Oduck22@Oduck222 ай бұрын
  • Awesome video FR24!! Here in SXM our national carrier Winair currently operates DHC-6 for their commercial flights and reg. PJ-WIX is 55 years old!! Upgraded avionics were installed recently also!

    @ChrisGreene94@ChrisGreene942 ай бұрын
  • Great that you got to do it. Considering my flights were in DC3:s, Super Connies, Corvairs and DC10 and L1011 you were flying a future plane in my book.

    @johnlester5352@johnlester53522 ай бұрын
  • Excelent Report.Keep flying and smiling

    @pablouseche9016@pablouseche90162 ай бұрын
  • I don't have much details, but... The 737-"200s" are the workhorses for Canadian airlines flying up north, they usually fly them as half pax/half cargo. Check it out !!! 🇨🇦

    @speedygonzales9090@speedygonzales90902 ай бұрын
  • You did it, congrats! What a treat! 🤩

    @Oscarmonell@Oscarmonell2 ай бұрын
  • Gratulerar! Glad you made it! 😊

    @JanMunkholm@JanMunkholm2 ай бұрын
  • I really enjoyed this,I used to fly years ago on America West Airlines out of PHX,I rode many of these 737 200 airplanes brought back awesome memories. Thank you!

    @stevehofmaster4292@stevehofmaster42922 ай бұрын
  • 20:46 I searched fr24 for some old gems and found this: 73-1677 from USAF (from 1973) N794AJ from Zero G (from 1976) C-GNLE from Nolinor (from 1975) C-GNLK from Nolinor (from 1947) I hope this is enough and that all of them compleate the criteria.

    @Prague.Urbex.Explorers@Prague.Urbex.Explorers2 ай бұрын
    • C-GNLK in 1974. Got your digits reversed.

      @noodlebumper@noodlebumper2 ай бұрын
    • @@noodlebumperoh, sorry, my bad

      @Prague.Urbex.Explorers@Prague.Urbex.Explorers2 ай бұрын
  • thank you so much - I had tears in my eyes watching it - just remembering past times

    @Greenjuiceman@GreenjuicemanАй бұрын
    • Lovely. Thank you!

      @Flightradar24DotCom@Flightradar24DotComАй бұрын
  • I love the JT8D reverse thrust clam shells! 👌Ive flown on 2 737-200's One was Brittania airways from Gatwick to Alicante and the other was a British airtours Gatwick to Zante on the week of the British airtours Manchester 737 disaster.

    @scotty6346@scotty63462 ай бұрын
  • Woah! I happened to see that same aircraft last Sunday at MDSD!

    @tomimo65@tomimo652 ай бұрын
  • I really enjoyed seeing that -200. When you board in Margarita you can see the service bulletin that takes place to reinforce the lap joints and butt seams. The Aloha Airlines service bulletin is what we call it. The airline my company does work for recently retired a plane to avoid doing the SB

    @TheJakeUtube@TheJakeUtube2 ай бұрын
  • I love the return view from the last row! That was always my favorite seat. it was really thrilling watching this and listening to the sounds....such memories! Very impressive they manage a soft drink service on a full flight...most flights around the US you get nothing unless the flying time is 1 hour or more.I flew on the 737-200 dozens and dozens of times in the 80s and 90s with Piedmont and USAir. I loved that plane, but my white whale is the 727-200!!! I would so love to take one more ride on that beautiful beast.

    @flyinghow@flyinghow2 ай бұрын
  • Such lovely crew man!

    @markuseden2105@markuseden21052 ай бұрын
  • Love the turn and burn, who needs to be lined up with the runway before powering up?, loved the vid, brings back memories, nice, their emergency vest has China Easter logo

    @katanayuke@katanayuke2 ай бұрын
  • Me encantó este video. En 1988 volé de Miami a Orlando en un 737 de PanAm que casi podría asegurar era un - 200 (yo era un niño). El sonido, los interiores, esaa luces del techo partidas en cuadros... Todo parece familiar. Hoy soy capitán de la Fam. Airbus 320. Saludos desde México.

    @griveramx@griveramx2 ай бұрын
  • Sitting in the back side of This classic plane and hear and see the reverse thrust, is something unique, something that only the B732 can or could give us, this beautiful experience, what a pity the time took it way of the map, it was a beautiful plane, i love all Boeing 737 version, greetings from an Angolan lost somewhere in this world.

    @sergioagostinho72@sergioagostinho722 ай бұрын
  • The co pilot looked about 16 years old 😂

    @MichaelSmith-lx2dt@MichaelSmith-lx2dt2 ай бұрын
  • Nolinor has Combi’s flying from the 70’s including C-GNLE from ‘75. Loved this video, you should go to the Arctic and check out the combi -200 next

    @urielisaacs4754@urielisaacs47542 ай бұрын
  • I'm cracking up at the check in agent not being able to believe you were purposefully trying yo fly on the 732

    @jonathanbeaumont3021@jonathanbeaumont30212 ай бұрын
  • Great watch thanks! Some older aircrafts still in operation are: Argentinian Airforce (EAS service) Not 100% sure if they still operate but until very recently the Primera Brigada Aerea (1st Air Brigade) of the Argentinian Airforce operated 2 Fokker F28-1000C Fellowships on “essential air service routes” that could be booked by civilians. F28-1000C Reg: TC-52 S/N 11074 in operation since 1973 F28-1000C Reg: TC-53 S/N 11020 in operation since 1970 Nolinor Aviation B737-200 C-GNLK AC S/N 20836 in operation since 1974 B737-200 C-GNLE AC S/N 21011 in operation since 1975 Would be great if you can secure a flight on the F28!

    @K_Omri@K_Omri2 ай бұрын
  • Great vlog and the 732 is as old as me but love this old aircraft vlogs more like this plz😊😊😊

    @neilgandhi5565@neilgandhi55652 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for such a great video. Such a classic aircraft. Looks like the aircraft was fitted with a HITCO Spacemaker-I cabin re-fit which basically is bin extensions only since the aircraft already has Boeings 1974 “wide look” interior.

    @jraio747@jraio7472 ай бұрын
  • Nice! My first Boeing type rating was in an ancient - even then - 737-200 simulator. An old Redifusion that had the pitch forces of a 1950's Russian bomber, and the roll forces of an F-16. Or vice versa. It's been a long time.

    @LJDRVR@LJDRVRАй бұрын
    • Wow!

      @Flightradar24DotCom@Flightradar24DotComАй бұрын
  • These videos makes flying less scary to me. Thank uou so much ❤ i am flying from bergen to berlin in 2 weeks

    @csch92@csch92Ай бұрын
  • Flew on one on one of Ryanair's last 200 , they were still using short flights while the 800's were on longer flights , was flight from Leeds UK to Dublin we only climbed to 16'000 ft great to hear them JT8D engines very nice noise

    @nounoufriend1442@nounoufriend14422 ай бұрын
  • Those pilots are such cool and nice guys. Love my venezolanos 🇻🇪❤️

    @fartmanny@fartmanny2 ай бұрын
    • Do you support Maduro?

      @DanielMaverick22@DanielMaverick222 ай бұрын
    • ​ Don't involve politics here

      @danilvanlaethem9463@danilvanlaethem9463Ай бұрын
    • @@danilvanlaethem9463 I do if I want, and you should do instead of being condescending with terrorists...

      @DanielMaverick22@DanielMaverick22Ай бұрын
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