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BA's oldest aircraft is a 747, registration G-BNLK, which it received on May 4, 1990 - a couple of months before the England football team's World Cup heroics. No UK airline is using older.

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These are the the oldest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force. To determine the U.S. Air Force's oldest aircraft, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the "2021 USAF & USSF Almanac: Equipment" published in Air.

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Data from ch-aviation.com shows that the oldest is FAP354, a 737-200 that flies for Fuerza Aérea del Perú (the Peruvian Air Force). Clocking in at an impressive 51.64 years old, this classic jet began its career at Aer Lingus way back in 1970. Meanwhile, the US Air Force is also no stranger to vintage Boeing aircraft.

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The oldest fighter jet you can see flying nowadays is most likely the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. This military jet was developed from the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, a top-rated aircraft with the Korean Air Force.

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Cessna 180/182/185 (Operating since 1952): Also known as the Skywagon, the Cessna 180 is a four- or six-seat, fixed conventional gear aircraft introduced into military inventory in 1952. The popular 182 and 185 were added to service shortly thereafter, offering a strengthened engine and fuselage.

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Boeing 737s Focusing on regular commercial aircraft, there are several Boeing 737-200s that are in operation ferrying passengers. Nolinor, a Canadian charter airline, flies C-GNLK and C-GNLE. The former is 46-years-old while the latter clocks in at 45-years-old. At 42-years-old, Air Inuit has C-GMAI, and Venezolana has YV502T.

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The oldest Boeing 737s. There are two Boeing 737-200s still in operation that are over 50 years in age, according to data from Planespotters. FAP353 and FAP354 are Boeing 737-200s that fly for the Peruvian Air Force. Both have long histories operating first for Aer Lingus starting in 1969 and 1970, respectively.

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Despite being one of the oldest planes still in service today, the 757 was a very modern plane with greatly improved fuel economy compared to its rivals when it was introduced. That makes that it's still a relatively competitive plane to operate these days.

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At 48 years, it is, according to the database of Airfleets.net, the world's oldest passenger plane still in service. So would you feel safe on board? The reliability of elderly aircraft is.

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The A-10C Thunderbolt II is the oldest fighter aircraft currently in use by the U.S. Air Force with an average age of just over 41 years. While this aircraft does not engage like most modern.

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11. Northrop T-38 Talon (1959) 10. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (1959) 9. Pilatus PC-6 Porter (1959) 8. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1956) 7. Lockheed U-2 (1955) 6. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (1955) 5. Fokker F27 Friendship (1955) 4.

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10. Cessna T-41 Mescalero (Oldest Military Aircraft) Top-10-Oldest-Military-Aircraft-Still-in-Service The Cessna t-41 is the tenth-oldest military aircraft currently in use in the United States. This is a military version of the popular Cessna 172, which was first used by the US Air Force and Army in 1964.

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9. Air Inuit Model: 737-200 Year: 1978 Registration: C-GMAI Country: Canada photo source: Wikimedia Commons The first owner of the Canadian operator Air Inuit's Boeing 737-200 was Air Gabon. This aircraft, number C-GMAI, has flown for four different airlines in its 42 years of service and continues to fly today.

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The oldest Queen of the Skies still used for passenger operations by a commercial airline is a 32 years old Boeing 747-400, which currently belongs to Mahan Airlines fleet, according to the Planespotters.com data. Originally, the wide-body aircraft was ordered by the American air carrier United Airlines.

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4 Boeing 707 The original Boeing narrowbody still has a wide range of operators worldwide. The military transport version remains active after over 50 years of service. For individual aircraft, the oldest active military transport aircraft, when defined by the date of its first flight, is a B707-300C registered FAC904.

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This makes the B-52 one of the oldest aircraft in military service anywhere in the world. The B-52H aircraft in its current makeup is capable of carrying 70,000 pounds of weapons payload.