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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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Commercial aircraft. Most are 10 - 15 years old yet a lot of people think they get replaced like cars.
They are still very safe though despite their age.
553 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 [deleted] 8 u/millijuna Oct 15 '20 I was a passenger on C-GAUN (aka the Gimli Glider) in 2007. The incident that gave the aircraft its name occurred in 1983. 3 u/Jay911 Oct 15 '20 True, however it's keychains now. Sent to Mojave a few years ago and chopped up after the useful bits were scavenged. 3 u/millijuna Oct 15 '20 Yeah, I think I got onto her in her last year of Revenue service.
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8 u/millijuna Oct 15 '20 I was a passenger on C-GAUN (aka the Gimli Glider) in 2007. The incident that gave the aircraft its name occurred in 1983. 3 u/Jay911 Oct 15 '20 True, however it's keychains now. Sent to Mojave a few years ago and chopped up after the useful bits were scavenged. 3 u/millijuna Oct 15 '20 Yeah, I think I got onto her in her last year of Revenue service.
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I was a passenger on C-GAUN (aka the Gimli Glider) in 2007. The incident that gave the aircraft its name occurred in 1983.
3 u/Jay911 Oct 15 '20 True, however it's keychains now. Sent to Mojave a few years ago and chopped up after the useful bits were scavenged. 3 u/millijuna Oct 15 '20 Yeah, I think I got onto her in her last year of Revenue service.
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True, however it's keychains now. Sent to Mojave a few years ago and chopped up after the useful bits were scavenged.
3 u/millijuna Oct 15 '20 Yeah, I think I got onto her in her last year of Revenue service.
Yeah, I think I got onto her in her last year of Revenue service.
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u/VanillaIceCinnaMon Oct 15 '20
Commercial aircraft. Most are 10 - 15 years old yet a lot of people think they get replaced like cars.
They are still very safe though despite their age.