# What types of jet airliners have you flown on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859 "2012-02-05T13:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/1 "2012-02-05T13:29:32Z")
Just curious. Me, I’ve been flying since I was an infant of the 60’s, so I have a lot of the old timers like the 707 and DC-8. Poll is public. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/2 "2012-02-05T13:34:58Z")
I haven’t seen the poll yet but I’ll pre-empt it by saying “you missed out RAF Nimrod” which was my first flight, to Washington DC in 1972. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/3 "2012-02-05T13:45:39Z")
It was a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looked like a big Tylenol. I have no idea. I would assume I’ve been on a 707 but other than that, not a clue. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/4 "2012-02-05T13:52:29Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I haven’t seen the poll yet but I’ll pre-empt it by saying “you missed out RAF Nimrod” which was my first flight, to Washington DC in 1972. You can vote for the Comet then, since the Nimrod and the Comet are essentially the same aircraft (tho the Nimrod is a maritime recon plane not an airliner). ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/5 "2012-02-05T14:02:32Z")
Some common airliners not in the list: A319 A321 (both far more numerous than the rare A318) A330 MD-11 A310 Probably better to say “A320 family”, because the family as a whole is roughly equivalent to the Boeing 737 series. I’ll also be interested to see if anyone will claim to have flown in an A350… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/6 "2012-02-05T14:14:28Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > You can vote for the Comet then, since the Nimrod and the Comet are essentially the same aircraft (tho the Nimrod is a maritime recon plane not an airliner). Good stuff. This one was kitted out with a few seats for my family, and a hammock for my baby brother, but it was definitely a Nimrod. BTW that vote for Concorde wasn’t a troll - that was me. :smug: ETA: also I flew from London - Leningrad and back from Moscow with Aeroflot in 1984. Wasn’t sure what plane that would have been so left it blank. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/7 "2012-02-05T14:36:38Z")
Also missing are: ATR 42 and 72 CRJ (multiple variants) BAe 146 de Havilland Canada Dash 7 and Bombardier Dash 8 Fokker 27, 28, and 100 Convair 880 and 990 And then I could start listing obscure ones. BAC-111, Hawker Siddeley Trident, VC-10, Caravelle, VFW 614,… ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/8 "2012-02-05T14:43:08Z")
A319 A321 B757 B747 DC-9 MD-88 E175 edited to undo the all-caps filter ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/9 "2012-02-05T15:14:42Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > BTW that vote for Concorde wasn’t a troll - that was me. :smug: Jerk 😉 I always planned to take my child on one for their 10th birthday. Wife gets pregnant…and that’s when they discontinue the Concorde service. I’m surprised that, so far, there are as many votes for 707 as for DC-9 and variants. It was hard to avoid DC-9’s and their successors for short flights in the US from the late 70s through the late 90s (when Embraer and Canadair started to take over some of this job), whereas 707s, unless I am mistaken, were all but done by the early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/10 "2012-02-05T15:25:30Z")
**John DiFool** : Specifically, Nimrods were made from a Comet 4 airframe. Myself: DC9-30 thru MD95; DC10, L1011, 727(-100 and -200), 737(every version but -100), 757, 767, A300, A318, A320(and 319), Embraers (\*see note below), Others - Note: Both Embraer ERJ (135, 140, 145) and Embraer EJet (170, 175, 190); IMO if the A318 is a separate type these are way even more so. I agree with **Ximenean** the A318 thru A321 family should be a single type just as the DC9/MD80-thru-95. MD-11 would then go into a family with the DC-10. My “others”: Cessna 402C Utiliner Saab 340 DeHavilland-Canada DHC-6(Twin Otter) DHC-8 (currently sold as Bombardier Q400) ATR-72 Canadair/Bombardier CRJ-200, -700 Bucket list: DC-3, 747 ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/11 "2012-02-05T15:57:01Z")
DC-9 (Ugh) DC-10 B727-767 A 320 ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/12 "2012-02-05T15:58:46Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > DC-9 (Ugh) > DC-10 > B727-767 > A 320 aw, c’mon. Who doesn’t like sitting in the last four rows of a DC-9? I said, WHO DOESN’T LIKE SITTING IN THE LAST FOUR ROWS OF A DC-9? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/13 "2012-02-05T16:01:57Z")
The usual Boeings (737,747,757,767 and 777), Airbus A320s a couple of times, a SAAB turboprop puddle-jumper once, McDonnell Douglas DC-9/MD80/MD90 (all 3, I believe), Embraer RJ145s a few times and a BAE 146 once from Aberdeen to London Gatwick. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/14 "2012-02-05T16:10:33Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I said, WHO DOESN’T LIKE SITTING IN THE LAST FOUR ROWS OF A DC-9? Pardon? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/15 "2012-02-05T16:16:04Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Jerk 😉 I always planned to take my child on one for their 10th birthday. Wife gets pregnant…and that’s when they discontinue the Concorde service. Probably a good job really. The Air France Concorde I flew in, both pilots that I met when I went into the cockpit, and the cabin crew - because the flights were so short they were never switched to different shifts, they were always on the same plane and happy to be on it - were all dead a year later. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/16 "2012-02-05T16:21:10Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Probably a good job really. The Air France Concorde I flew in, both pilots that I met when I went into the cockpit, and the cabin crew - because the flights were so short they were never switched to different shifts, they were always on the same plane and happy to be on it - were all dead a year later. Thanks, that makes me feel a little better. But still, would have been fun. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/17 "2012-02-05T16:46:37Z")
I’ve been on many Airbus 319s. I’ve never even heard of the 318. From what I can remember: 727 737 757 767 777 A319 A320 A321 A330 A340 Embraer somethingorother CRJs of every type Dash-8 Fokker F28 BAE 146 MD-88, which looked like it was held together with masking tape ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/18 "2012-02-05T18:18:02Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > aw, c’mon. Who doesn’t like sitting in the last four rows of a DC-9? > > I said, WHO DOESN’T LIKE SITTING IN THE LAST FOUR ROWS OF A DC-9? WHAT? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/19 "2012-02-05T19:00:38Z")
Hey, I’m the only one so far that’s flown on both a Tupolev and an Illyushin. I’ve flown on all of the Boeing series except for the Dreamliner. Also the Lockheeds and the Douglas DC series and couple of the Airbus models. The only one I remember being at all comfortable in cattle class was the Boeing 777 on a flight from Paris to NYC. Most hated: Boeing 757. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859/20 "2012-02-05T19:17:39Z")
Others not listed I’ve flown on, even remembering this is jet airliners only: Airbus A330 Canadair/Bombardier Regional Jet (several models) Sud-Aviation Caravelle [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-jet-airliners-have-you-flown-on/611859.md?page=2)