B737-200 at LHR

Foggy43

Some time ago I promised I would find out who was flying that rocket in and out of LHR or that B737-200 or 2K3.

Here it is.....http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image41535.html

I think JAT is leasing it using it on the LHR BEG route.
Did see it up close as it did a u-turn when ATC changed take off's from 09R to 27R

CaptainSkidmark

those engines looks horrible!

pclancy

and i'd say you can hear them from a long way away regardless of its "hush" kit

Wonder what the interior on it is like?

b28

ryan air used to use 737-200 lots. yeah rolls royce engines dunno what model. they made the aircraft look like a classic by todays standards.

Davidth88

Ohh that takes me back to the old Lufthansa 737s ( pigs , we used to call them )


Are 737's still called that ?

FOGOFUNK

b28 wrote: »

yeah rolls royce engines dunno what model.

JT-8D's,

Full turbojets, noisy as!
and mechanic-decapitating reversers.

FunkyDa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JT8D

alpha2zulu

When you sat behind the wing on one of them, it did really feel and sound like a rocket on take off! Those engines may be small and pokey looking but they could definetly still pack a punch. I remember you could hear the boom right across North Dublin:D

Mr Benevolent

I used to live in Swords, and every morning you'd hear JT8Ds moaning into life and doing power checks. Loved it!

2nd of 465

b28 wrote: »

ryan air used to use 737-200 lots. yeah rolls royce engines dunno what model. they made the aircraft look like a classic by todays standards.

Pratt and Whitney JT8D Engines,

*Kol*

Davidth88 wrote: »

Ohh that takes me back to the old Lufthansa 737s ( pigs , we used to call them )


Are 737's still called that ?

Why did you call them pigs? A lot of ex DLH -200 went to Ryanair when they were operating the -200.

Davidth88

Why did you call them pigs? A lot of ex DLH -200 went to Ryanair when they were operating the -200.

It was a generic spotters name for 737's

I think it came from the fact that 737's were short and fat.


747's were ' lumps '
757's were ' tubes '

Can't remember many more .

*Kol*

Davidth88 wrote: »

It was a generic spotters name for 737's

I think it came from the fact that 737's were short and fat.


747's were ' lumps '
757's were ' tubes '

Can't remember many more .

Thanks. You learn something new every day!!:)

Davidth88

Hi,

Actually now I think of it , these may have been names that London Based spotters used .

I know Manchester spotters for example used to call the TU134 ( or possibly the TU154 ) " the spider " , if you look at the way the undercarrage hung on approach it made sense apparently.

I never heard that term in London

FOGOFUNK

Some SAS MD-80 or -82 still flies regularly in and out of dublin with these engines.

*Kol*

FOGOFUNK wrote: »

Some SAS MD-80 or -82 still flies regularly in and out of dublin with these engines.

Spanair fly in too with MD-80's during the summer season.

thescruff

I recall flying home from Catania to dublin on a McD jet (i think) with rear mounted engines and was given seat at the very end of the plane ...noise from engines did my head in...think the body tapered at that point and only had 2 either side of aisle...carrier was Nordic Air?? that possible.

Foggy43

I know Nordic Airlines lost it's operaters certificate Jan 25, 2009. Financial reasons. I haven't heard anything of any recovery?