N757AF on decent into shannon

airman737

I might be totally speculating here but would this craft belong to Donald Trump?
http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Boeing/757/25155,N757AF-DJT-Operations.php

Skyknight

Airman737
Yes, it is indeed. N757FA was formally, I believe, one of Paul Alan''s 2 757's. It replaces his 727 VP-BDJ

Rud

I was just going to post about this plane also after seeing it on flightradar24

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=252607

troposphere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZq3iCn2y74

homerjay2005

any reason why this is in shannon? i assume its just a refuel/stop over or is it based here for a while?

absolutely class piece of kit.

troposphere

homerjay2005 wrote: »

any reason why this is in shannon? i assume its just a refuel/stop over or is it based here for a while?

absolutely class piece of kit.

Refuel and then onto Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul where he opened a Trump Towers Istanbul today.

Rawhead

troposphere wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZq3iCn2y74

Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist almighty!

Skyknight

Rawhead wrote: »

Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist almighty!

Yeah, it is isn't it. jaw droppingly so. From what I remember it cost him in the a cool $100m. I think the 727(a former AA bird) cost in the region of $60m.

airman737

Rawhead wrote: »

Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist almighty!

And the plane is nice too:-)

Rawhead

airman737 wrote: »

And the plane is nice too:-)

What plane?

Calibos

Owning a 100 million dollar private Boeing 757 doesn't offend my sensibilities. Kitting it out with a home theatre doesn't either. Nor does lining the thing with luxury walnut and cream leather. However 24carat gold sinks and seat belt buckles? That just rubs me the wrong way.

Calibos

Im serious! Its the latter that is vulgar despite the fact that it might actually be the cheapest element of the fit out of the plane.

globemaster1986

[QUOTE=Calibos;78253644 However 24carat gold sinks and seat belt buckles?[/QUOTE]

Ya I actually find that tacky! Rest of the plane is nice tho

Preset No.3

The part that confuses me is that he will spend a huge amount of money on refurbing the aircraft when at the end of the day it is still a 21 year old bird!

Aircraft like cars can change their registration over time, but each one has a fixed construction number and/or line number allocated to it by the manufacturer.

Trump’s new toy is Boeing airframe number 25155 and was the 371st Boeing 757 to be built, being rolled out on 25th April 1991 and making her maiden flight on 21st May 1991 prior to delivery to Denmark’s Sterling Airways on 6th June 1991, where she flew with the registration mark OY-SHA.

Now another wee point for you here, Boeing also historically employ customer codes on their models which relate to the original customer who placed the order and reflect the customer’s specifications … so this particular “frame” is a Boeing 757-200 in general sense but to get more specific it is a Boeing 757-2J4. ”J4” being the code assigned to Sterling Airways.

Sterling Airways went bankrupt and ceased operations in September 1993 and since then this venerable old bird has been around quite a bit, eventually being converted from an airliner to an “executive jet“.

A Dub in Glasgo

He is in Edinburgh next week addressing one of the Scottish Parliament committees. He is at loggerheads with the Scottish Government over offshore windfarms near his proposed golf estate in Aberdeenshire. He really is a bully

Skuxx

Preset No.3 wrote: »

The part that confuses me is that he will spend a huge amount of money on refurbing the aircraft when at the end of the day it is still a 21 year old bird!

Aircraft like cars can change their registration over time, but each one has a fixed construction number and/or line number allocated to it by the manufacturer.

Trump’s new toy is Boeing airframe number 25155 and was the 371st Boeing 757 to be built, being rolled out on 25th April 1991 and making her maiden flight on 21st May 1991 prior to delivery to Denmark’s Sterling Airways on 6th June 1991, where she flew with the registration mark OY-SHA.

Now another wee point for you here, Boeing also historically employ customer codes on their models which relate to the original customer who placed the order and reflect the customer’s specifications … so this particular “frame” is a Boeing 757-200 in general sense but to get more specific it is a Boeing 757-2J4. ”J4” being the code assigned to Sterling Airways.

Sterling Airways went bankrupt and ceased operations in September 1993 and since then this venerable old bird has been around quite a bit, eventually being converted from an airliner to an “executive jet“.

Your point being what exactly??
Yes the a/c may be 21 years old, but thats irrelevent really! I mean I'm sure she has had all her structural inspections at no expense spared, her engines will certainly have been changed numerous times during that time, who know what her flight hours and cycles are, but I'm sure her cycles nowadays aren't massive,and thats what causes most structural fatigue!
I just pity the guys who have to strip all that out again for her next heavy C-check!!