2007-07-13 01:37:40 · 5 answers · asked by amalehuman 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
thanks for your answers. What I was wondering was if these planes still fly (the 98 year old), if they still get up in the air.
2007-07-15 00:47:59 · update #1
The Most airline historians agree that the world's oldest continuously operating airline is Amsterdam-based KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) Dutch Name, which lists its founding date as 1919. Other pioneers include Colombia's Avianca, also harking back to 1919, and even the national airline of Bolivia, LAB, which started flying in 1925.
2007-07-13 01:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The oldest Aircraft would have to be the Wright Brother's 'Flier' and although it does not fly and exact duplicate has been constructed using the original plans.
Incidentally the secret to the Wright Brother's success was control of the aircraft by bending the wings and recognizing the propeller required different pitch between the hub and tips.
2007-07-17 07:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by Caretaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bleriot at Rhinbeck was originally constructed in 1909. It's 98 this year.
Oldest flying aircraft I know of.
2007-07-13 17:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by jettech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York has an original Bleriot that is still in flying condition. Their website says it's the 2nd oldest flying plane in the world.
2007-07-13 08:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(ok, I guess you meant "still flying or still in operation"
so, my answer's not right)
The one that made the world's FIRST flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903...
which would make it about 104 years old and since it was the FIRST one, that would make it the OLDEST one.
On December 17, 1903 the Wrights were the first to fully and accurately apply all the requirements for controlled, powered flight and put them into use in an aircraft that took off from a rail with the help of a headwind to gain sufficient airspeed to fly and is recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight".
The plane, simply called The Flyer or The Wright Flyer, was finally installed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 1948.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers
2007-07-13 09:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋