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"Flown in " list.

Postby Splitpin » Wed Dec 24, 2025 1:46 pm

Big D (Doug) mentioned making a list of aircraft types flown in...real life pilots can of course include flown ...as in PIC.

here's my list, while I still remember.

Viscount (NAC)
F-27 x 2 (ANZ & RNZAF)
PA-28-140 Cherokee (ZK-CIM)
PA-28-236
Piper Cub
Grob G-109
Unknown Glider type.
Harvard
Devon
Bristol freighter
Andover
C-130
P-3 Orion
B727
Sioux
Huey
TA-4K (The one in the Air Force museum)
CT-4
Boeing 737 200 and 300 (ANZ)
Boeing 767 (ANZ)
DC-10 (ANZ)
DC-3 x2 (RNZAF & Civil)
HS-748 x 2 (Mount cook Airlines and RAAF)
ATR
Dash 8
Cessna 185 (Mt Cook)
Pilatus PC-6 Porter (mount cook)
Cessna 172.
Tiger Moth.
Airbus A320

My "been in" list is short (or maybe not) , but memorable.

C-5 , C-17, A-400, C-135, KC-10, F-111....and Concorde (Air France , but rego unknown)
Nimrod, CP-107 Argus, Neptune (RAAF) RNZN Wasp and others from my time at the museum....Hudson, Spitfire, Avenger, P-51,

Sorry about all the edits, bit I keep remembering things.
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby Charl » Wed Dec 24, 2025 5:06 pm

Good Lord, no one will come even close.
BUT I have been in a Pitts at -5g** :plane:

**Actually the Pitts structural limit is -3g but when you're in a pissing contest you have to go for broke :D
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby deaneb » Wed Dec 31, 2025 7:21 pm

My list of aircraft flown in:

Grumman Widgeon
Piper PA38 Cherokee 4
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Quicksilver MXII
Pacific Aerospace FU24-950
Lockheed C130H Hercules
Bell UH-1H Iroquois
BAC Strikemaster Mk 88
Lockheed P3K Orion
Hawker Siddeley Andover C1
Beechcraft Super King Air 200
Pacific Aerospace CT4E Airtrainer
Boeing 757
Cessna C208 Caravan
Pilatus PC-12
Fairchild Swearingen SA227AC Metro III
Embraer 110 Bandeirante
Beechcraft Queen Air Excalibur
Britten Norman BN2 Islander
Britten Norman BN2 Trislander
Beechcraft 1900D
BAe Jetstream J32
SAAB 340A
Fokker F27 Friendship
BAe 146 Whisper Jet
Boeing 727-100
Boeing 737
Boeing 747
Boeing 757
Boeing 767
Boeing 777
Boeing 787
Airbus A320
Airbus A321 NEO
de Havilland Dash 8
ATR 72
Cessna 177 Cardinal
Cessna 402
Piper PA32 Cherokee 6
AESL Airtourer
Ilyushin IL-76
Grumman G-164A Ag Cat
de Havilland Devon
Aerospatiale AS355 Twin Squirrel
Piper PA31 Navajo
Vans RV-7
Avro Anson Mk.1
Aerospatiale AS350 Squirrel
Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub
Cessna Bird Dog
Lockheed Model 10A Electra
Yak-3U
Douglas DC-3
Vans RV-8
Team Rocket F1 Rocket
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby Splitpin » Thu Jan 01, 2026 4:16 pm

:givein: Holy cow Mr B, that's an impressive list mate :o

I forgot to add an RAAF Caribou ....but....I don't think it matters anymore :lol:
"Team Rocket F1 Rocket" you rode a rocket ?
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby deaneb » Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:23 pm

Splitpin wrote:"Team Rocket F1 Rocket" you rode a rocket ?


Sure felt like it - about the size of an RV-8 with 250 plus hp and 200 knot cruise. +6 -3 g rated.
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby Naki » Mon Jan 05, 2026 7:33 am

deaneb wrote:
Splitpin wrote:"Team Rocket F1 Rocket" you rode a rocket ?


Sure felt like it - about the size of an RV-8 with 250 plus hp and 200 knot cruise. +6 -3 g rated.


It's a modified RV 8 isn't it?
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby deaneb » Thu Jan 08, 2026 9:25 pm

Naki wrote:
It's a modified RV 8 isn't it?


Early ones had modified RV 4 wings, but later they went to their own tapered ones. So although they look similar, they are quite different to an RV-8.
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby chopper_nut » Sun Jan 25, 2026 9:08 pm

This'll be interesting for me. I'll not differentiate ones that I've flown vs ones that I've flown in... too hard. Can't remember the versions of half the airliners.

R22 All except Alpha
R44 All
R66
Hughes 300
OH-6
Hughes 500 C, D, E, N
Bell 206 B, L
Bell UH1 H
AS350 B, FX2, B3, B3E
BO105 CBS4, CBS5, DBS4
BK117 A3
Cabri
FH1100
EC130
PA18
PA28 Various
PA32
PA34
PA38
C150
C152
C172
C177
C182
C208 Various
DH-82 (Australian built one)
A-22 Foxbat
Auster Autocrat (I think it was)
B737 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, 800, 900 and all Max
B747 200, 400, 800
B757 300
B767 200, 300
B777
B787
A318
A319
A320
A321
A330
A380
MD80
C-47
DC-9
E-145
E-175
Beech 1900 C and D
Metro
Jetstream J31/32
SAAB 340
Fokker 70
Fokker 100
ATR-72
Dash 8 100, Q300, Q400
P-51

Might be some more to add later as they come to mind
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby Splitpin » Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:04 pm

Impressive list Nick :thumbup:
The last one is on my bucket list....along with a few others on yours and deaneb's list.....amazing.
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Re: "Flown in " list.

Postby aerofoto » Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:02 pm

History of my life .... i.e .... my life off the ground ....

A300-600 (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
A319 EOW (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
A320-200 (AIR CANADA)
A321 EOW (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
A330-300 (QANTAS lots of times)
ATR-72 (AIR NZ and AIR TAHITI)
B727-200 (COOK ISLANDS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE/POLYNESIAN AIRLINES/ANSETT AUSTRALIA)
B737-200 (AIR NAURU and AIR NZ lots of times)
B737-300 (AIR NZ and POLYNESIAN AIRLINES lots of times)
B737-400 (AIR NAURU and AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
B737-800 (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
B737 MAX-8 (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times .... "and survived each" .... though forced to make an un-planned fuel diversion into Montego Bay on the last occasion/May 2025 :) )
B747-200B (AIR NZ/AIR PACIFIC and QANTAS lots of times)
B747-300 (QANTAS)
B747-400 (AIR NZ and QANTAS lots of times)
B757-200 (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
B767-200 (AIR NZ lots of times)
B767-300 (AIR NZ and AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
B777-200 (AIR NZ and AMERICAN AIRLINES)
B777-300ER (AIR NZ lots of times)
B787-8 (AMERICAN AIRLINES .... inaugural AKL/LAX service 2017)
B787-9 (AMERICAN AIRLINES lots of times)
BAe 146-300 (ANSETT NZ lots of times)
BELLANCA DECLATHON (TAURANGA AERO CLUB 1968/9)
CRJ-200 (AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES lots of times)
DC-3 (NZ WAR BIRDS ASSN)
DC-8-52 (AIR NZ lots of times)
DC-8 SUPER 63 (HAWAIIAN AIRLINES)
DC-10-30 (AIR NZ and UTA FRENCH AIRLINES lots of times)
DHC6 TWIN OTTER (AIR MO'OREA lots of times)
EMB BANDEIRANTE (AIR RAROTONGA)
F27-100 (NAC)
GRUMMAN G-44A SUPER WIDGEON (SEA BEE AIR lots of times .... also included "first ever flight" 1968/was really baptized in water)
GRUMMAN G-21A GOOSE (SEA BEE AIR lots of times)
L-1011 TRISTAR 50 (HAWAIIAN AIRLINES)
MD-83 (AMERICAN AIRLINES and AVIANCA COLOMBIA lots of times)
PBY CATALINA (NZ WAR BIRDS ASSN)
SAAB 340 (AIR NZ)

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