https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/nauru-airlines-737-lands-in-australia/ Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Sun, 17 Dec 2023 02:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/nauru-airlines-737-lands-in-australia/#comment-237415 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 02:16:18 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1360033#comment-237415 Somewhat disappointed to learn that former Qantas B 717’s are to be parted out and possibly turned into beer cans in the US.
The Douglas DC 9 pioneered Jet services in Australia and at least one of this type should have been preserved on Australian soil
for historical purposes.
Those responsible for the decommissioning and disposal of the B 717 fleet, an evolution of that original iconic Douglas type,
must consider the retention of of least one of these aircraft for historical display purposes, possibly add to the collection of
preserved historic types at Longreach, while some examples are still available in Australia.

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