Flying one of the oldest 737s in the world

As a retired airline pilot I can tell you my favourite aircraft to fly will always be the B737-200. Don't you love those target type thrust reversers on landing. Just crack reverse and you've got bags of aerodynamic drag.

Finally, Captain Ahab's quest for the “white whale” comes true. The one irony that I noticed on the first flight was that the plane could have been the oldest commercial aircraft in the world with the youngest FO in the flight deck right seat. We are all happy for Gabriel. Thanks - Jim

Still has those small cockpit windows at the top, that you are supposed to use for stellar navigation. Amazing!

Loved the conversation with the pilots in the cockpit in Spanish! This content is so, so cool! 🙌

Wow; Co-pilot at the age of 21!

Que excelente video y un maravilloso recuerdo de ,"La Chancha" 737/200 así la llamábamos en Argentina. Tuve el placer de ser tripulante de cabina en ese avión desde 1973 que volaba también el Avro 748 hasta 1978 que pasé a volar 707. Mi carrera luego continuó con A310. B747/200, B747SP, B747/400 y A340/200 y 300. Para jubilarme en 2008. Magníficos recuerdos de mi querida Aerolineas Argentinas. Y los hermosos vuelos y estadías en Caracas. La Bella Venezuela. Muchísimas gracias por este sensacional video.

The only one aircraft I have ever obsessed over was the Lockheed L-1011. Unfortunately not 1 survives as a passenger airliner today but I will always remember the power of flying on it.

Nolinor in Canada operates 200s C-GNLE and C-GNLK, both older than this plane (1975 and 1974 respectively). Air Inuit lists C-GMAI that is around the same age as the one in the video (it's actually 3 days older lol).

In Honduras there's also a Boeing 737-200 currently flying. It is operated by the airline AVIATSA, registered as HR-MRZ. It is 41 years old and still going strong. It's very common that on Sundays they fly Tegucigalpa (Toncontin Airport MHTG/TGU) to Roatan Island (MHRO/RTB) and back to Tegucigalpa.

There are a few 737-200s flying for Nolinor in northern Canada that are older than this, for example C-GNLK, C-GNLE, C-GFCN :) Great video, keep it up!

The migration checks (even for national arrivals) are there because Margarita Island (actually the whole Nueva Esparta state) is a special tax free zone. (Puerto Libre / Zona franca) Apart from that, the checks are also for crime prevention like kidnapping. It’s pretty common in Venezuela that you can get checked crossing state borders but margarita always has been a special one. So great to follow you on this journey! Happy that you made it, following that white whale!

Visited Margarita Island many times. My ex lives there. Flew on the Rutaca B732 a few times as well. Venezuela and it’s people are beautiful!

Here in Miami there’s MD82s and 737-2s that regularly fly. Nice to see them still in the air.

Fantastic! Love the 737-3xx engine sketch on the safety card... Remember flying on DC9 from Caracas to Porlamar in 1998, and Dash 7 from Porlamar to Los Roques. Back in time a DC-3 was in service between Caracas and Los Roques. You might want to check if it's still in service. Venezuela is hard to beat when it comes to classic aviation.

21 years old and flying the 737-200. I am jealous but also happy with my 777 at 23. Awesome that you finally managed to fly on the -200. :)

That first officer looked about 17! There's a really good chance that aircraft is older than his parents! I always loved the 732. My first ever flight was on one with the UK charter airline Britannia in 1987. I was so lucky, living in Manchester to ride on BA 737-200s several times a year, both to London and around Europe. A seat in about row 15 or 16 was always best - right next to the reverser. I'm so glad you sat at the back for the return trip. In Europe, Lufthansa and Air France 732s were quite easy to catch and I had one (twice) with Olympic too. My last one was with Sabena in February 2000. My best EVER 737 experience though was when my Continental flight YYZ-EWR produced... a 737-100! N77204, delivered to Lufthansa in April 1968 and I flew her in October 1998, so she was "only" 30 years old.

I used to work in Britannia Airways Operations Department and we had 29 x B737-200 in the fleet. I flew on them regularly all over Europe and loved them. We also had a couple of freighters we did night time cargo flights with, so we used to fly on the jump seat when it was quiet in the winter time just to have a trip out. A great aircraft ... a real classic!

Southwest FA here! I remember those seats and when you went into that lav, I had a blast from the past 😂 The miles of caulking, the smell, they were awful 😂 Those little 200s were workhorses though and we miss them! Great video 😊

There are four DC-8s still in service N782SP built in 1969, N817NA also built in 1969, 9S-AJG built in 1969 as well and the 9S-AJO built in 1970. N330AU DC-10-30CF built in 1973. There are also 13 Lockheed L-188A Electras still flying in Canada registrations: C-FVFH, C-GZVM, C-FDTH, C-FBAQ, C-FZCS, C-GZCF, C-GXFC, C-FLJO, C-FLXT, C-GJTZ, C-GZFE, C-GHZI, C-FIJX, all built between 1958 and 1959. LOCKHEED L-1011 TRISTAR 100 registration N140SC is still flying around also

Fantastic, I flew on the 200 as a kid for New Zealand back then it was NAC.. Thanks for the chance to re live the memory..