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With United having retired the former Continental birds earlier this year, American retiring theirs in early 2014, and US Airways quickly replacing theirs with the A330s, I had to take the opportunity to fly aboard the 767-200ER, arguably the last classic widebody airliner in service in North America.

Having flown aboard the -300ER and the -400ER, the -200ER was the only 767 sub-type I hadn't been experienced (and I doubt I will ever have the chance to fly the non ER -200 and -300 variants).

I decided to fly US' 767-200ER also because it was the only aircraft in the fleet of my former employer that I never had the chance to fly aboard while working for them.

It would also be a rare treat to fly a (classic) widebody on a domestic US route, as US Airways deploys their 767-200ER on the MCO-CLT-PHL sector on certain days. Last week I decided to take the time to catch a ride on the CLT-PHL and PHL-CLT runs.

As always, I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Outbound: CLT - PHL
The "Night Flight"

The 767 uses the international terminal at CLT.

Boeing's short bus at the gate.

Boarding up.

Shortly after take off.

And lights out.

On approach into PHL.

Inbound: PHL - CLT
The "Day Flight"

The 767-200ER at the US gate in Philly, right before boarding the flight back.

A quick pic of two US A330s parked wingtip to wingtip at PHL.

N250AY is a former Piedmont Airways 762ER, and her age shows.

I've never seen a split arm rest before.

And an old school mid cabin mini-galley.

The raised flight deck on the 767

Got some nice pics while taxiing out at PHL.

And finally, we're on our way out of PHL .........

Always fun to catch the reflection of the fuselage on the engine.

View of the close to empty rear of the cabin.

Here comes (my half cup of Diet Coke) inflight service !

Coming in to CLT.

From one old classic to another.

North Carolina National Guard C130s.

Waiting for sister-ship N251AY to vacate the gate.

And one final look back at the old bird. Lucky to have finally flown aboard the Boeing 767-200ER.

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sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

Deb, thanks for an interesting TR! The short and stubby flat-nosed B762 is an interesting bird to look at, and it was nice to read your TR on it. Nice pictures, too. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Cheers, Sumantra.

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

B767-200ER! one ac I really want to fly.

nice tr.

jbalonso777 · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:34 pm Post subject:

Awesome pictures!
The B767 is surely a good looking aircraft!
Well, I doubt if I can ever get a ride in one of them, sadly, the -300/ER, -200/ER, -400ER, etc...

Regards
Jish
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shivendrashukla · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:27 pm Post subject:

Great TR. Loved the pics.

Cheers
Shivendra

Nimish · Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:31 am Post subject:

Great TR - thanks for posting. I've just had my BIL booked on this bird - flying CLT-GRU-CLT next week. Of course he has no idea about a/c types, so he was least interested in this being a 767-200 variant. I was stunned to see the small J cabin and the poor J product on this bird, definitely not suitable going on an intl. long haul flight. Luckily (or not), he's flying Y - so it did not matter much, but flying on this sector will let him reach his first ever UA gold status...

Did you drive or fly up to CLT?
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747-237 · Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:44 am Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:33 am Post subject:

Time's finally up for the 767-200 in the States.

http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/34216-us-airways-set-to-end-b767-operations-next-month

US Airways set to end B767 operations

US Airways has provisionally scheduled its last commercial B767-200(ER) flight for February 11 World Airline News has reported. The type's last flight, US 1978, will be from Charlotte to Philadelphia Int'l.

According to the ch-aviation aircraft database, there are currently five airframes in service with US Airways with sister carrier American Airlines having retired the type in May last year.

Aside from Japan Air Self-Defence Force and the Aeronautica Militare Italiana which are military operators, the only commercial operators of the type will be UTair, Dynamic Airways, Jet Asia Airways, Jordan Aviation, AeroMéxico, Air Zimbabwe, and Mid East Jet.
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