On Sep 13, 9:00 am, Jay Honeck wrote:

It's amazing that those old birds just keep soldiering on, given the
pounding they take...


A few weeks ago I was instructing in a 152 with the tail number
N48049. I was near a uncontrolled field, so just for the hell of it I
decided to call the field and say "blah blah traffic, Cessna 48049
flying over the field at 4500 westbound". A second later someone came
on and said "is that a cessna 152", I replied, "uh yes". Then the
voice came back and said "I used to instruct in that plane back in
'86-'88"

I thought that was kind of cool. It boggles my mind to think how many
people have flown that one particular plane. If those wall could
talk...

With cars, they are made, someone buys them, it gets driven a lot,
then it breaks down and gets disposed of. Airplanes on the other hand,
last much much longer. I bet it won't be for another 100 years or so
until they all cease to fly.