Aircraft type longest service career?

"Bjørnar Bolsøy" wrote in message ...
Ken Duffey wrote in
:

I think we agreed last time that the longest OPERATIONAL jet was
the Lockheed T-33 - which just beat the Canberra by a couple of
years.

Sure looks like the CAF had them going until last year
or so:

http://www.airforce.forces.ca/equip/equip1g_e.htm


You have to be very precise with your definition - by 'service
career' do you mean with a military arm ?? or in service with an
airline or serving with some organisation.

For example the T-6 is still 'serving' with the CAF - and I
think one is still used (in service) by the RAE at Boscombe Down
as a chase plane.

But would they count as still having a 'service career' ??

Both yes and no I guess, though my thought was "operational"
in that it has some sort of tactical role in an airforce.


Regards...

Hi

I am a pilot based at 4 Wing Cold Lake in Alberta. This wing still
flies the T-33, which should clear up some of your differences of
opinion.