Fuerza Aérea Argentina (opf LADE) F28-1000C - Flight from Aeroparque (AEP) to Mar del Plata (MDQ)

Fokker F28-1000(C) / Reg: TC-53
Fuerza Aérea Argentina (opf LADE - Líneas Aéreas del Estado) / Flight: 5U706
Dep: Buenos Aires Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP), Argentina (Rwy 13)
Arr: Mar del Plata Ástor Piazzola Int’l Airport (MDQ), Argentina (Rwy 13)
Date: February 9th, 2023 / Seat: 11F
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A trip report on LADE’s F28 service into Argentinian countryside. The service is operated by the Argentinian Air Force F28-1000(C), the last of their kind in the world. TC-53 was manufactured in 1970 and according to our research must be the oldest passenger jet ever to be in service worldwide. Happy to be corrected on this, but since the fly540 DC-9 in Kenya is gone, this was taken over by TC-53. The aircraft underwent a D-check recently and is in good condition. It is joined by sistership TC-52, which is 3 years younger. This is the first sector of a series of six on this day and offered the best views. The routing is AEP-MDQ-BHI-BRC/BRC-PMY-BHI-AEP. Apologies for the short approach sequence, it was the first time I filmed with my iPhone and I didn’t realize it wasn’t recording until a few meters prior to touchdown. A big thank you to the friendly FAA/LADE crew, which was very accommodating for aviation enthusiasts, especially a big thanks to Juan for showing me the cockpit.

[@MAviationVideo]

Great trip! Wow, thanks for sharing this great experience with us.

[@Chipicui]

Una belleza de avión y excelente video, por cierto.
Tuve la suerte de viajar en un f-28 a Malargüe en el año 1988 y no lo olvidaré jamas… era Aerolíneas Argentinas y el avión voló haciendo unos virajes muy cerrados sobre el cerro Nevado y descendiendo rapidísimo como un caza.
Hermoso sonido de los Rolls Royce (Spey ?) y fantástica iluminación.
Ademas me encantó como se ve la sombra del tren de aterrizaje retrayéndose al despegar.
Ojalá conserven estos 2 aviones volando por muchos años mas pero sospecho que deben estar cerca de su retiro definitivo.
Soy uruguayo y recuerdo cuando a mediados de los 70 veía pasar los primeros fokker 28 entrando y saliendo del aeropuerto de Laguna del Sauce, Punta del Este.
Que bonito avión…. mucho mas lindos y “deportivos” que los 737…
Gracias por el video!!

[@Chefsalat76]

Thanks for your feedback and glad to hear you liked the video, despite my small mishap of not filming the entire approach. I also flew on other F28s in the past, one flight was from USH on Aerolineas in 1984. Uruguay is also nice, I was there a few days earlier and I flew on Air Class's 727 from MVD to EZE which was great. And yes, the engines are RR Speys, a very distinctive tinnitus-creating noise...

[@careygrant8697]

Love Argentina, love Mar del Plata, love the F28 (flew on United Burma Airways, as was, to Rangoon, now Yangon, in 1983).

[@HDAviationVideos]

Amazing! Great to see your videos again. My last and only time I flew on a F28 was in 1989 with Aerolineas Argentinas on the LV-MZD. That very same plane (the only MK4000 in the fleet of 4) suffered a runway excursion at VLG under heavy rain a few days later and was damaged beyond repair. There are two videos in my channel about that flight.

[@Chefsalat76]

Thanks for your feedback. Nice memory, I have seen the story of LV-MZD. I flew on one of their 732s LV-LIU in 1984 which later crashed in Ushuaia. Hopefully I can keep the pace with uploading more stuff, my backlog is huge. Unfortunately the majority of my enthusiast flights are in the cockpit and due to privacy reasons I cannot publish the video later on.

[@HDAviationVideos]

@@Chefsalat76 great! I also have tons of videos in the backlog but no time to edit/upload.
Would love to see more videos of your flights with LADE.

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

Wow, that’s a classic one! After the retirement of the DC-9 in Africa, does that mark the retirement for all passenger DC-9’s?

[@gustavom2965]

Esta bueno. Lástima que cortaste la mejor parte del aterrizaje!

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

That’s a real jet engine! They don’t make them like that anymore…

[@facum4335]

Yo iba a viajar hace unos dias pero la aeronave tuvo un desperfecto y el vuelo fue cancelado.

[@mrdarkside4071]

Hola, ¿puede ser que hace unas semanas atrás, la misma aeronave fué usada por el plantel de Argentinos Juniors para viajar a Santiago del Estero?
Gracias

[@Chefsalat76]

Hi there, I am not sure if it was this particular one. There is also sistership TC-52 in service.