Chasing the elusive 737-200 in Venezuela (in the 737-400 cockpit!)

[@Dreamweaver787]

This channel is so different to all the other mundane trip report channels out there without naming a certain person or persons😅, Gabriel really has a nice way of narrating and putting together an great documentary, Venezuela is like the Jurassic park for aviation dinosaurs.

[@Flightradar24DotCom]

Thank you!

[@a320TypeRated]

The aircraft that handles like anything, definitely unique.

[@belugast]

Fantsstic video, I visited CCS in late 1980s on Swissair DC10, flew Avensa B727s and Aeropostal DC9s, brings back great memories, thanks.✈️😁

[@Flightradar24DotCom]

Very cool!

[@nazimL1011]

Swissair DC10….. oh man, you bring up memories from when I was a teenager.

[@ralphhull6946]

Thank you so much for this beautiful video. I am a retired aircraft engineer and was an engineer for CP Air in Vancouver Canada for a number of years..where amongst other types we had a fleet of over 20 737-200s. I believe that at least one of the 200s I worked on is still flying up north in combi configuration and fitted with a gravel kit. Venezeula looks a most interesting and beautiful place....if they ever need old 737-200 mechanics out there I would be very happy in that beautiful weather keeping aviation history alive!! Thanks once again.

[@TheRafaelRamos]

My country! 🇻🇪 I can't imagine how do they keep these planes functioning, it's crazy to me! Amazing, great video!

[@rotsenve]

Con profesionalismo y dedicacion, que el gobierno sea un porqueria no quiere decir que la gente no sirva para nada, venezuela sigue teniendo talento para mucho y la misma crisis ha hecho que nos reinventemos y adaptemos a tal punto que a nivel tecnico ha sido hasta beneficiosa antes algo se dañaba y se compraba uno nuevo y se reemplazaba, ahorita hemos tenido que estudiar su funcionamiento y replicarlo hasta el punto de mejorar algunos aspectos o adaptarlos a nuestro unico y peculiar pais. Saludos

[@TheAntoine48]

Little Venezia!!!

[@lontongstroong]

@@TheAntoine48 LMAOOOOO

[@dhmacher]

I love these trip reports and geeking out over airplanes - the jumpseating was just the icing on the cake. *chef's kiss*

[@pr0t0typ38]

I'm a venezuelan (left the country a while back) in 2019 I went to venezuela to visit some friends and family and had the chance to fly in estelar's 737-200, it was quite the experience but the plane surprisingly looked in decent condition

[@sintoniadx]

Simplemente es un video excelente, gracias por compartirlo con todos nosotros.

[@Curonianviking]

I absolutely love the older Boeings cockpits!

[@nazimL1011]

What a great Channel and great host ….awesome rare and interesting footage, never get bored watching you. Avionics instructor here, teaching type training for a major OEM in Canada, and current AME at the same time, working on different platforms including the 737-200 just couple years ago. Business jets and 737-400/700 for now…miss the 200

[@danalamborn4464]

I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this series. I will hopefully be flying on the rare 737-500 on Air North Yukon from YVR to YXY at the end of April.

[@Kam_MD11]

This video made me feel like a kid in the candy store. Thanks Gabe for recording the many MD82s and MD83s flying around still in Venezuela. as a gold FR24 subscriber I have a special filter set just for the MD80 family. Gorgeous - beautful report. Many thanks

[@javierperalta6357]

Excelente material, gracias a videos como este puedo conocer un poco más sobre la aviación de mi hermoso país Venezuela...mil gracias.

[@claycarter3535]

Love this hunt for the rare passage service craft in unusual places. Well-done.

[@nitram1231]

I took a flight with rutaca from Santo Domingo - Caracas - Porlamar on the 737-200 in 2014. I remember it vividly as the Santo Domingo airport is one way in and out, due to surrounding terrain. And going through a very turbulent thunderstorm. However the 200 is a beast and took it like another day on the job.

[@wovkonstudios]

Didn't realize you were commercializing flight radar 24. Was so subtle. Bravo 👏

[@DefiniteFan3067]

You should go to Honduras and fly on the Aviatsa 737-200, its the last jet aircraft allowed to fly in and out of Toncontin Airport with regular operations. There's no other comparable combination of both airports and aircraft these days, they only fly charter but anyone can easily book a flight with them through HM resorts in Roatan. I flew with them in September 2022, It was an expirience that I will never forget.

[@Flightradar24DotCom]

Oh wow, so it's still flying?

[@DefiniteFan3067]

@@Flightradar24DotCom Yup it does multiple weekly flights, and the aircraft seemed to be in great condition. They actually have 2 737-200’s, but their other one is went in for maintenance in 2019 I believe and still hasn’t come out.

[@Deacon-ml4ic]

Seeing the MD83 brought back so many memories when my dad and i use to travel BWIA to Tobago

[@cajamusical_]

Thank you for showing good things about my beloved Venezuela!

[@geraldchiweshe8619]

Thank you so much for this wonderful tribute and trip round memory lane in search of this beautiful aeroplane! Keep them coming hot and fast. Thank you.

[@PedroKV]

Cool video, thank you. And, I was a bit surprised that captain did not fasten his safety belt during flight.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I worked on the assembly floor putting together JT-8s for a couple years in the late 1970s.

[@ricoelgordolocosabor4173]

What a great vlog … vive Venezuela 🇻🇪

[@guguineo]

I can’t believe that you didn’t shoot the fuselage plate on the side of the door, it’s always the first thing I notice entering any airplane, I am from Venezuela and I have flown planes literally from 1986 and I think also I might recall a 1983 just before the COVID pandemic, both USA made, since most of the newer CONVIASA Embraer don’t have that plate easy visible.

[@guyfrancispapa3901]

First time watching your videos. Classic planes still visiting my island Curacao on a regular basis. Good job.

[@eduardoletti5537]

No shoulder harness for the captain. Speedbrake lever was left inadvertently in the "arm" position after the flight control check. These guys need to improve.

[@ElioAguirre-gb8wp]

I think so.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Gabriel continuing to chase the elusive 732, much like the hunter stalking his elusive prey. 😁

[@danysfishingsv9711]

Compared with 737 max today this 737..400 n 200 is a beast

[@PaulHayes-t7j]

Thank you so much for making this amazing video. Very interesting. I am from London , my family are from Barcelona Venezuela and I always travel with avior airlines from maiquetia to Barcelona. Was that the 1pm flight ? It was great to see inside the cockpit. I felt like I was traveling with you hahaha .

[@AviationLover2111]

I used to live in Venezuela, all of this looks familiar we even flew out of the same airport as you!

[@76notam]

a good report ..;i loved this 737-400 /200 MD 82 series ..i flew on board in 90's debut 2000 in France , a marvelous jet ..it's look like still in good condition ✈😉🤙

[@climbfl410]

17:31 - The speedbrakes have not been in the armed position? 😮?

[@pork_friedrice]

New to your channel, love the content, dedication, production quality, and above all the access that you’re getting, keep it up!

[@joelhinkson4503]

Last month, when I visited Bogotá, Colombia, I had the privilege of seeing and hearing a 737-200 cargo takeoff; such an amazing sound!

[@ilikeplanees4925]

Was it aerosucre by chance?

[@joelhinkson4503]

@@ilikeplanees4925 Yes, indeed.

[@eduarsan1]

We called in a friendly way "El bullas"

[@lighthouse66]

Goosebumps! 🛫🛩️🛬

[@airedition]

😃

[@AntonioAyllonGutierrez-h7y]

Uh me encanto esté maravilloso vídeo lo máximo ya que soy un aficionado a la aviación comercial con más de 20 años de experiencia y observe con detalle este hermoso vídeo y me gustó de verda de corazón. Con relación a los Boeing 737-200Adv ese es la versión que más me gustan a mi el 200 y ya usted lo está mirando que a pesar de sus años y horas de vuelo se mantienen y donde quiera que yo vea un Boeing 737-200 lo defiendo . Un saludos para todos ustedes y sigan haciendo estos hermosos vídeos de corazón❤❤❤❤❤

[@MODECHARLIE]

That Un-parked wiper blade tickles my OCD.

[@marcusdamberger]

Yes, I noticed this too.

[@stevejones6503]

Love this channel. Amazing content always accompanied with soothing music.

[@rogerhiggs3495]

GREAT video, thank you!

[@alex57ruiz]

Gracias por el video, hace justo un año para semana santa viaje a la isla de margarita en un 737-200 de Venezolana Airlines, viendo y grabando los reversores, algo icónico, creo que ya retiraron ese avión. La verdad si se nota el tiempo que tiene el avión sin embargo para la cantidad de años aun estaba conservado, el vuelo fue bastante rápido y todo bien, de regreso me monte en un MD-82 me parece, es de rutaca airlines, ese si estaba mucho mas conservado, la verdad parecía hasta nuevo. El sonido de los motores de ese MD es muy bueno. Pude grabar bastante de ambos vuelos, si te interesa podría enviarte, no trabajo en aviación pero si me gusta bastante. Saludos

[@TheSheiban]

It would be cool to see a Conviasa trip report of the Caracas-Damascus-Tehran route 😀. But really, I love your aviation videos that go off the beaten path. Keep it up!

[@NigelHay]

What's with captain cool not wearing his seat belt?

[@1910carero]

gallant without discipline

[@paulmccarthy8465]

Cowboy

[@jamessmitka8066]

I did notice new music which clued me in that this was a new adventure. This was a great start to a still interesting quest for the elusive 737-200. I am wondering if and where there is a 737-100 in a museum? It was really quite a bumpy takeoff and landing due to the age of the aircraft and runways. Looking forward, as usual, to the next excellent video. Thanks - Jim

[@pantherwood]

Wait Flightradar24 has a channel. It popped up and my jaw hit the floor….hell yeah pop corn ready and let the binge watching BEGIN ❤

[@FVDaudio]

Wow. He didn't know that fleet was so old. I think all the airlines in operation are at that time. Frozen in time. The day will come when we have an opening to the present.

[@danielcross1043]

Great footage..... Thanks!

[@cesarmiguelfreites]

excelente congratulations,,,

[@Lucaat]

Thanks for the amazing content!

[@gustavo1867]

Barcelona, ​​​​a city in Venezuela is the HUB of Avior Airlines, although when I flew this year to Barcelona it was from Panama on Copa Airlines, which has a direct flight Panama PTY to Barcelona Venezuela BLA on Boeing 737 800

[@manubrm_]

amazing video, thanks😍

[@luisoliveira601]

Great content mate! Thanks

[@umerlashari849]

I work on those classics in Canada

[@wkwk2o384ur]

Venezuela at a glance really looks as though it's somewhere in the US

[@moshesierra6849]

So according to u Venezuela is the place to go and do tourism ?

[@iamjesper]

great vid. must be really loud for the pilots without any noise cancelling headsets

[@jacquesleroux5069]

Didn't know there's a Barcelona in Venezuela, was wondering about that departure from the domestic terminal 🙂

[@scctluxger9202]

Everything is shaking and vibrate yea haaa

[@maxa1755]

Why not on Nolinor ? they fly them alot

[@splashmaster2000]

They have modernized cockpits with MFDs and the like.

[@airedition]

Nolinor doesn’t run scheduled service and so far they don’t seem to want to take us along on a charter.

[@airlinerlist]

@@aireditionReally, I was on two Convair 580 charters and they were super friendly and welcoming. Who is "us" ? If you guys try again let me know, I think I can find you like 5 to 10 people from western Europe who would join.

[@josemanueltoledo8062]

OYE! DID ANY ONE OTHER THAN ME NOTICE THE CAPT NOT USING HIS SHOULDER HARNESS.

[@acusticunpluggedcovers]

Better than Next-Generation and Max

[@Boxcarphilly]

I checked the FR24 flight activity for that 737-400, Avior Airlines YV3546, it's got really no flight info, just dates and times, but everything else is blank. Why is that? You'd have to go back to around the end of November is get any more details, but even then they are hit and miss. Anyone know why the flight data is missing?

[@edblackmore922]

Where is it right now?

[@discoverlight]

Ok starting to watch and I have this question? What’s so special or rare about the 737-200? Ain’t it the same that got the door blown out in the Alaska airline just recently? I mean probably not a -200 but how much does it vary?

[@paulfoster2025]

Great video .. Capt’s not wearing a headset it seems and no shoulder harnesses 😮

[@josemanueltoledo8062]

I thought I was the only 1 that noticed

[@marianstemmer]

Super Video weider so

[@garycusack9247]

dont the captain wear a seatbelt??

[@supraptosuryodiharjo4338]

the captain didn't bother to wear the shoulder strap..

[@edgarbarajas3643]

Why isn’t the captain wearing seatbelts

[@TK1752]

✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️

[@rkan2]

0:50 - Ah yes, the Hugo Chavez Venezuela to Iran gold transporting A340 (probably)... 😂

[@abdimalick9311]

ook at halla airines y on the nairobi mogadishu route 5y-cjq operated by penal air chartes 737-200

[@abdimalick9311]

penial air charters

[@paulgray2387]

Were they forest fires near the airport ? Hopefully not cut and 🔥

[@Flightradar24DotCom]

That is likely from the petrochemical complex nearby!

[@arrownet2368]

If want to fly a fly a 737-200 just go to cyul or northern Canada

[@jb894]

You should have brought back a latina

[@viperdriver82]

Captain wiper looks like it’s inop

[@josemanueltoledo8062]

Capt shoulder harness? HE did not use HIS.

[@teddy_123.]

NICE

[@WorldofTREDEC]

😮😮😱😱

[@daviddunlap1968]

have some money making 24/7 cashflow generator ideas

[@YoSoyVicMan]

omg, you are here in Venezuelaa

[@PabloDezon]

Isn’t this a 737 CL and Not a 200?

[@Flightradar24DotCom]

The flight is on a -400, going to see a -200 in maintenance

[@Aviation0098]

I wonder why they not use headsets…

[@jameslovestokyo]

Or safety harnesses in the captain’s seat… 🤨

[@Aviation0098]

@@jameslovestokyo yep

[@lontongstroong]

These Venezuelan airlines should've launched service to Venice (the country's namesake). Even fifth freedoms would do!

[@heythere9380]

your middle name wouldn't happen to be Ahab, would it?

[@malbarda]

Captain casually NOT wearing his seat belt...

[@cfii6434]

I noticed that too. I was reading through the comments to see if someone else had noticed. 😂

[@Kenny-en7wb]

Runways aren't very smooth..

[@NeranjanaWijesinghe]

Why they are not using English?

[@rodolfo2099]

They are talking in Spanish because is the normally used language in Venezuela

[@eduardomontes1276]

The pilot is not wearing the safety belt properly during the take off 🤭🤭

[@bafiredept]

Gosh these guys still have no headsets, they’re gonna be dead in a few years 😮

[@44jonest]

Captain not using shoulder harness…shame, shame

[@CRJ08]

And the FR24 receiver filter out all planes that only have mode S, excluding 80% of venezuelan airplanes, affecting MLAT, MLAT is only possible with T- receiver, user-made, incredible wrong choice for a tracking website . All 732, E190, some 734 and a lot of small planes only appear on FR24 with MLAT with T- devices, in Venezuela we have no money to spare to build a device, so, can you please stop the filtering of mode s planes, and don't tell me you don't do it because I have years of evidence and testing 😊

[@justplanecrazy5575]

If you want to fly on a 732 just go to Canada lmao

[@McAero08]

Shoulder harnesses are for the weak it seems.

[@1910carero]

...y los cinturones (arneses) ? Falta de disciplina mas si te están grabando.

[@carlossalas7945]

lo lleva puesto en la cintura

[@1910carero]

@@carlossalas7945 igual debe colocarse el arnés, si ves 1er oficial lo llevaba y luego también lo quitó.

[@leonelsantos7805]

Se soubesses o nojo que tenho sobre tudo o que vem da Venezuela...

[@leonelsantos7805]

Man, I will not help you monetize this video, as it is built on people and environmental misery Next time, go to a museum!!!

[@hernanayarza8400]

Malo el entrevistador Interrumpe mucho aporta nada

[@willypupo89]

Spewing Venezuelan/Maduro government propaganda less than 4 minutes into the video. What ever it takes for views, right?

[@airedition]

Not at all actually. Simply telling what I saw and experienced. It’s a shame you think that! I might do a lot of things for views but “spewing propaganda” isn’t one of them.

[@Derflat]

He is just telling us viewers what he is seeing and experienced. He's not viewing the situation with political glasses.

[@JonathanGonzalez-ct9yu]

Um, where?

[@juansuk]

no te da pena colocar este tipo de comentarios, en un tema de aviacion? que ridiculo dizque haciendo propaganda a Maduro, deberias poner por lo menos el minuto, segundo donde lo menciona

[@1910carero]

Es obvio que con el sicoterror sobre Venezuela, al llegar se de cuenta que no lanzan puñales con ligitas en cada esquina

[@christianeduardo1]

Gabriel, another great video as per usual. However, I watched with a pinch of sadness. My father was a DC-10 pilot for the now disappeared VIASA and my Mum flew for Avensa, during the golden years of Venezuelan aviation. Back then MIQ airport was the gateway of South America and almost every major airline deserved it. As it was mentioned here, at one point AF had 1 747 cargo, another 747 passager only and the Concorde all flight to CCS at the same time. The current narco regime has turned Venezuela into a Jurassic park of aviation.

[@edblackmore922]

Where is it right now?

[@WJSpies]

I was a passenger flying on a 737-200 model from Rochester NY to LaGuardia in NYC. First time I knew such a beast existed.. Got off the ground just in front of a localized snowstorm.. It flew to me reminiscent of older 1960's designs like DC 8 & Boeing 707's. I have some long standing background in military and some commercial aviation, working as an aircraft mechanic for many years. Anyhow I was glad to get off before the snow hit on a rescheduled ticket, and noticed how distinct this aircraft was. It flew in a gutsy way in my book. I can't say I've flown again on any 200 models (memory not certain of it) but I did fly many many times on 400 models afterward. The 400's higher by-pass model fan jets were much more responsive and those 737,-400's always provided pretty smooth flights, almost like not really flying at all, as I was at the time used to many military flights before this. And I was always impressed by the 737-200 rare and gutsy ride, something I rarely witnessed on commercial aviation flights anymore. 737's are a long standing Boeing icon. In afterthought I may have flown again on 737-200's in Alaska in combi configuration. Up there at the time you take whatever the airlines threw at you. I was in the back and on a short flight, probably distracted by my busy schedule.