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fokker_f27 : The Metros were fast but very noisy inside. Foam airplugs were provided for passengers by Skywest in a pouch on the bulkhead behind the pilot. Metros were also stiff-legged, but the pilots I spoke with liked them because they were quite responsive. They were replaced by Brasilias and ...

fokker_f27 : You might be correct. I didn't do a rigorous classification by weight before I posted the airline planes I have flown in.
In response to you comment, I researched some wieghts in "The World's Airliners", which was published in 1982. Here are some results:

F-27 Max Take Off Weight: 43 ...

Commuter Propeller Planes

DeHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6
DeHavilland Dove 140
DeHavilland DHC-7
DeHavilland DHC-8
Piper Navaho
Nord 262
Embraer Bandeirante EMB110
Embraer Brasilia EMB120
Beech 99
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
Handley Page Jetstream
ATR 72
Saab 340B

Commuter Jets

Bombardier ...

My first airline flight was in 1946 on an AA DC-3 from BUR to PHX. My age was 16. I was thrilled, not scared.

I had previously flown in an L-19 2 seat liason plane (similar to a Piper Cub) from the dummy runway at Santa Monica (SMO) when I was a Civil Air Patrol cadet during WW2. The real runway ...