Tom in NO From United States, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 55 Posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 9923 times:
Noticed this bird sitting down on our west ramp on my way into the office this morning.....I heard second-hand that the Emir of Qatar and/or his wife spent last night in Houston, were heading off somewhere, and decided to come to New Orleans for the day and go shopping. Here are some pictures I took earlier today...
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4412 posts, RR: 33 Reply 5, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 9304 times:
I could be wrong but was there not Qatar Amiri Flight metal at MSY for the 08 NBA All Star game? I know that the QOC sent a delegation there, including the Chairman who frequently uses A7-AAM.
YOWza
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Gkirk From United Kingdom (Scotland), joined Jun 2000, 23844 posts, RR: 69 Reply 15, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 8485 times:
AgentXE1225 From United States, joined Apr 2008, 166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 8376 times:
So THAT is one of the a/c that UPS has parked on their ramp in MEM on any random day of the week, usually next to a 74. No 74 tonite, (left last nite), but there was an A340 w/activity around when I left work. Glad to know what the hell kinda plane I've been staring at for so long now. Thanks y'all!
BlueFlyer From United States, joined Jan 2006, 1159 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 8227 times:
Quoting Tom in NO (Thread starter): I heard second-hand that the Emir of Qatar and/or his wife spent last night in Houston, were heading off somewhere, and decided to come to New Orleans for the day and go shopping.
His "shopping trip" was to see what $100 millions in reconstruction aid to New Orleans buys... Other than a stop at Xavier though, he didn't get out of his car.
RobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3257 posts, RR: 12 Reply 23, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 4720 times:
Quoting Scbriml (Reply 20): Quoting Gulfstream650 (Reply 19):
Are you confusing a Global Express tail with some air stairs?
Maybe the optician was right!
That's a classic! G650, just for the record, when I saw your original question about the GLEX I looked at the full size pic and also came to the conclusion it was indeed a bizjet tail !! Oops!
Tom in NO From United States, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 55 Reply 24, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 4562 times:
Quoting BlueFlyer (Reply 18): His "shopping trip" was to see what $100 millions in reconstruction aid to New Orleans buys...
I'd posted the clarification in a post that got deleted as part of a group of posts that got deleted for going off on an unnecessary tangent.....here's the reference to his stop from yesterday's paper that I posted yesterday: http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2...amir_visits_to_observe_impact.html
Quoting YOWza (Reply 22): all QR Amiri Flight metal is in QR colors.
I don't recall seeing the GE here during the All-Star game, but I also didn't look too closely at the corporate/GA stuff that was here then, so I might have missed him...
As an aside, the A340 is still here...
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Gulfstream650 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2008, 255 posts, RR: 0 Reply 25, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 4535 times:
Quoting RobK (Reply 23): That's a classic! G650, just for the record, when I saw your original question about the GLEX I looked at the full size pic and also came to the conclusion it was indeed a bizjet tail !! Oops!
Very funny. You both must be getting old!
I don't proclaim to be the best pilot in the world but I'm safe
27 Nolanative: It was still parked this morning around 7:30am, when I landed, although it appeared to have 2L door open with stairs. Didn't get close enough when we
28 Tom in NO: It left around 1120am local. Tom at MSY
29 Gulfstream650: Well I suppose that's that then. Thanks for the thread though, great to have the pictures - even better that a couple of A.Netters thought that a Glo
30 IronDuke08: Can you imagine having to walk into the FBO, handing them your AmEx and asking them to fill that sucker up? Something tells me that he doesn't really
31 ConcordeBoy: ...anyone know where it went when it departed here?
33 Thorben: A boring sausage that is. Does it have winglets? Does it have four engines?
34 ConcordeBoy: *slap* "where" hun... "where". You're forgetting the rather large gay contingency on this site That said... it's got wingtip devices, and thank the g
35 Ikramerica: The 77W in the picture is nice, too…
36 ConcordeBoy: Eh, it's a'ight.... back to ogling Her Powerfulness
37 MSYtristar: Come on now Fred. Does your hate of the A340 even extend to the dignified beauty of the A345 and/or A346 series? Don't hate, appreciate. Especially w
38 ConcordeBoy: Hell are you talking about fool... they're the ones that STARTED it. Defiling! ...remember what I've always told you: the worst thing that could ever
39 MSYtristar: Oh I remember. And I remember you saying that you would be obliged to take that flight, even though it would be powered by four Con Air hair dryers.
40 ConcordeBoy: Funny, I don't remember you dropping acid.... as you must've been to think I'd say such a thing. I'd NEVER do that.
41 MSYtristar: Well, I hid it well. Anyway, I think if push came to shove, you'd at least consider it. Maybe you could take a sleeping pill just before the plane wo
42 ConcordeBoy: Right before laughing away the very notion of such an idea... and booking via ATL. ...why there? The gates directly across from UA's can handle A330/
43 MSYtristar: Because that's the typical place to park the heavies....I guess they could do 1, 3 or 5 if they were so inclined....and maybe parking at 11 would cau
44 ConcordeBoy: ...because it's the closest to the outter apron, and requires the less effort on pushback. I'd imagine that LH would want to be next to UA though, sh
45 MSYtristar: C5 would be a good gate for them....no one at 3 or 7, and pushing back wouldn't be a problem from 5 for an A340.
46 Dalb777: Don't know how old this photo is, but the current Google Earth photograph has no jetways between what looks to be C1 and C11. Were they damaged durin
47 MSYtristar: C1/3/5 all had jetways after Katrina. A tornado hit the airport in early '06 and damaged those three, and they had to be taken down. C7 did not have
48 Tom in NO: ROTFL, four Con Air hair-dryers for motors.....and no, I don't know where the thing went to...FlightAware didn't show it, and I didn't think to check
49 MSYtristar: Since we're talking about the venerable Concourse C, I think this pretty much sums up what its usage looks like as of today... C1: UA for one of their
50 Dalb777: Ah yes, that tornado...thanks. Are those jetways the used ones purchased from...was it DEN? And what's E.M.O.?[Edited 2008-05-09 21:16:51]
51 MSYtristar: I'm almost 100% positive they are from DEN....maybe Tom can chime in with the final word. E.M.O= Early Morning Originator. Sorry. That was my old Air
52 Tom in NO: Yes, those are the old DIA bridges (we replaced one at C1 a couple of days ago). There's a project coming down the pike that will put brand new bridge
53 KLMCedric: Concordeboy, I understand why one would prefer twins over quads, especially since efficiency has become the nr1 priority when purchasing jetliners. Bu
54 RJ111: Say what you like about the A345's performance. She really is a beautiful bird.
55 MrBrightSide: ConcordeBoy, otherwise I would not comment anything, but I cannot see that you are anything else but a flamer/troll, so be it. If you don't like four
56 ConcordeBoy: ...true, but why exert effort-- when you have minions to do such things for you? hehehe, told ya Steve! ...even B?????? ...that's what ~YOU~ think. L
57 Avek00: Indeed, the underperformer A340-500 weighs slightly less than a 747-400 while holding far fewer people and less cargo. And though you have a distinct
58 RJ111: Not completely true. With a typical pax payload the A340-500 can carry more cargo than the 744 in volume, a similar level in payload, and can carry i
59 ConcordeBoy: ...too bad cargo's typically priced by weight. Since when?
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