Ah, it's that time of the year again! Another New Fokker or Rekkof announcement. Only for the project to go quiet and disappear again. But rest assured, they'll be back in a few years with another New Fokker design that will never fly. April Fools day is right around the corner. The first picture l...
Jump to postIt has to be SAT. That's where the Alamo is located.
Jump to postOn paper, San Francsco to Oakland always seemed strange to me, on United 727s and I think Air Cal too earlier with their 737 (maybe PSA and Western too can someone corroborate the latter 3 airlines please?) I don't know about Air Cal but I know WA flew SFO-OAK in the 1960's with a DC6. I'm sure it ...
Jump to postDue to the Russian airspace restrictions, flights between Europe and Japan/Korea are now flying over Alaska.
Jump to postDidn’t TWA serve India via Europe at that time? They briefly flew to BOM via KWI on a 747SP in the early 1980s. Not sure if they had India service before then. When I was a child, I flew around the world with my parents on TWA in 1972. We stopped in BOM for refueling while flying from TLV to BKK. I...
Jump to postWent looking for San Fran's return ride from Minnesota last night and found something interesting. Flew out Saturday for a Monday game (unusual) SJC-MSP: UA2540 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2540/history/20231021/2240Z/KSJC/KMSP The plane repo'd from SFO the morning of the flight out.....
Jump to postJD power's credibility was lost in this article when they list SNA as a large airport.
Jump to postDidn't see this anywhere else. Pretty sure this is their second stint in GNV and I think they owe GNV a lot of money too, but FLL service starts August 21, 2023: https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/13/silver-airways-announces-new-flight-route-between-fort-lauderdale-gainesville-airports/ Yep they use to d...
Jump to posthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-148 Here you have the Soviet equivalent (reverse engineered?) of the BAe146/ARJ, At least they had properly sized engines available, so they could do with 2 as opposed to 4 engines. The An-148 looks like a DO-328JET on steroids. Here you have the Soviet equi...
Jump to postThe Boeing 737-600 and A318 produced amount the same number of aircraft. Interesting factoid, the only 737 variant that I have yet to fly is the 600. I had hoped to fly one with WestJet but I believe they are now all gone. In North America I'm not sure I could even find one flying, Wasn't the 735 a...
Jump to postScottB wrote:Of course, given the date, it could also be something related to LAS.
This is an old one, but back in the day, what does Delta stand for: Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport Delays even longer than anticipated. Direct everyone's luggage through Atlanta. Another oldie: TWA - The Worst Airline I've also heard, "Try Walking Across" Terrorists, welcome aboard. Olymp...
Jump to postTNT - This was supposed to be the new Miami International Airport. It was going to be the airport of the future designed as a hub for supersonic transports. It was located in the middle of the Everglades far away from civilization. The project got cancelled after one runway was built.
Jump to postOrlando Sanford, clearly Sanford is not the draw here. No, but it serves to give the airport it's name. This is important to distinguish it from Orlando International. In this case the airport was named after a nearby town as Sanford is indeed a town in the Orlando area. What is interesting is that...
Jump to postbfitzflyer wrote:I didn't know Silver airlines flew that far. Thought they were Florida based.
N14AZ wrote:I cannot imagine that the authorities will allow to drive this RV with its long nose section and steered from the cockpit.
Western DC-10 - Spaceship.
Eastern 727 - Whisperjet.
Eastern L-1011 - Whisperliner.
American - Luxury Liner.
I assume AA had editorial approval throughout the Home Alone process as well If I am remembering the movie right, wasn't that the United Terminal in the movie, so guessing United, but not sure. No, ORD H gates. American’s terminal. I was traveling heavily through ORD on AA at the time for work so w...
Jump to postThe most fun I had with a manual was a mid 70's Ford van where I used to work. It had a three on the tree.
The best anti-theft device today is a manual transmission. Today's car thieves don't know how to drive one.
JoseSalazar wrote:Same as the (I believe) 2 stored in MCO
ReverseFlow wrote:It'll probably be a toss up between DC-9 and 757
I remember IAD in the early 90's. Regularly scheduled visitors included the DC-8, IL-62, and of course, the Concorde. The German Air Force would bring in the A310, 707, C-160, and on a few occasions, a TU-154. The Royal Air Force would bring in the L-1011, C-130, and the VC-10. I truly miss the take...
Jump to postORY-FCO - 707
FCO-ATH - 747
ATH-TLV-BOM-BKK - 707
BKK-HKG - 707
All on TWA.
Do any US carriers lease planes from foreign companies? Would the beginning letter still be "N" for those planes? US based carriers may lease planes from outside the USA. The lease agreement will probably state where the plane is to be registered. They usually will get an "N" nu...
Jump to postany reason that aa has 3 flight number groups for oo? this is unusual at aa. My guess is that OO has picked up additional flying for AA and needed more flight numbers. For now they will have several flight number ranges. Every so often, the majors will realign the flight numbers for their feeders. ...
Jump to postThe SW Metroliner. AKA the San Antonio sewer pipe. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody speak positively about that hateful aluminum tube. The only good seat in that airplane was the middle seat in the last row. At least you can sit upright and you have legroom. From a ground handling point of vie...
Jump to postSFO-LAX - DC-6, L-188, 146, 707, 720B, 721, 722, 732, 733, 735, DC-10, MD80
SFO-SLC - 720B, 721, 722, 732, 733, 738, 752, 762, DC-8, DC-10, L-1011
ORD-IAD - 721, 722, 732, 733, 735, 744, 752, 762, 763, 772, 319, 320
WAS-NYC - J32, J41, DH8-100, DH8-300, EM2, CRJ, 722, 732, 733, 738, 752, A319
Anything built in the former Soviet Union - Aeroflot
Jump to postWhen I was around 4 or 5 years old, I thought when you flush the toilet in the lavatory, everything went out of the bottom of the airplane and just went splat on the ground.
Jump to postWestern Airlines used to fly SLC-IAD-DCA. This was to get around DCA's perimeter rule.
http://www.departedflights.com/WA102785.html
For example, while NK titles look pretty good on the 320 (setting aside the scratch marks they have since done away with): View Medium • View Large Photo by Hector Rivera - HR Planespotter What in the world were they thinking centering them on the 321?: View Medium • View Large Photo by Art Brett -...
Jump to postI believe the 747-100/200 outlasted the 747SP in revenue service. (I'm not counting private or government planes.)
The same goes with the L-1011-500. I believe it's bigger brother outlasted it.
Some may say it's a different model, but I think the A300 will outlast the A310.
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Jump to postUA used to operate a 744 ORD-IAD. It was slight overkill but it was a tag on the NRT-ORD flight. I wasn't complaining. It was nice to fly on a 744 on that route.
HP used to operate a 747 PHX-LAS.
WA used to operate a DC-10 MIA-FLL. It was a tag on the LAX-MIA flight.
The airport code is HSSS.
The captain's decision to return was PURRfect.
Riddle: I made a connection in AMS but I have never flown into or out of AMS. How did I do that?
Answer: I arrived in AMS on a train and connected to another train.
The connection at AMS was on the same platform which is underground. Because of that, I didn't see any airplanes at AMS.
Saw headline on CNBC website but can't open - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/18/why-ultra-low-cost-carrier-spirit-airlines-is-falling-behind.html What exactly is the author trying to say? This reads "Spirit was one of the few perpetually profitable and growing carriers in the U.S. It is undergoi...
Jump to postslvfly wrote:Better question is why does this forum have such a massive fetish for mergers?
More importantly, since when can Alaska flights be booked on UA.com??? Doing a dummy booking in mid-July for ANC-FAI, and 5 AS flights are bookable on UA.com :shock: I was wondering the same thing when I looked too :lol: Being curious, I did a dummy booking for May 17. The UA flight shows up on Pri...
Jump to postThe image of the UA 767 in battleship gray being flown into #2 WTC is reason enough never to have a retro battleship gray livery.
Jump to postWindrose has the worse livery of any airline I've ever seen Wow, you weren't kidding. What an eyesore. I actually quite like the colours! :cloudnine: Unfortunately same couldn't be said for the interior, which is really "psychedelic" :hypnotized: 2304159 OMG!!! Please turn it off. This is...
Jump to postConcourse E/F in ORD. Built for the 1960's. Concourse C/D at IAD. A "temporary" structure built in the 1980's that should have been torn down 20 years ago. All of Terminal 1 in LAS. Even with renovations it still looks like a 1970's era terminal. Concourses F and G in MIA. Not only does it...
Jump to postDelta and the A310. They were only operated between 1991 and 1995. Replaced with the 767-300. Did they actually order them? My memory tells me Delta got A310 in a single-shot purchase of Pan Am routes to Europe, and they had to choose between taking 747's (world's oldest), DC-10's or Airbuses. A310...
Jump to postDelta and the A310. They were only operated between 1991 and 1995. Replaced with the 767-300.
Jump to postIt may depend on union contracts as well. I know that at the larger stations and hubs of PMUA, mechanics marshalled planes as well as push them back and tow. I don't know if it's still true today. Union contracts can be very specific about what tasks are accomplished by which work group.
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