A 37.7 years old B747-236B, previously with BA as G-BDXN and MH 9M-MHJ. Stored in FJR since 2013. https://m.planespotters.net/airframe/Boeing/747/TF-AAA-Air-Atlanta-Icelandic/A0gjcdY0 I did not realize that BA had a 747 built that was NTU. Any others? It looks like Air Atlanta flew both G-BDXNs. ht...
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One, N140SC flying for Orbital Sciences Corporation. Built in 1974 for Air Canada.
Those are the cabin pressurization outflow valves, they are used to regulate the pressure in the cabin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_pressurization
For luggage that I would have to check, it would have to be Travelpro. Rimowa, Tumi, Hartmann, etc. are just targets for theft at the carousel (in the US).
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https://youtu.be/c3yUhEjzVcc?t=14m2s
United_fan wrote:No CV880/990's flying in many years.
You could stay in the Queen Mary at Long Beach and take a tour.
Jump to postVC10er wrote:I don't mind the new AA tail, but I deflect my eyes when I see the new eagle logo which I think is one of the WORST logos ever created.
That leaves only six A/C in the fleet with throttle-cable driven non-FADEC engines (Gulf Air -3P6ERs). Down from 45 airplanes about ten years ago. I presume these will be the first 6 to go in 2019-20 when the A339s start arriving. I thought the PW4000 powered domestics were next (1401-1404) as some...
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Jump to postAfter the MD-80s get retired is there much demand for them on the second hand market or will they all be scrapped. I think Delta learned their lesson after letting some DC-9s go to Valujet. No more planes to a (future) competitor. I suspect that they go straight to the scrapyard, unless the MD-80F ...
Jump to postHere is a post from TripAdvisor about iEagle:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g1-i10702-k8764728-Legit_or_scam_ieagle_com_for_airline_tickets-Air_Travel.html
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/zippyjet" class="quote" target="_blank">zippyjet</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> One was "The ...
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Jump to post727s, 737s and later 707s have the air conditioning supply duct running down the centerline of the ceiling. I have not seen any 707s with both the duct and the dome lights.
Jump to postA way to tell a 880M from a regular 880 are small horizontal fins mounted on the vertical stabilizer. <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Jetaway-Travel-Club/Convair-880M-(22M-3)/0630807/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Jetawa...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Viscount724" class="quote" target="_blank">Viscount724</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>Same recollection. I don't think a...
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Jump to postConcorde visited <acronym title="Tucson - International (TUS / KTUS), USA - Arizona">TUS</acronym> around 1995, IIRC. It was in town for a QEII charter, but was delayed a day because a nose tire was damaged during repositioning at the <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> gates. I reme...
Jump to postHere are some interior pics of this aircraft while flying for the Sultan of Brunei:
http://retardzone.com/2008/03/06/how-to-blow-30-billion-dollars/
764 (1801-1821): <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> CF6-80C2B8F 763 (121-139): <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> CF6-80A2 763 (1401-1404): <acronym title="Precision Air Services (United Rep. of Tanzania)">PW</acronym> 4060 763ER (1501-1506): <acronym ti...
Jump to postHere's a link to the Rockwell Collins TES system used in the late 90s. The seat box is called the AVU, the seatback screen is called the <acronym title="Rio de Janeiro - Santos Dumont (SDU / SBRJ), Brazil">SDU</acronym>, the arm control is the PCU and the Flight Attendant control panel is called the...
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Jump to postFor Pan Am, look at 2:42 on the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pECyaYUUns
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Jump to postTW also served from the mid galley on the 727-31. In the late 70's through the 80's there were three rows of F/C, and a couple of rows of Y between F/C and the Galley. IIRC, <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and <acronym title="European Regions Airlines (Spain)">EA</acronym> had ...
Jump to postDid you get mobbed by the taxi drivers at SJO airport when you arrived?
Jump to postIt looks like the seats are angled toward the camera. The seat tracks are not parallel to the carpet seam.
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Boy, this pic is gonna drive Flyertalkers nuts.....
I have a feeling that this plane was built for B6, but delivered directly to Baboo. I don't think XM or DirecTv work in Europe.
Jump to postHere is a pic of N714PA in Her demonstrator days:
From what I can tell, this is definitely an early build 707 (1 piece Capt.&F/O instrument panels - Not 3 Piece) and the rectangular autopilot surface position indicator and <acronym title="Rimini (- Miramare / Federico Fellini / Giannetto Vassura) (RMI / LIPR), Italy">RMI</acronym>/Compass switching...
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