American Mexicana Laker Ghana Airways Finnair Varig Viasa British Caledonian DC10 Delta Hawaiian TAP Air Canada Eastern BWIA Gulf Air Royal Jordanian L1011 United CP Air DC8 Pan Am. TWA Northwest KLM Singapore Airlines Thai Air India JAL Cathay Pacific Air New Zealand Qantas 747 SAS Austrian Alitali...
Jump to postLHR-MAD G-BNWZ x5 (x6 both ways) LHR-ZRH HB-IOK x4 LHR-MAD G-BNWA x4 LHR-DXB VH-OQJ x3 MUC-LHR D-AILX x3 DXB-LHR VH-OQA x3 DXB-SYD VH-OQJ x2 DXB-SYD VH-OQK x2 SIN-LHR VH-OQG x2 LHR-ATH SX-BEI x2 LHR-CDG F-HRBA x2 CDG-LHR F-GRHR x2 LHR-VIE G-EUUO x2 (3 both ways) LHR-DXB VH-OQI x2 (x3 both ways) LHR-...
Jump to postA few silly comments on here, it has to be said.... Bennett 123. ..correct. 10 year jail sentence would be a sobering thought. But too many liberal minded folks around to allow that. People have to take responsibility for their actions, period. But contrary to popular belief alcohol can be bought an...
Jump to postVictim? Really of what? You've made your choices, it's the same with any loyalty program whether it's a supermarket, petrol station, any programme that offer incentives to keep you coming back. You have to weigh up the pros and cons, and make your own decisions ....end if the day the "programme...
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BKK SIN HKG
Australia - GOV BLQ
MRS
(techinally didn't visit Marseille but went to Aix du Provence instead)
British Airways 230
Qantas 75
Swiss 29
Lufthansa 28
Finnair 14
KLM 12
Air France 12
Qantaslink 11
Scandinavian Airlines 10
Iberia 10
United 727 SFO-PDX
American 727 PDX-ORD
Eastern A300 SEA-PDX
Alaska 727 PDX-SEA
Edelweiss A320 ZRH-LHR
HOP E170 CDG-LHR
BMI Regional E145 LHR-MME
Qatar Airways A320 VIE-LHR
Latam B787 MAD-FRA
Lufthansa Cityline CRJ900 MUC-NUE
Do TAP still do intra-European widebody flights? Pre-COVID they used to occasionally schedule A330s on routes with strong cargo demand (I remember VIE being a common one). Yes summer schedule 2019 both A340s and A330s were sent to LHR. Managed to pick up an old A330 LHR LIS shortly before she was r...
Jump to postvegasplanes wrote:BA and the 747 -- 1970-2020
50 years flying the Queen of the Skies
KLM has 49 years (1971-2020)
1) Qantas LHR-HKG-MEL, 2011 VH-OJQ I'd always wanted to go to Australia and was going to attend a friends wedding. Had a life long interest in Qantas, so there was only going to be one way to go. 2) Pan Am LHR-SFO, 1986 N729PA First international flight and visiting relatives in PDX, who I'd never m...
Jump to post7 FLIGHTS on G-BNWZ VH-OQJ G-EUPL 6 FLIGHTS on G-BNWA G-EUPA G-EUPB G-EUYC VH-OQA VH-OQI 5 FLIGHTS on G-EUUH G-EUUM G-EUUZ VH-OQE VH-OQK G-EUPT 4 FLIGHTS on G-EUPM G-EUPN G-EUXI G-MEDU G-MIDO HB-IOK G-EUYO 3 FLIGHTS on D-AILX G-BMAC G-BZHA G-BZHC G-EUOH G-EUUL G-EUUO G-EUUR G-EUUS G-EUXE G-EUXH G-EU...
Jump to postMelbourne 10....DXB SIN HKG PER SYD BNE CNS HBA LST ADL Sydney 7....DXB SIN WLG BNE CNS MEL CBR Frankfurt 7....LHR(home) TXL SZG NUE HAM BUD MAD Brisbane 6....HKG SYD TSV CNS MEL LRE Perth 5.....LHR SIN MEL SYD ASP Dubai 4...MEL SYD BKK LHR Singapore 4...LHR SYD MEL PER PDX 2 SEA SFO SEA 2 LHR PDX Z...
Jump to postMetchalus wrote:Looks awesome.
Which aircraft are the planning on using?
One of AF's?
LHR MAD LHR (13) BA A319 A320 A321 B767 B777-200ER B777-300ER B787-9 IB A319 A321 A330 A340-300 A340-600 A350 LHR CDG LHR (10) BA A319 A320 A321 HOP EMB175 AF A318 A319 A320 A321 A380 B789 LHR EDI LHR (6) BA A319 A320 A321 B767 BD DC9 Flybe DHC8 LHR FRA LHR (8) BA A319 A320 A321 A380 B767 LH A320 A3...
Jump to post3 ZRH LHR Swiss Helvetic Edelweiss 3 LHR EDI LHR BA British Midland Flybe 3 CDG LHR BA Air France HOP 3 VIE LHR Austrian BA Qatar 3 AMS LHR BA KLM City Hopper KLM 2 PDX SEA Alaska United Express 2 SEA PDX Eastern United Express 2 GVA LHR Austrian Swiss 2 LHR DUB LHR Aer Lingus BA 2 MAD LHR BA Iberia...
Jump to postLanded at GLA .....
but later travelled to EDI and returned from there
Landed at ORY .....
returned from CDG
Flown in and out of EDI and CDG on other occasions.
707 Pan Am
727 American
737 Lufthansa
747 Pan Am
757 BA
767 Air Canada
777 Emirates
787 ANA
L1011 Delta
DC8 United
DC9 (Inc MD80s) SAS
DC10 British Caledonian
A300 Air France
A310 KLM
A320 (family) BA
A330 Air France
A340 Virgin Atlantic
A350 Qatar Airways
A380 Qantas
My first flight was a British Midland Airways DC9 G-BMAC London Heathrow to Glasgow in 1984.
Visited the flight deck with my brother and I was allowed to move a switch that tipped the plane slightly.
My 3rd and 4th flights were on Alpha Charlie too,
AF sound alright. I once... Flew in from Miami beach BOAC, didn't get to bed at night, all the way the paper bag was on my knee, man I had a dreadful flight.
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Jump to postOr catch the Rail Air coach to Reading where you can connect with train services at Reading station including Newquay.
Jump to post300
Iberia MAD-LHR x1
600
Iberia MAD-LHR x4
Always a good excuse to get a cheap flight down to Madrid to return on a IB widebody
N7020U United SFO-PDX
N1972 American PDX-ORD. ..missed a DC8 flight catching this flight. But 21st 727 sort of made up for it N7020U also an early example
N322AS Alaska PDX-SEA
Qantaslink
Brisbane-Blackall-Longreach, Longreach-Brisbane, Melbourne -Launceston -Melbourne, Canberra-Sydney x2
Austrian Airlines
Geneva-Heathrow (operating flight for Swiss)
Flybe
Heathrow -Edinburgh -Heathrow
39 flights
Qantas 35 LHR-DXB-SYD SYD-DXB-LHR LHR-DXB-MEL MEL-DXB-LHR LHR-SIN-SYD SYD-SIN-LHR LHR-SIN-MEL MEL-SIN-LHR
Emirates 2 LHR-DXB-LHR
Air France 1 LHR-CDG
BA 1 LHR-FRA
Olympic LHR-ATH-LHR 3 times..so 6 flights
Eastern SEA-PDX 1 flight
Concorde. ..I wouldn't mind trying that one day (£99 Bay of Biscay flights ).. lesson ...don't put things off! One day they cease to happen and it's too late. L1011, A310, DC 10, Tu154, il62 And DC8. Was booked on a UA DC8 PDX-ORD to connect with an international flight. Bit the DC8 was late so we w...
Jump to postBritish Airways 200ER and 300ER
Emirates 300ER
Swiss 300ER
My first 4 flights were on DC9s
All -15s, all British Midland Airways
and 717s for Qantaslink
Qantas -200 and -300
Iberia -200
Finnair -300
TAP -200
787... I can't make them out. Having flown on Latam (1), British Airways (1), Air France (3) and Qantas (4) examples (including long LHR - PER -MEL return ) I've found them noisy compared to A380s or A350s. But I've sat in different places from the back to front, and found them noisy. One AF flight ...
Jump to postSAS A319 A320 Finnair A319 A320 A321 Austrian A320 Edelweiss A320 Swiss A319 A320 A321 Germanwings A319 A320 Lufthansa A319 A320 A321 Brussels Airlines A319 A320 Alitalia A320 A321 Aer Lingus A320 Air France A318 A319 A320 A321 Iberia A319 A320 TAP A319 A320 British Airways A319 A320 A321 British Mi...
Jump to postAer Lingus 400
Qantas 400 800
Lufthansa 500
Air New Zealand 300
KLM 700 800 900
SAS 600 700 800
Didn't CAAC or was it China Air Lines had some N registered 747s? I remember the PAL 742s were all US registered.
Jump to postIf it will fit on a plane someone will want. We ship everything from touring rock bands to microchips. Luxury cars to contraceptives. Bulky cheap stuff like furniture or clothing, machinery move but sea. Ultimately it's hown quickly you want it and how much you want to pay. Some contracts might have...
Jump to postFuel burn isn't everything. I'd bet that "recycling" older aircraft by converting them to freighters is a damn sight more efficient than mining and transporting the materials (both horrible for the environment) needed to make a new freighter. The utilization on these isn't nearly as high ...
Jump to post296 A320 family flights (2 A318, 92 A319, 146 A320 and 56 A321)
50 B737 -3 (NZ), -4 (QF, EI), -5 (LH), -6 (SK), -7 (SK, KL), -8 (QF, SK, KL), -9 (KL)
39 A380
32 B767
13 B747
Hence why you should always keep your seat belt on and done up at all times. You never know when the plane might encounter a little CAT.
Jump to postNorthwest Orient as it was then was a launch customer for the 747
Jump to postYes only 1835 compared to the thousands of 737 or A320 variants.
It's got me curious now, I'll have to look through my trip photos to see if I can find one.
But reading about the guy in Hillsboro OR with the ex-Olympic 727 he's turned into a living quarter. Interesting idea.
Funny I remember seeing so many of them at LHR ...Iberia TAP Lufthansa Air France Turkish Airlines Libyan Arab Iraqi Airways Syrian Air Icelandair Pan Am TWA Tunis Air Air Algerie Royal Air Maroc JAT and even ones in Air Afrique and Air Malta colours (both leased) when i was a kid, considering the r...
Jump to postI'd have to back to almost the start of my flying I think. 1985 British Midland DC9 EDI-LHR G-BMAC 1986 Pan Am 747 LHR-SFO N729PA 1986 United 727 SFO-PDX N7020U 1986 American 727 PDX-ORD N1972 1986 British Airways 747 ORD-LHR G-AWNH next flight in 87 was Pan Am again. Normally my flight are returns ...
Jump to postImagine they'd had Dracula on the film play list and a bat whistles past your ear.... or he takes a nibble from 8K in the might of the night..... We have the Count flying with us tonight.... ha-ha-ha ....let's count the rows to his seat..ha-ha-ha... Bat droppings or raisins in your salad hard to tel...
Jump to postI wonder if this was the first time this happened? I mean the Bat was a Frequent Flyer after all.
As for the statement from AI about the catering trucks well... now had this been CA of course, they would said they like to serve fresh canapés on board. ....
Well he choose Air India because he likes to be kept hanging about....
Jump to postPersonally never take my shoes off even when I do a 22 hour flight to Australia. I never wear tight shoes but comfortable ones with those funny pressure socks. Your feet can swell a bit sat on your ass for that amount of time and in Y trying to get a pair of shoes back on etc oukd be tricky but neve...
Jump to postVSMUT is right most of the current liveries might struggle to be memorable. I tend to disagree, certainly for younger people today's liveries can be quite memorable. In fact they often got nothing with the liveries that are considered retro nowadays as that was before their time. They don't remembe...
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