I remember seeing JA8102 at LHR around 88-90 so she must been either on a LHR-SVO-NRT or LHR-ANC-NRT flight. CX stopped in BAH from LGW OP didn't say anything about stops, BA flew 100s to Australia. .NA is pictured at SYD as late as 88 on here, in the days when multi-stops were order of the day. PA ...
Jump to post[list=][/list] For QF, surely LAX if they were to go East to LHR. JFK would need sunrise aircraft, whereas LAX is easily reached (and currently flown by) their A380s and 787s. SYD-LHR via either YVR or JNB are shorter and better options than a US transit. But the most likely outcome for QF would act...
Jump to postI still remember seeing their 720s at LHR in the 80s. Even operated a Peruvian registered ex-Western 727 around 88-90 (believe it crashed on the way back over the Atlantic somewhere too with loss of the crew unfortunately ). But still a shame, an iconic little carrier. A friend who regularly travels...
Jump to postAs a kid, well late teens early 20s, I was told off twice for taking pictures whilst on a plane. Once was on a Pan Am flight taking off from Seattle. ..I did as I was told but laughed at the idea that the Soviets could probably take all the pictures they wanted from a satellite! The second time was...
Jump to postNot withstanding the Covid rescue flight, it initially made me think of their audious flight to Buenos Aires in 1960, to capture Adolf Eichmann. Then drugging him and dressing him in an El Al uniform and getting him through customs by pretending he was a crew member who'd had too much to drink, to g...
Jump to postSometimes I think some of the smaller cities can be more interesting than the larger ones. Lyon, Rotterdam, Delft, ValencIa, Bergen, Stuttgart, Cologne, Lucerne, Nuremberg, Salzburg, for example. Sometimes I've been flying somewhere "because never been there before" and been pleasantly sur...
Jump to postAs a kid, well late teens early 20s, I was told off twice for taking pictures whilst on a plane. Once was on a Pan Am flight taking off from Seattle. ..I did as I was told but laughed at the idea that the Soviets could probably take all the pictures they wanted from a satellite! The second time was ...
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British Airways x 28 - LHR-MAD-LHR / LHR-ATH / STO-LHR / LHR-EDI-LHR / FRA-LHR - G-BNWA/B/C/I/S/X/Y/Z/BZHA/B/C
Qantas x 3 - MEL-SYD / BNE-SYD - VH-OGO/R
Icelandair x 1 - KEF-LHR TF-ISO
scbriml wrote:bennett123 wrote:So this was a lot colder than normal?.
A bit - on the game coverage I saw, they took a bottle of water out of a fridge and it froze solid in about five seconds.
Tell him to "get to the back of the line"... seem to recall he said that to us once. Funny though if no one was in... For national security, the conversation has been edited and part of the transcript removed. Hi thought I'd drop in a for coffee, your PM Tony, no ...David, that's it, David...
Jump to postIn no particular order Qantas 747 x 3 Qantas A380 x 35 Emirates A380 x 2 Lufthansa 747 x 4 Air France A380 x 1 BA 747 x 1 BA A380 x 1 Pan Am 747 x 5 Swiss RJ100 x 3 Iberia A340 x 5 Don't think I've missed anything. Came close to flying a UA DC8, but due to delays changed flights to an AA 727 instead...
Jump to postSuch a shame the old Olympic Airways disappeared, sadly these things happen, but a nice airline to fly on in their day. My dad used to work for them in London late 60s/early 70s , they taught him how to swear in Greek! Something he later taught me as well ! Which I still use to a very good Greek fr...
Jump to postSuch a shame the old Olympic Airways disappeared, sadly these things happen, but a nice airline to fly on in their day. My dad used to work for them in London late 60s/early 70s , they taught him how to swear in Greek! Something he later taught me as well ! Which I still use to a very good Greek fri...
Jump to postI think that one of the best 'hidden gems' is the daily Emirates 773 between Malta and Larnaca, which not only provides you with a solid 2:20 Hrs of wide-body pleasure, but also enables you to sample a whole whack of 'quasi' long-haul amenities like a nice lunch&drinks, menu cards, inflight ent...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:A “direct” flight is NOT a non-stop flight. It is one that doesn’t involve a connection.
I can remember some time ago..circa mid 90s MAS got themselves into a lot of trouble with the CAA as a number of flights were arriving into LHR on fumes. One occasion a full emergency was declared and the plane had to get towed from the taxiway it was so low on fuel. That was the final straw, didn't...
Jump to postPrior to Covid Id had a first class reward ticket booked with Qantas from LHR-SYD return. But had to cancel it, I've still got the points but having to care for an very elderly parent now, so the possibility of rebooking it is on hold. But as a self funded traveller I'd book flights as cheap as poss...
Jump to postShortest of the short for me was probably TXL-FRA (Twice) on a LH 744. Figured I wouldn't get the opportunity to fly C on a 747 again (turns out these flights may be my last 747 flights too as no one could gave foreseen Covid etc)..bolting a multi course meal in 40 minutes. But great fun wish I'd do...
Jump to postIranian Air Force will still be using theirs... IMO, the key will be the availability of spares. What proportion of the parts for a 400 or 800 applicable to a 200 or 300. The other big factor will be political, in terms of the removal of sanctions. Absolutely, the 100s and 2J9Fs are chalk and chees...
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Jump to postHistoric 1. Thai..before the purple arrived 2. Singapore Airlines. ..with yellow 3. Qantas. ..with flying wings on kangaroo 4. Olympic Airways 5. Gulf Air (as in the Tristar era) 6. Air Lanka (red peacock) 7. BWIA ..dark green (A340s) 8. Iberia 9. Air Afrique 10. British Caledonian Current 1. Singap...
Jump to postYes absolutely. ...last one I did was last year, LHR-ZRH on an Air Baltic A220 (slightly odd discussion with Swiss immigration. .how long are you here for, just a few hours, why? Well it's like this..... she thought I was nuts) But as many other posts have said, that's the fun and interesting part o...
Jump to postThis reminds me of the USAir 737 collision with the Skywest Metroliner at LAX in 1991, the pilots didnt see it in front of them until the last second as they dipped the nose, when it was too late. Small plane in the dark is going to be hard to see, both for the JAL crew and potentially ATC as well. ...
Jump to postIf we go back to late 80s early 90s then there were a lot of European carriers sending 737s into LHR Excluding BA and BD as home carriers Aer Lingus...now A320 family TAP... now A320 family JAT....now Air Serbia and Croatia AL both A320 family Air Malta...now A320 family Sabena...now Brussels AL A32...
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Max Q wrote:There’s a few that come to mind, one in particular was BA IIRC at one time they operated :
B737-200
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Can say I've really been anywhere that dreadful, as I wouldnt be going there in the first place. There are some places I've been that are perhaps overrated. But that can be very much a matter of opinion so I'll keep them to myself. But the one thing travelling does is that sometimes you find little ...
Jump to postFirst one was also my first international flight.
1986 Pan Am 747-212B London Heathrow to San Francisco. ....N729PA...so now you know why I use it as my "callsign"
G-MIDT BMI Teeside to LHR 18th May 2006 The day the first A380 landed at LHR as we were all looking for it, when we landed. Flew on G-MIDT again under BA ownership (only plane I've flown on with two different carriers) Since then must have done close to 300 flights on the family. BD AF BA LX LH IB T...
Jump to postA few years back I saw a MIAT 737 at Berlin Tegal, which I thought was old and maybe leased to someone but turned oit it was a normal scheduled flight which I thought was interesting. A flight from Ulan Bator to Berlin. I lost track since covid whether it restarted but some distance in a 737 too. Cl...
Jump to postI think Pan Am were of their time on so many levels, seeing images of The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe or Frank Sinatra walking down their steps added glamour to their brand and also flying. Imagine Brad Pitt coming of a United 777..not the same. But also Pan Am pushed boundaries all the time, because t...
Jump to postI think Pan Am were of their time on so many levels, seeing images of The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe or Frank Sinatra walking down their steps added glamour to their brand and also flying. Imagine Brad Pitt coming of a United 777..not the same. But also Pan Am pushed boundaries all the time, because th...
Jump to postYeso can't believe it's 20 years. Remember watching Alpha Echo depart LHR for the last time some days later as she headed to the Caribbean for retirement. I've often sited Concorde since as one of those things in life where you say we should do that one day (referring to the Bay of Biscay flights), ...
Jump to postI was on first nonstop commercial flight, QF10 from LHR-PER-MEL with VH-ZND
Jump to postThe business about the ME3 being the best is rubbish and self publicity. Fly first class and they probably kiss your ..... shoes I was going to say! But it the old story (propaganda ) repeat after me Qatar Airways are the best.. if people read it and see it enough times, they believe it. A large ele...
Jump to postUnited ..late 80s must have had quite a range of varied equipment following the collection of the old Pan Am Pacific routes with Tristars and SPs joining their fleet
Air France at the same time had a varied fleet too from F28s to Concorde
Talking of BA and their A320 family liveries, when they had the Golden Dove livery we'd had one on the inbound flight from somewhere, and we'd been put on a remote stand out T5C way. On the bus behind me was a young family and Daddy was telling the little boy and girl that was a special plane they'd...
Jump to postI found myself landing at LHR from MAD on Iberia EC-MJT A330 on what was it's first commercial flight, but not sure if it was this site or not off hand. Plus VH-ZND on LHR-PER on its first nonstop flight Leaving LHR https://www.airliners.net/photo/Qantas/Boeing-787-9-Dreamliner/4916089?qsp=eJw1jDEOw...
Jump to postWait till they bring the coffee and then ask for some sugar
If youre polite and not over demanding then no reason not to use the button.
G-BMAC British Midland Airways DC9-15 Last I know from a picture on here, she was fairly derelict and engine-less as XA-SZC for TAESA at Toluca - Licenciado Adolfo Lopez Mateos International Airport in 2012 https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-TAESA/Douglas-DC-9-15/7263783?qsp=eJxVjTEOwkAMBP/iGg...
Jump to postAir France A380 Iberia A343 A346 Aer Lingus B734 BA B747-100 B763 SAS B736 B737 B738 Swiss A319 RJ100 Austrian DHC8 Lufthansa B735 Helvetic F100 KLM City Hopper F70 American B727-100 Alaska B72S United B727-100 Air New Zealand B733 Qantas B734 B744 B74E B763 Germanwings A319 British Midland DC9-15 A...
Jump to postWho's to say what the political situation in North Africa and Morocco will be like in 10 years time. Only takes another Arab Spring to destabilise the area and a number of these countries are very reliant on tourism and they can't all use the EK business model. 1977 Tehran had a big future ahead...w...
Jump to postLast quad was
A380 - VH-OQE SIN-LHR back in 2019
A340 - EC-JPU MAD-LHR back in 2018
B747 - D-ABVX FRA-TXL back in 2017
RJ100 - HB-IYY ZRH-GVA back in 2016 (nearly forgot about the 146!)
Trijet hmmm
727 - N322AS PDX-SEA back in 1987
Is it still Oktoberfest?
Lifting bags or lifting steins of beer?
More fun in the beer Hall than baggage Hall perhaps
Beware of opening too many accounts with every airline you fly on. Check the AA account and see if you can get the EY points through them or not. Otherwise you dilute your points over numerous carriers. I did that with SK and LH initially, then realised the LH was more beneficial to me. Goes without...
Jump to postMaybe they could apply faces to their planes, Norwegian style...
Compo
Clegg
Foggy
Nora and Wally
Ivy and Sid
Smiler
Pan Am
Eastern Airlines
North Pacific Airways (United Express carrier)
British Midland
British Midland Regional
Flybe
Olympic Airways (v.1)
Alitalia
Germanwings
Personal two colours favourites were Air New Zealand blue and green) and JAL (red and black). Original Thai (circa late 80s earlyou 90s) before all the purple appears. But as with any colour scheme, some look better on certain planes too. The Gulf Air Tristar was a great combination but not the same...
Jump to postYes BCAL had DFW first plus if I remember correctly IAH ATL (which was a codeshare with Sabena using their 743 starting in BRU) plus JFK and LAX. BA took them over around 87-88 and as I recall continued to serve DFW from LGW, which in those days AA did too. Prior to that NZ had a LGW-DFW sector on t...
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