Re: Israel and Jordan signed an agreement which allows Jordan's and Israel's airspace to be used

escapedia wrote:

for all airlines. That means couple of things:

3. ALL airlines (i.e. Lufthansa or DHL) could fly over IL and JO on their routes passing over IL and JO.

Re: Biden's Campaign Charter

His campaign flew on a jetblue E190 the other day. He was in a gulfstream though. The press (and maybe some of the campaign) have been flying on a JetBlue E190. Biden has been flying on a GLF4, reg. N2129. I don't know if they've switched to using something else now, but that was the case as of las...

Re: FedEx plane makes emergency landing at LAX

dcs921 wrote:

N68077, N68078, and N68079 were all leased from LATAM Airlines group and all 3 had winglets.

Re: FedEx plane makes emergency landing at LAX

Edit: I have one question for the experts here: why doesn't this 767 have winglets? I'm not an expert. FedEx doesn't have winglets on any of their 767s. A few years ago they had them on some leased 767s. IIRC all of them have been returned now. Winglets are not installed from the factory. They are ...

Re: BWI Spotting Location Question

World DC-10 area is out of the question. During weekdays it's a parking lot for the construction workers on the Amazon ever expanding cargo terminal. I think they check ID or some other credentials when you enter. On weekends they have security posted there. Because it looks like it's open it doesn'...

Re: DC-8-73F N807DH.....What's Up With This A/C

CATIIIevery5yrs wrote:

I’m wondering where they found the pilots. Is there a DC-8 sim in the states? I’ve been sidelined for months I’ll go fly the thing.

Re: Qatar at DXB pre conflict

Thanks for the all replies. Disappearance of Qatar in UAE bumped up the fares in the region. Now I know why. So many daily flights with WB aircraft. I started going to the region weeks after the flights were suspended. My Thursday-Saturday RUH-DXB-RUH flights were running on average $400. The cheape...

Qatar at DXB pre conflict

I'm just trying to find out what were the frequencies and aircraft types on DOH-DXB route pre 2018 Gulf vs. Qatar conflict?

Re: How many active NAMC YS-11s are left?

2 or 3 should be stored in Laredo TX airport if not scrapped yet.

Re: THAI Airways flies into bankruptcy

I would not write the A380 off yet not only for face saving. It is said some certain VVVVVVVVIP and his many wives and girlfriends enjoy the ride to his real residences in Germany on the A380. If Thai is going to survive in this amazing country, A380 will be kept as long as this VVVVVVVVIP wants to...

Re: lack of courtesy

At BWI we have unwritten rule of either going to the fence by the parking lot, standing in line along the treeline or going up the road to have over the fence shots. If people in the midfield ignored all the courtesy calls, they are just plain a**wipes. And because of people like that, other spotter...

Re: Speculation: American Airlines might file bankruptcy again

So who plagiarized who with this “article”? This has a date prior to the Sam Chui post.... https://www.ccn.com/fasten-your-belts-american-airlines-investors-flying-into-another-bankruptcy/ Anything for clicks. This Sam Chui couldn't tell the difference between 747 and a bicycle few years ago, now h...

Re: MEA new livery

Just wait for this S. Korean AF1 plane to be finished before you put your judgment. The rudder is still in the prime colors, so just give it a time.

Re: USAF E-11A plane crash in Afghanistan

RolandRat wrote:

Are the C-27's operated for the US Department of State ?
Cant find any accident details for this yet

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's 727-31 for sale on eBay

His plane is N908JE stored in Brunswick Georgia. BQK airport. If you go to google maps you will see it stored at north east part of the airport. Right next to Travolta's 707.

Re: USAF E-11A plane crash in Afghanistan

And today in Iraq, USAF C-27 Spartan crashed. All 4 members on board perished. RIP
Do we know what tail number it was?

Re: Washington Dulles IAD suddenly becoming a new destination for multiple large airlines

And don't forget that Icelandair and Aer Lingus abandoned BWI and came to IAD.

Re: QF9 Load Restrictions to due Iran/Iraq closure

Whats the LF on this flight anyway? Is it going out full every day in both directions?

Re: LOT News Thread - 2020

If you trim out the damp/wet/moist/ACMI leased frames (and exclude the ERJs as they're stored), you actually end up with: Q400 E170/175/190/195 737-3/4/5/800/MAX-8 787-8/9 Really not a very diverse fleet as it stands! LOT doesn't have any -300 or -500s. The -300 is opb. Getjet LY-GGC, One -400 is a...

Re: Las Vegas Spotting/Photos Advice?

KFTG wrote:

Rent a car and "borrow" a ladder from Walmart nearby.

Re: FedEx to park 35 planes on weaker demand

Just speaking of devil. Last Tuesday I've shipped 0.5lb envelope from DC to TX. The item supposed to arrive last Thursday. It didn't. It arrived today. And while I was typing my previous message, I've got this email from FedEx. "Please be advised of the rate changes to your shipment xxxxxxx dat...

Re: FedEx Missing Financial Targets, Overstaffed With Pilots

Yeh, she's the problem here. :boggled: Helane Becker is a managing director and senior research analyst who covers airlines, air freight, aircraft and container leasing. She has more than 30 years of experience on Wall Street, holding positions within the research, trading, and investment banking d...

Re: BWI Air Service Announcement 12/18 @ 10AM

Silver on SF340 to Morgantown probably

Re: DL retiring MD-80s quickly

Down to 53 MD-88 and 28 MD-90s

Re: Avianca news

RCS763AV wrote:

I had read elsewhere that BOG-IAD was going to be upgraded to 11x weekly, so twice daily is better news! However, IAD will lose widebody service (currently operating on A330).

Registrations for past commercial flights

Is there a place where I can find registrations for my past flights? I'm missing few and I've looked everywhere I could think of. BTS site doesn't list my flights (in US) and I've tried couple of European sites. No luck. Maybe here someone will be able to help me or to point me into right direction ...

Re: British Airways at BWI

My point was that on most (not all) of the missed airlines you can go to Asia, ME or Africa.
I'm using exclusivelly United/Lufthansa from IAD to fly to RUH, DXB, DMM, BAH.

Re: British Airways a BWI

BWI does have a few more international flights than just London (but not many transoceanic ones) British Airways London–Heathrow Condor Seasonal: Frankfurt Air Canada Express Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Southwest Airlines Aruba, Cancún, Liberia (CR), Montego Bay, Nassau, Punta Cana, San José ...

Re: 'Unresponsive Aircraft' DC Area

In the news this morning they've said that the USCG helicopter was dispatched to intercept the "blimp" on the radar, but they couldn't find anything.
It shows you that they didn't care what was flying above DC because they've sent CG Daulphin

Re: Rumour: Singapore Airlines looking at another US ULR route - ORD, BOS or IAD?

I agree that ORD makes the most sense. The UA connections would help sustain the flights. SQ and UA do not code share or offer flights on each other's networks and they do not cooperate with each other. Even AA may cooperate with SQ before UA does. So Star hubs mean nothing to SQ. In fact B6 or AS ...

Re: ex-UA 762 information?

Dahlgardo wrote:

timf wrote:

It can't be N615UA. This was in 2017.

Ah, didn't notice picture was 2010

Can only be 601 then

I have pictures of 602, 606, 613, 614 and 615 in full cls taken after 2010

Re: ex-UA 762 information?

KFTG wrote:

dcaviation wrote:

N612UA was looking like that but it was scrapped few years ago.

Sounds like you forgot.

Re: ex-UA 762 information?

Here is list of all B767-200s at VCV N248AY 767-201ER US Airways N249AU 767-201ER US Airways N250AY 767-201ER US Airways N251AY 767-2B7ER US Airways N252AU 767-2B7ER US Airways N256AY 767-2B7ER US Airways N542BC 767-2B1ER AeroMexico N602UA 767-222ER United Airlines N615UA 767-222 United Airlines If ...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines names a B787-9 "Tel Aviv"

The real question is does ET even deploy the 787 to any Arab countries? From what I know most flights are operated with the 737. Most of the Arab countries are operated with Ethiopian's widebodies. Dubai alone is 3x daily mix of A359/B77W/B788-9. On some days, early morning flights are being subbed...

Re: Why are turboprops so unpopular in the US?

I think the Colgan Air 3407 crash outside Buffalo is what sealed the fate of the turboprop in the US. After that crash people’s perceptions of turboprops changed. The crash had nothing to do with it being a prop plane but it did hurt the image of them with people that don’t know any better. The pro...

Re: Regal hotel vs Marriott Hotel spotting at HKG

I've stayed there for 3 days. Had to book "Premium" room to be on a high flight overlooking the gates. Its a nice short walk to the spotting platform. From your room you can photograph planes taxi to and from the gates. To go to the other side of the airport I took taxi for arrival shots. ...

Re: My handmade airports (1:500 scale).

Nice Terminal B at IAD If you want it to be exact, place Alitalia A330 to the second gate on the left of the Mid field ATC tower. They park at B48

Re: UK Bans Emirates First Class Shower Attendants

As a Brit, I am normally mortified by how the UK Border Force operates and the decisions it takes but I can almost understand this. Dubai/UAE is known as somewhere that uses modern day slavery in almost every sector: construction, hospitality, healthcare etc etc. These people are paid very little, ...

Re: My handmade airports (1:500 scale).

I will post the pics of Washington "Dulles" in the next hours. As i already said i am realizing section of the airports because the entire airport is too big and i have no space; i have realized big sections of London City, Dubai (for a friend from Dubai), Rome FCO Satellite terminal, Mal...

Re: Air France Studies Stretched Airbus "A220-500"

Air France fleet will be Simplified. LOL
They will add 2 more types to call it even at 21

Re: My handmade airports (1:500 scale).

Do you have pictures of your IAD? I would love to see it.
About HKT, is it the old one or the one with new terminal?

Re: What happened to the Soviet Airliner manufacturers?

Soviet aircraft in general did not have a worse safety record. The people saying this here really need to open up and actually READ the statistics. The reason these manufacturers more or less disappeared is the economic crisis in the 1990s and 2000s. Their designs from before 1991 were not optimize...

Re: What happened to the Soviet Airliner manufacturers?

Soviet aircraft in general did not have a worse safety record. The people saying this here really need to open up and actually READ the statistics. The reason these manufacturers more or less disappeared is the economic crisis in the 1990s and 2000s. Their designs from before 1991 were not optimize...

Re: Why are turboprops so unpopular in the US?

Scott nailed it. Given how few props there are flying in the USA, a few high profile accidents like the American Eagle ATR in 1994, Colgan DHC-8 in 2009 but also some smaller ones like the CoG Beech 1900 early 2000s and the Chalks Mallard in 2005 were props. In Europe or Asia, by far the most notor...

Re: What happened to the Soviet Airliner manufacturers?

I can only think of two...back in the late 1940's. 1) B-29/Tu-4 bomber 2) Rolls Royce Nene (I think it was the Nene), which was purchased and then copied and put on MiG-15's. But I too would be interested to see any notable list of equipment/parts for civilian aircraft and newer than 1955. Before N...

Re: Regal hotel vs Marriott Hotel spotting at HKG

Regal, hands down.

Re: What happened to the Soviet Airliner manufacturers?

Why did you add PZL to the design bureau? PZL was never part of any soviet program. Couple of PZL factories built planes for Antonov (AN-2 about 10k of them, and AN-28 few hundred of them). MiG 15/17 and 19 were built in Poland on a license. MiGs destined for PoAF were called Lim, and MiGs destined ...

Re: DL retiring MD-80s quickly

As of today, Delta has 29 active MD-90s and 64 MD-88s

Re: Spotting at IAD? I need some help....

Drive 100 yards further and you'll be at the Sully Park. They have gazebo where you can sit down and enjoy morning photography.

Re: Famous Safety Card Collectors

I used to collect safety cards. Between 1990 and 2005 I've collected over 2000 cards. Then I sold my (almost) entire collection to some guy in Germany (don't remember his name). I've kept only about 20 cards with sentimental value. Like Malaysian DC-10, Iran Air B747SP, B741, F100 and couple of othe...