Hi ! Since you started it, I might as well continue: 1) I do confirm that the flight attendant really said what you quoted above; I mean that I "read" ( try to ) her lips and as far as I can be sure, she did pronounce it. 2) I first thought that it was an error; then I convince myself that "this" mu...
Jump to postto The777Man : Century City, <acronym title="Air China">CA</acronym>, February 8, 2005 — ..... VIETNAM AIRLINES, based in Hanoi, Vietnam, leases two (2) used Boeing B777-200ER aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft, <acronym title="Madison - Dane County Regional / Truax Field (MSN / KMSN), USA - Wisconsin...
Jump to postAbout the HVN GoldenLotus <acronym title="Vietnam Airlines">VN</acronym>-A143 seen there at BRU : <a href="http://planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=314715" target=_blank>http://planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=314715</a> it carries a delegation of vietnamese <acronym title="Martinair (Netherlands)">M...
Jump to postI've found this photo , right there , in A.net :
https://www.airliners.net/open.file/342169/L/
--nh
to Roberta : AFAIK , <acronym title="Vietnam Airlines">VN</acronym>-A141/2 = leased = <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> => <acronym title="Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Tan Son Nhat (SGN / VVTS), Vietnam">SGN</acronym>/<acronym title="Hanoi - Noi Bai (HAN / VVNB), Vietnam">HAN<...
Jump to postBonjour, 1) VNmese officials used to travel on HVN planes on official trip ( when will we see an dedicated kind-of-AF1 ? IMHO not within the next 10 years :-( 2) the UK visit of course does not target asking for a slot at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> ...
Jump to postBonsoir,
This very likely is VN-A143 from an official visit to Germany ( March 4th and 5th , as shown in reply 2 ) , on the return leg from Havana .
--nh
DoDuc
Bonsoir, I'm looking at the Mekong's XU-735 when I learned that the plane operated with it's green livery only between 15-01-2003 and 20-07-2003 ; I wonder what can be the cost of painting such a livery like this ( excluding the design value -- only the paint & spraying fees ) , and , yes , is it wo...
Jump to postThe second 772 has arrived at NoiBai ( HAN ) :
http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Kinh-doanh/2003/06/3B9C8FB9/
Bonjour, How are Airliners' names updated ? May I suggest adding - Pacific Airlines ( fromVietNam -- I'm aware that this name does exist before this vietnamese company ) - VASCO ( also from VietNam ) all two are recorded in <acronym title="Adria Airways (Slovenia)">JP</acronym> : as far back as 1992...
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PLS , what about ship 807 ?
Merci,
--nh
Nhuan DODUC
Bonjour, AFAIK , <acronym title="Vietnam Airlines">VN</acronym>-A141 & 142 are leased from ILFC and powered with GE90-94B ( in a press release by ILFC ) , while the 4 "bought" ( <acronym title="Vietnam Airlines">VN</acronym>-A143 ? ) use PW4090 as announced directly by HVN "Thứ ba, 29/1/2002, ...
Jump to postBonjour, Many thanks for the reply , especially to the CorrectionsEditor . I was near to "despair" that my question get into oblivion . So may I put again the same question with respect to others AirForces : * Japan : it looks like the american way , although I doubt that it's fiscal year related * ...
Jump to postBonjour, Where can I find an exhaustive list of australian & neo-zelander aircraft designation : ... A20-xxx B707 A21-xxx F/A18 Hornet A22-xxx Eurocopter Squirrel ( N22-xxx for Navy ) A23-xxx Pilatus PC-9 A26-xxx Dassault Falcon A27-xxx BAE Hawk ... does it exist A01-xxx ? and what's that ? where ar...
Jump to postBonjour, Where can I find an exhaustive list of australian & neo-zelander aircraft designation : ... A20-xxx B707 A21-xxx F/A18 Hornet A22-xxx Eurocopter Squirrel ( N22-xxx for Navy ) A23-xxx Pilatus PC-9 A26-xxx Dassault Falcon A27-xxx BAE Hawk ... does it exist A01-xxx ? and what's that ? where ar...
Jump to postBonsoir ! The reference "Bill Harms" site gives all ( the usual ) details about these planes , eg. : 49515 1609 MD-82(SA) JT8D-217A 12/12/89 CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES (GECA) B-2131 [BUILT IN CHINA (LINE NO. 16)] 49502 1300 MD-82(SA) JT8D-217A 07/07/87 CHINA NORTHERN AIRLINES B-2108 BUILT IN CHINA (.......
Jump to postBonjour,
To whom it may concerns : the french post (office) commemorates this event by issuing a stamp ( FDC ... )
--nh
http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Kinh-doanh/2002/10/3B9C1357/ Basically it's the announcement of the new HVN livery , beginning with the 1st 777 ( the one bought -- expected 03Q3 -- or the one leased -- expected 03Q2 -- ? ) , the GoldenLotus ( of S7-RGV => VN-A762 ) will take 5 years to be completed on ...
Jump to postThanks for the two replies !
Eh oui ! la Stroumfette -- qui ne se reconnaitrait pas , mais alors PAS DU TOUT -- s'est faite attendre !
--nh
DoDuc
Bonjour, From Bill Harms : 30597 797 B767-332(ER) CF6-80C2B6F 06/15/00 AIR CHINA B-2499 N179DZ,B-4025 [VIP CONFIG. - OPF GOVERNMENT][CHINESE 'AIR FORCE ONE'] Is this one the aircraft that makes the headline news last year ? If yes then there exist one thumbnail that one cannot be sure that it refers...
Jump to postBonjour, I just see that VH-VBI has the "australian flag carrier" on the nose , somehow similar to the "british flag carrier" on Virgin's JerseyGirl or PrettyWoman ... Can anyone point me to a close-up of this "australian flag carrier" to see what looks like ? Merci, --nh DoDuc PS : BTW is smurfette...
Jump to postBonjour, All the numbers will help tracking the plane thru its history A photo may be a great thing but it's greater if instead of a snapshot ( a still object ) one can follow the evolution of a "living" being So clearly I want the numbers and wish that those who fed them here will continue : many t...
Jump to postBonjour, I observe that VietNam ( was XV and now ) is VN, Laos is RDPL ( which may mean République Démocratique Populaire du LAOS ) , and Philipine is RP thus think that not every country has asked ICAO for a prefix ? Is that true ? Especially did the soviet asked for CCCP or have they just painted ...
Jump to postBonjour,
BTW , does anyone have info about the LR ntu ( ? ) by EVA
Merci,
--nh
DoDuc
PS : can RayChuang give me a good email address ?
Bonjour, 1) Hàng Không VêtNam ( as well as Air VietNam ) as you surely know was the official name of the southVietnamese national carrier ( before 1975 ) . AFAIK HKVN was used on at least one aircraft after 1975 : VN-B198 . By 1992 ( +/- 1 year ) all civil aviation activities was incorporated into V...
Jump to postBonjour, 1) I heard that HVN will lease some ( 2 or 3 ?) B777 for traffic as soon as next March 2) I heard that 1st traffic will be PAR-SGN ( without stopping at Dubai ) and definitely I will take this flight ( instead of PAR-TPE-SGN , my next preferred ) 3) I hope that the "owned" B777 will get the...
Jump to postI wish someone be nice to display(upload) his (her ???) photos of aircraft flying over South VietNam between 1954 and 1975 , namely from the national airline HangKhongVietNam aka. Air VietNam . It's a pity to let these invaluable pieces of recent history slipping into oblivion : if they are not disp...
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