Re: Next airline to get a new livery?

Delta is due for a refresh. The current design as a whole looks modern enough, but the small "Delta" titles on the front look so 2010-ish (especially on the Airbuses). I'd like to see them use block titles on the existing livery. Delta Connection won't have to be modified at all since bloc...

Re: All-PE A350s from Prague and Dubrovnik

Or used A330s. I can't imagine how they can use 359 range and size profitably out of those markets. I think the aircraft choice is one of the least suspect thing about their business plan and how it will be profitable. Completely agree, used A330’s or 787’s in a 3 class configuration would be a bet...

Re: A220 Howling Sound on Approach

I was actually going to ask the same thing about A*3*20's. Whenever a 320 series jet flies over, the moment it comes into hearing range it sounds like a landing UFO. "Beeeyoooooooo." Engine inlet shape or something? No other airplane does that and it's loud and distinct every time. The so...

Re: A220 Howling Sound on Approach

Probably the airline didn’t install the fuel vent sound reduction device. Fuel vents! Interesting. It seems that every US-based airline's 320's make the "UFO" noise. https://www.oharenoise.org/noise-management/technical-committee/presentations/910-a320-whistle-presentation-april-14-2020/f...

Aircraft you've been aboard but not flown in

Inspired by the Airports you visited but not flown to thread, what aircraft have you been aboard on the ground but haven't flown on?

I'll start:

Boeing 747-400F
C-17 Globemaster III
Cessna 162 Skycatcher
Concorde
Sikorsky S-76
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

Re: Airports you have visited but not flown to/through

Back when I worked for a cargo airline, I got a tour of a company aircraft on the ramp at JFK I used to spent a good amount of time at POU (Poughkeepsie, NY) and was a regular at the annual airport open house I've attended the New York International Airshow at SWF Visiting the Udvar-Hazy Center put ...

Re: Why did you fall in love with aviation?

For me it goes back to when I was very young. I had an interest in every form of transportation (cars & trucks, trains, ships, and spacecraft). When I got to airplanes, it ended up sticking. When my uncle used to fly in to visit the family, I would often go with my parents to pick him up at the ...

Re: Track Past Flights

Look up your flight here: https://www.transtats.bts.gov/ONTIME/ It'll take a bit of searching through spreadsheets and data, but it goes back a few decades. It only works for U.S. domestic airline flights, so if you're looking for international there are other threads where people have discussed res...

Re: Sunwing 737 Runway 28 Landing at SXM on video

737maxxx wrote:

Has anyone ever landed on 28 with an airliner before?

Re: Cargo Pilots Dropped Off At Passenger Terminal

Last year on Flightradar24 I noticed an Atlas 748F sitting at the pax terminal at HNL. I figured that since HA had parked many of its A332s, the gate space was open and the cargo guys decided "why not?"

Re: Is Atlas Air the new Flying Tiger Line?

Entirely different business models. Flying Tigers was a global scheduled airline. Atlas Air is a leasing company offering its services and flying on behalf of others (Amazon, Cathat, DHL, NCA, Qantas, UPS) etc and also offering charters to customers globally. Don´t Flying Tigers and Atlas Air both ...

Re: IAI Launches 777-300ER converted freighters with GECAS

To the best of my knowledge Boeing has available parts to make another 3 B748F that they do not have customers for (UPS recently turned down buying those). If there was that much demand for it then those 3 aircraft would already have been sold. Update from 6 months later: Atlas has taken these, plu...

Re: Humorous Airliners.net Quotes

Honored to have made the list. I try my best :D Another gem from the UA328 thread: [Meaning to say "boroscope"]: "Why would anyone horoscope a fan blade?" "Horoscope a blade? "Ahh, yes, this blade is a Cancer... based on the celestial bodies, it's going to have a really...

Re: UA328 engine explosion at DEN

Commentary on Fox News a little while ago: the engine failure happened at "13,000 miles above the ground." United 328 Heavy, cleared for translunar injection :lol: In all seriousness, glad everyone's safe and a big round of applause to the crew. The engine staying on wing while jumping aro...

Re: Have you ever had a "Tensed Situation" during your flight ? How did you deal with it ?

Flying a C210 from KAUS to KDWH when just after raising the gear the right door opened with my now very shaken wife screaming. She thought she was going to be sucked right out of the plane though I attempted to reassure her that wasn't happening, just keep your seatbelt tight I told her. Thankfully...

Re: British Airways Fleet Thread - 2021

BA has flown its last A318 G-EUNA from Madrid to the Netherlands today - Febr. 17, 2021 - for dismantling at AELS: - BA9279 MAD-ENS A318 G-EUNA G-EUNA Airbus A318-100 seating C32 delivered Aug 2009 stored Mar 2020 flown to be dismantled at ENS Febr. 2021 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/b...

Re: Airbus lights question

So as long as the landing gear is compressed the logo light should stay on. However I don't know what will happen after takeoff when landing gear is not compressed anymore. In A320 logo light stays on until slats are retracted however A330 FCOM doesn't mention that slats position would affect logo ...

Airbus lights question

I understand how the Airbus family has a combined "NAV/LOGO" switch that operates both the nav and logo lights. On the A320 (day or night), the logo lights come on when the landing gear is compressed (i.e. on the ground) and when the slats are extended. But looking at the A330/A340 FCOM, i...

Re: Investigation gone quiet on AA300 incident

It’s all pretty strange. If I had a “45 degree roll” to the left on takeoff, I would probably glance out at that wingtip, which is visible from the cockpit. That damage would be hard to miss. I would like to know what caused this, too. I definitely have suspicions, but the information needs to come...

Re: JSX Getting Kicked Out of SNA, Effective Jan 1 2021

I sort of read that as more of a stay of execution, rather than a clemency/full pardon.... From: https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/23/oc-nixes-prohibition-on-commuter-jet-operations-at-john-wayne-airport/ “It isn’t worth us spending any more tax dollars trying to defend.” It looks pretty clear tha...

Re: Let's talk about your top goosebumps songs

As a musician I have quite a long, non-exhaustive list (with lots of trumpet bias since that's what I play): Trauermarsch , Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler Various pieces from the many Star Wars soundtracks (that list would be LONG) Nearly anything performed by Josh Groban Children of Sanchez - Chuck...

Re: JSX Getting Kicked Out of SNA, Effective Jan 1 2021

Although they can stay, I would imagine this would discourage them from trying to add other routes / frequencies. On the contrary. A Federal Judge told SNA to step back. JSX can do what they want now that Federal preemption is clarified. I sort of read that as more of a stay of execution, rather th...

Re: Just found this fascinating history blog on WW2 surplus goods