Re: Fokker Next Gen Update

Ah, it's that time of the year again! Another New Fokker or Rekkof announcement. Only for the project to go quiet and disappear again. But rest assured, they'll be back in a few years with another New Fokker design that will never fly. April Fools day is right around the corner. The first picture l...

Re: Sun Country eyeing second focus city similar to MSP

It has to be SAT. That's where the Alamo is located.

Re: Strange Routes And Their Reasons

On paper, San Francsco to Oakland always seemed strange to me, on United 727s and I think Air Cal too earlier with their 737 (maybe PSA and Western too can someone corroborate the latter 3 airlines please?) I don't know about Air Cal but I know WA flew SFO-OAK in the 1960's with a DC6. I'm sure it ...

Re: Strange flight paths

Due to the Russian airspace restrictions, flights between Europe and Japan/Korea are now flying over Alaska.

Re: TWA International Flying Summer 1996 (Hub/Focus City Departures)

Didn’t TWA serve India via Europe at that time? They briefly flew to BOM via KWI on a 747SP in the early 1980s. Not sure if they had India service before then. When I was a child, I flew around the world with my parents on TWA in 1972. We stopped in BOM for refueling while flying from TLV to BKK. I...

Re: 2023 NFL Charters

Went looking for San Fran's return ride from Minnesota last night and found something interesting. Flew out Saturday for a Monday game (unusual) SJC-MSP: UA2540 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2540/history/20231021/2240Z/KSJC/KMSP The plane repo'd from SFO the morning of the flight out.....

Re: The best and worst airports in the US for 2023 according to JD Power

JD power's credibility was lost in this article when they list SNA as a large airport.

Re: Silver Airways returning to GNV

Didn't see this anywhere else. Pretty sure this is their second stint in GNV and I think they owe GNV a lot of money too, but FLL service starts August 21, 2023: https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/13/silver-airways-announces-new-flight-route-between-fort-lauderdale-gainesville-airports/ Yep they use to d...

Re: Russia has only built 2 commercial airliners so far in 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-148 Here you have the Soviet equivalent (reverse engineered?) of the BAe146/ARJ, At least they had properly sized engines available, so they could do with 2 as opposed to 4 engines. The An-148 looks like a DO-328JET on steroids. Here you have the Soviet equi...

Re: Airbus 318 and 319 ... Why were they discontinued ?

The Boeing 737-600 and A318 produced amount the same number of aircraft. Interesting factoid, the only 737 variant that I have yet to fly is the 600. I had hoped to fly one with WestJet but I believe they are now all gone. In North America I'm not sure I could even find one flying, Wasn't the 735 a...

Re: Allegiant Air Announcement 7/11

ScottB wrote:

Of course, given the date, it could also be something related to LAS.

Re: Aviation humor/jokes

This is an old one, but back in the day, what does Delta stand for: Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport Delays even longer than anticipated. Direct everyone's luggage through Atlanta. Another oldie: TWA - The Worst Airline I've also heard, "Try Walking Across" Terrorists, welcome aboard. Olymp...

Re: Airport Mistakes

TNT - This was supposed to be the new Miami International Airport. It was going to be the airport of the future designed as a hub for supersonic transports. It was located in the middle of the Everglades far away from civilization. The project got cancelled after one runway was built.

Re: Multi City Airports - that are usually referred to by just one city…..

Orlando Sanford, clearly Sanford is not the draw here. No, but it serves to give the airport it's name. This is important to distinguish it from Orlando International. In this case the airport was named after a nearby town as Sanford is indeed a town in the Orlando area. What is interesting is that...

Re: 3M Fight Department closing?

bfitzflyer wrote:

I didn't know Silver airlines flew that far. Thought they were Florida based.

Re: New ultra low cost airline looking at DAB

UA to SAT?

Re: New Thai carrier “Really Cool Airlines”

I hope they fly really cool airplanes.

Re: Elvis Presley's Jetstar cut in half to make a roadworthy RV

N14AZ wrote:

I cannot imagine that the authorities will allow to drive this RV with its long nose section and steered from the cockpit.

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

Western DC-10 - Spaceship.
Eastern 727 - Whisperjet.
Eastern L-1011 - Whisperliner.
American - Luxury Liner.

Re: Airlines negatively impacted by Movie

I assume AA had editorial approval throughout the Home Alone process as well If I am remembering the movie right, wasn't that the United Terminal in the movie, so guessing United, but not sure. No, ORD H gates. American’s terminal. I was traveling heavily through ORD on AA at the time for work so w...

Re: The death of the manual transmission

The most fun I had with a manual was a mid 70's Ford van where I used to work. It had a three on the tree.

The best anti-theft device today is a manual transmission. Today's car thieves don't know how to drive one.

Re: 3 JetBlue E190s stored at PBI

JoseSalazar wrote:

Same as the (I believe) 2 stored in MCO

Re: Airliners.net: The Airline

ReverseFlow wrote:

It'll probably be a toss up between DC-9 and 757

Re: Perceived Lack of Aircraft Variety

I remember IAD in the early 90's. Regularly scheduled visitors included the DC-8, IL-62, and of course, the Concorde. The German Air Force would bring in the A310, 707, C-160, and on a few occasions, a TU-154. The Royal Air Force would bring in the L-1011, C-130, and the VC-10. I truly miss the take...

Re: Your 5th-freedom flights - Where did you go?

ORY-FCO - 707
FCO-ATH - 747
ATH-TLV-BOM-BKK - 707
BKK-HKG - 707
All on TWA.

Re: Questions on Running Out of Plane Registration Numbers

Do any US carriers lease planes from foreign companies? Would the beginning letter still be "N" for those planes? US based carriers may lease planes from outside the USA. The lease agreement will probably state where the plane is to be registered. They usually will get an "N" nu...

Re: Regional Flight Numbers

any reason that aa has 3 flight number groups for oo? this is unusual at aa. My guess is that OO has picked up additional flying for AA and needed more flight numbers. For now they will have several flight number ranges. Every so often, the majors will realign the flight numbers for their feeders. ...

Re: What is the most collectively hated airliner?

The SW Metroliner. AKA the San Antonio sewer pipe. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody speak positively about that hateful aluminum tube. The only good seat in that airplane was the middle seat in the last row. At least you can sit upright and you have legroom. From a ground handling point of vie...

Re: Which route have you flown on the most diverse number of aircraft?

SFO-LAX - DC-6, L-188, 146, 707, 720B, 721, 722, 732, 733, 735, DC-10, MD80
SFO-SLC - 720B, 721, 722, 732, 733, 738, 752, 762, DC-8, DC-10, L-1011
ORD-IAD - 721, 722, 732, 733, 735, 744, 752, 762, 763, 772, 319, 320
WAS-NYC - J32, J41, DH8-100, DH8-300, EM2, CRJ, 722, 732, 733, 738, 752, A319

Re: What Airline Do You Associate With A Particular Type?

Anything built in the former Soviet Union - Aeroflot

Re: Embarrassing Aviation Misconceptions You've Had

When I was around 4 or 5 years old, I thought when you flush the toilet in the lavatory, everything went out of the bottom of the airplane and just went splat on the ground.

Re: Flights between IAD and DCA