Flew through OAK today and was pleasantly surprised that I was able to get some decent photos of the parked A321s.
N926VA (More to Love):
https://flic.kr/p/2pdF3RM
N927VA (More to Love):
https://flic.kr/p/2pdGdgP
N922VA and N927VA with MAX9 N704AL in between:
https://flic.kr/p/2pdDMmi
China Airlines is flying its 747 Farewell Flight right now. Flight CI 2747 from TPE to TPE. Flown by B-18215, the last passenger 747-400 produced.
https://fr24.com/CAL2747/272282b0
There are scenes from the departure gate party on their Instagram @chinaairlines.tw.
I have always been fascinated with the Combi. Have flown on the Alaska 737-400 Combi a few times:
A recent episode of Flightradar 24 Podcast had someone from PW explaining what the sound is. Go to time 20:48 - "low power transient combustor tone". https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-episode-99-solving-the-mystery-of-the-whale-song/ I believe it may be attributed to the PW GTF des...
Jump to postI dug into my China Airlines timetable collection. Here are the relevant pages from the July 1, 1985 issue. The TPE-DXB-AMS-JFK-ANC-TPE flights were advertised as "Round the World Flight". TPE-DXB-AMS (CI 061/062) was flown using 74L - or 747SP TPE-ANC-JFK-AMS (CI 011/012) was flown using ...
Jump to postLooks like DL40 SYD-LAX (B77L N702DN) diverted to HNL on Wednesday.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N70 ... /YSSY/PHNL
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N70 ... /PHNL/KLAX
YES! We can even make it trendy: “flyDynasty”.
klm617 wrote:Why not just rename it "Dynasty Airlines" if you're going to give it a new name.
blooc350 wrote:Jump to postDynasty Airlines.............................
This AA press release lists all the final revenue flights on Sept 3 and 4: http://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2019/American-Airlines-Announces-Schedule-of-Final-MD-80-Revenue-Flights/default.aspx A good number of Super 80 stories here: http://news.aa.com/american-stories/default.aspx This #Super80...
Jump to postBoy, this thread turned south and off topic fast! Back on topic - upon seeing the official schedule change this evening, I called Delta to change my reservation to Feb 7 looking to waive the change fee. The reservation agent hands were tied (he has not heard of anything about waiving or crediting f...
Jump to postLast flight from SJC today (Oct 27), operated by D-AIFE. She rotated early setting up a perfect shot with Mt Hamilton.
https://flic.kr/p/2b551zg
ATL-SAN-LAX-DTW-LAX-ATL Covering both UGA and Michigan State before joining her friends in Marana on January 2nd. ferry from LAX to SAN - scheduled to arrive around 1900 (26dec) RON and operate a 10am departure to DTW Thanks delta747tlv for posting! I am a bit confused about this segment. Is 6314 p...
Jump to postThanks, everyone! :bigthumbsup: How was the Mint part of your trip ? Service on Mint was exceptional - among the best I have experienced in Business Class. Service was personalized, F/As were genuine and caring. What I experienced was consistent with other reports I have read. FWIW, here is my take ...
Jump to posthttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EAJOr-TOAAr_z3Na3sWgZf9T40oj13kDM0uvRq_DrY1TlrsvySALp7D3sav1K-_X7O81weRezOymY8UA7yOT8GT4RZb2wVt0MCG0y-u0gR16copxfkdlo-1zgn5wVrq3sK6B8qOpH9CYDn0v_nSELPnaPD4uPniHyw3fAIUwDSbYZoU0_xtY9F80PorYO_H7uZQ205MIEM-2egxqbZ7tQUMrT1YJlH-KG4lmqst-BqaWzXCADFZr4jQZ8KHHP9BQ8lxXV1tXv...
Jump to postAs we head into the last week of SWA B733 flights - anyone know which aircraft (tail numbers) are still flying?
Jump to postI took the A380 tour in Toulouse a few weeks ago and I can give you some insight and share some of my thoughts. On its own, I don’t think the A380 tour is worthwhile if you go and just take the tour. You are taken to the top floor glassed-in gallery overlooking the A380 assembly line: http://www.man...
Jump to postA self-plug, here is my trip report flying in seat 1A and the upper deck SFO-ORD-SFO last spring:
viewtopic.php?p=19289779
United announced today that it is to retire the iconic 747 from service in the last quarter of 2017. Kicking off our collective fond memories of the queen, I would like to share my experience on a domestic United 747-400 flight from last spring. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_shNQbRgb7E/Vv9KyHkiENI/AA...
Jump to postThis is a feature request. Is it possible to create a preview when you hover your pointer over a thread topic? An example below from flyertalk: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yOMrXxcANgGy8lAGWATiqQg8oBPW-cjJU9TzM2aJ2fonCQhMDjcCOTJbmVGCLo6HmeAMQQq0ufdPr8v8HTxlS06LDZ4NzkeiOBWBGfTrrLOCZD3Fcnqexosmc7...
Jump to postQuick update to let you know of some minor updates we just pushed out. We're viewing this updates as "experimental" and they may not be permanent so please let us know what you think and please pass on any good feedback from non-Crew users if you'd like! 1) Top 5 Photos slideshow on the h...
Jump to postThanks for continuing pushing changes. The site is now more visually appealing and not as appalling as when initially rolled out. I really hope you can regain all the lost customers. I uploaded some photos today to test the upload page. Some feedback: By default, the autocomplete ticks off "No ...
Jump to postI have refrained from posting up until now. While I am happy to see the crew receptive to feedback and quickly updating the site, this should have been done during a beta testing period and not during a live and painful "public testing" as we endured the past few weeks. I am happy to see t...
Jump to postAll this time, and still no pics? ....A.net is slipping. :( Here are my photos of the inaugural flights and event: https://flic.kr/s/aHskzfcP2H And you are right...I am refraining from uploading photos until this site situation is fixed. Techies will be ok with this service, they can do Y in the st...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JohnKrist" class="quote" target="_blank">JohnKrist</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>the only way to get rid of them is by ...
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Jump to postPlease see the return flight trip report here: <i><a href="/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/267968" target="_blank">Hainan (HU) 787 Dreamliner Business Class: PEK-SJC</a></i> <font size="1">(by <a href="/profile/aal151heavy" class="quote" target="_blank">aal151heavy</a> Aug 18 2015 in Trip Re...
Jump to postAfter receiving exceptional service (over-the-top, perhaps?) on Hainan’s inaugural flight from San Jose, California (<acronym title="San Jose - Norman Y. Mineta International (Municipal) (SJC / KSJC), USA - California">SJC</acronym>) to Beijing (<acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China"...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/allrite" class="quote" target="_blank">allrite</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>I noticed they had beef with Chinese satay...
Jump to postThanks again, all! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/767747" class="quote" target="_blank">767747</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Did you miss the tea cere...
Jump to postThanks everyone for your kind words! <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/bigthumbsup.gif" width="33" height="15" border="0"/> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9D...
Jump to post<b>Hainan Airlines San Jose to Beijing Inaugural</b> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Wx9HXnACagpjiWjNxvTXnJ61LbBmHNboV6m1D2Rfqsw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HeCp1MArYo4/VZ9eOwq5qnI/AAAAAAAAPcE/b9cmfPOUwsQ/s640-Ic42/5D3_9641-copy.jpg" width="640" hei...
Jump to postTwo Dreamliners enroute to <acronym title="San Jose - Norman Y. Mineta International (Municipal) (SJC / KSJC), USA - California">SJC</acronym> - it's a new era for my home airport. So awesome! <table border="0" width="102" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=11161&f...
Jump to postShe is on her way! It will be B-2759, Hainan's newest Dreamliner, delivered in April. <table border="0" width="80" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=11161&filename=14343525726W1HFJ.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/11161/thumbs/1434352...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mh330fc" class="quote" target="_blank">mh330fc</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>business class can go into the NASA - Z posi...
Jump to postThanks for the kind words, everyone! I get so excited over these flights - and I am happy to share at least some of that experience with you. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/76...
Jump to post<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5vAQW64kULcJ9ZqThv0FvEztGThcVBZAvrmAVXoU8n4?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uswzaH9iTz4/VVl5yowE26I/AAAAAAAAPMs/ifd3wy9bzkg/s640/5D3_0068-copy.jpg" width="640" height="443" border="0"/></a> <b>Prologue</b> In February, wh...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/kann123air" class="quote" target="_blank">kann123air</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>not knowing what flight was '151 heavy...
Jump to post<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rIE5LzUWvpVXAIzWT6bF0qmBiE3yWOnlH82BESgnuCo?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fJU76FuphQg/VU07H1qUwAI/AAAAAAAAO-g/PU0Iq9hhRpg/s640/5D3_9863-copy.jpg" width="640" height="438" border="0"/></a> On May 5, 2015, SkyWest Airline...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/zkncj" class="quote" target="_blank">zkncj</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>So no hot food options in an International Loung...
Jump to postThanks all for the kind words! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/767747" class="quote" target="_blank">767747</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Why does <acron...
Jump to postIn September 2014, when I found out that Air Canada was flying the Boeing 777-200LR between Toronto (<acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym>) and Los Angeles (<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - Cali...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JAAlbert" class="quote" target="_blank">JAAlbert</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Has <acronym title="American Airlines (USA...
Jump to postThanks, everyone for the kind words! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gabrielchew" class="quote" target="_blank">gabrielchew</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i...
Jump to post<i>Based upon what I read here in the forums, there seems to be a great deal of interest in Norwegian Long Haul. I'm happy to share my experience but I do have to caveat that I took this flight eight months ago and I had to rely on notes and photos as memory joggers (and we all know how "reliable" m...
Jump to postPhotos from the first day: April 1, 2001. <br/><table align="center" border="0" width="500"><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/0153723/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/0153723/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br/><i...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AA737-823" class="quote" target="_blank">AA737-823</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>I LOVE READING YOUR TRIP REPORTS</i></...
Jump to postThanks, guys! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/harim" class="quote" target="_blank">harim</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>hope to see many reports in future...
Jump to postThanks, everyone for your kind words! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/harim" class="quote" target="_blank">harim</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>It sounds ...
Jump to post<b>Conclusion and Comparison</b> <b>Post Reservation Experience</b> American allowed for advanced seat selection at no cost whereas British wanted another $100 to choose a seat on the long haul flight. In business class. Really, <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>? <acronym title="American...
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