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Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

Here are some more ... https://www.sunshineskies.com/sarasota-bradenton-airport-in-the-1970s.html https://www.sunshineskies.com/sarasota-bradenton-airport-1975-1979.html I grew up on the east coast, just south of MLB and their facilities were nearly identical ... amazing how much changes over the y...

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Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

Stumbled across this old photo of SRQ from back in the late1960's ... appears to be a 1 gate facility ... scroll down to the first photo ... https://www.sunshineskies.com/executive.html Great photo! I remember flying out of SRQ circa 1979. The terminal looked just like this. I remember sitting in t...

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Re: Cargo 727 landing in South Sudan crashes into MD-82 wrecked in previous accident

Is it a write off?
Sorry….(not sorry)

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Re: First Time You Flew on an A320?

United, circa 1992 from ORD to DCA. Their original interior was very cheap looking. The seats were leather, but the trim around the armrests was some kind of cheesy, flimsy looking plastic. IIRC, they updated the interiors shortly thereafter.

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Re: Shortest flight in F/C on an internationally configured long haul

AA DC-10-30 three class from Tulsa OK to DFW back in the mid 90’s. Sleeper seats with pull-out footrests. 45 minute flight.

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Re: First Time Flying On A Widebody?

Delta L-1011 from ATL to JAX August, 1977.

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Re: Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the timing seems seriously suspect. Just days into testimony against Boeing…RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 The timing is not 'suspect', it's simply bad for the legal proceedings. It's only 'suspect' if his death were truly unexpected. 62 year-old ...

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Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

SLCFriskyBoy wrote:

What does SSW stand for?

Split scimitar winglets.

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Re: (Rumor) - Aeromexico to start TPA

The flight is available for booking on Aeromexico.com.

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Re: Delta to Brisbane

LAX-BNE is now available on Delta.com (DL93).
Premium Select is showing “sold out”, with Comfort Plus in what is the DPS seats. Programming goof?

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Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

https://www.aerolopa.com/dl-3nf

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Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

You can look here. Although they seem to only post exterior photos and in this case interior photos would be far more interesting given this is the to be first A321NEO with the lie flat seats in Delta One: https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/11523 Does anyone know whether these planes will have one o...

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Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2023

AdEd wrote:
DL's new 275-seater A359 is debuting on ATL-JNB from 6/1 and then on ATL-CPT from 8/1. You can also view the seatmap when searching up these flights for booking on DL's website.

Interesting seat map. Looks like no dedicated lavs for DPS. That’s not a good thing, IMHO.

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Re: DL Sued for Serving Drunk Off-Duty FA Who Groped, Kissed Other Pax

I don’t know how anyone could drink five cans of that awful wine. I couldn’t get through one of them. Glad the cans are gone.

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Re: Route launch cake

Somewhat related to this topic, I remember back in the 80s, Southwest used to have an enormous array of donuts at the gates at DAL and HOU for morning flights. I joyously imbibed.

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Re: Braniff International 1982 - 2022

I flew the Braniff Concorde (BA metal of course) from DFW to IAD in February, 1979. The fare was around $169.00. Braniff pilots and flight attendants. Pretty over the top service. I still have a commemorative tie tack that says “Braniff Concorde” with a tiny Concorde plane on it. $169.00 well spent....

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Re: 2021 Airport Passenger Totals

bfitzflyer wrote:
where is TPA or SFO?

Or ATL, ORD, JFK, EWR, LGA, SEA

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Re: United 787-8 Darkening.Windows.- Uh, Hello?

I''ve ridden 787s with nearly a dozen airlines, always with window seats, and find this subject to be bizarrely exaggerated. Unless it's already dark outside, for which visibility would be limited regardless, I've never had a problem seeing or even (casually) photographing, with windows even at ful...

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Re: 50 years of Tampa International Airport

TPA is where I became an av-geek. For me, going there was tantamount to going to a theme park. My favorite spotting location was Terminal E (National Airlines). The concourse was situated higher than the planes, giving great unobstructed views of takeoffs and landings on 1 and 19. Terminal E had ind...

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"Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

https://www.newsweek.com/cat-pilot-atta ... ht-1573256

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Re: Golden Days at DFW

DL flew the L15 from DFW to FRA in the late 80s, early 90s. I flew it in business class. I remember the entire airplane filled with cigarette smoke! I also remember flying it from DFW to IAH in the late 80s.

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Re: Photographer Ozell Stephens Jr. Passed Away

May he Rest In Peace. I enjoyed his great photos and enthusiasm.

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Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - April 2020

Nicknuzzii wrote:
United blocked all middle seats until next April. Isn’t this a bit too much?

Is there a link to this? I couldn’t find it on United.com or even by googling it.

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Re: Corona Virus outbreak - Aviation related News and Discussion Thread

KU has stopped flying to Iran along with YI. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-kuwait-idUSKBN20E2R1 A pax on a Mahan Air flight THR-BEY tested positive for coronavirus. All the pax were advised to self quarantine at home for 14 days. Is there a link to an article regarding the Mahan A...

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Re: Corona Virus outbreak - Aviation related News and Discussion Thread

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/31/coronav ... feb-6.html

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Re: DL159 to ICN Diverted to FAI

https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/fairbanks
Better work quick!

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Re: Major delays on DL BOM-JFK

It has, however arrived on time (even early) for the past five days, per info on FR24.

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Re: Have you landed at the alphabet?

This was fun! Q, U, and V ain’t gonna ever happen. A ATL, ABQ, ARN, AUA, AMS, AUS, ASP, AYQ, ANC B BWI, BTR, BCN, BRU, BNA, BOS, BKK C CDG, CKG, CHA, CLE, CVG D DAL, DFW, DEN, DCA, DAY, DTW E EWR, ELP F FSD, FAR, FLL, FRA, FAI G GEG H HNL, HOU, HKG I IAD, IAH, ITO, ITH, ISP J JAX, JNU K KOA L LHR, L...

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Re: What is Your Least Favorite A Net Story.

Anything that links a Daily Mail article as the source of the thread.

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Re: United Fleet/Network Thread - 2019

Panama City Beach is renowned as a Spring Break Mecca. https://pcbeachspringbreak.com/ Just as an aside, and I do not mean it disparagingly, I always thought identifying a place as a "Spring Break Mecca" (or any other Mecca of drinking, gambling or other equally dissolute conduct) was a b...

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Re: United Fleet/Network Thread - 2019

I wonder if there is an event occurring in ECP, because UA is also running one off ECP-AUS/CMH flights Its called spring break. No s**t, but if you are adding Spring Break flights to Florida, the panhandle is an odd place to add for March as temperatures there only get up to the upper 60s lower 70s...

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Re: Whats Next For TPA (Route Wise)? -- 2019

With the times that DL has scheduled for the nonstop flights, are there many connection opportunities? Asia is certainly out.

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Re: Delta Aircraft Refurbishment Thread - 2019

Does anyone have any clue as to why DL's 767-400 fleet registration end with MH? Unlike the usual DL or DZ which some of the current DL 767-300 fleet registration end with. Thanks. :) I googled your question and found this FlyerTalk link from back in 2002: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta-skym...

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Re: An actually useful ranking of US airlines.

Western727 wrote:
chonetsao wrote:
Is this a click bait? Because I have no intention to click on the link.

Yes. Don't. I did, and that's precisely what it read as.

Ditto. I clicked and wished I hadn’t. This thread should be in polls, preferences anyway.

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Re: American adding 32T LAX - MIA?

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Re: American Airlines MD-80 Retirement Discussion Thread

god i can't wait for them to be scrapped No, many of them are getting new lifes at south america and Africa. The last few MD-80s built 20 years ago yes for sure because they still have some life left, and they have been flying long segments so they still have quite a few cycles to go before retirem...

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Re: Delta Aircraft Refurbishment Thread - 2019

Can the A330neo Delta One Suites fit in the A330-200/300 in a 1-2-1 configuration? I thought that, unlike the 777X vs 777, the A330neo fuselage was exactly the same as the A330ceo fuselage. Your exact same question was answered on the DL Widebody thread: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.ph...

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Re: Unconfirmed: DL closing NRT. Suspends NRT-SIN, Announces ICN-MNL

FWIW, Delta.com shows SIN-NRT available only through 01SEP.

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Re: Airport PAST: EARLY DFW Dallas Dt Worth Intl Airport - Braniff International Operations video

Awesome! I typically fast-forward through videos. Not this one!
Thanks for compiling this treasure.

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Re: Delta Widebody Thread - 2019

blacksoviet wrote:
Is the 777 still the flagship of the fleet or is it now the 359?

I presume the 359 is considered the flagship. Look at an availability screen on Delta.com from DTW to ICN for example. The flights featuring the 359 have a little red tag that says "Flagship".

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Re: United 2019 new scheme

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Re: Airport PAST: Dallas Love Field - Southwest 727 Braniff 747 Delta 747 plus

Great video! Thanks for the link. Just when I thought I'd seen them all!

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Re: United Fleet/Network Thread - 2019

The food was so much better in the late 1990s.....Dom Perignon in First Class and also Russian caviar.......Rack of lamb and cut on a cart at your seat.....too much off topic. The777Man Just to add to that, I flew UA from IAD to PEK last Thursday in business class. 788 with the diamond seats. They ...

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Re: United Fleet/Network Thread - 2019

calpsafltskeds wrote:
78X:
N12006 just moved to flight testing - first flight BOE046/16Mar CHS-CHS

Maybe it will do a IAD-PEK rt like a couple of the other 78Xs have done after induction.
A week from Wednesday would be really nice, to be exact!

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Re: United Fleet/Network Thread - 2019

calpsafltskeds wrote:

77W:
N2243U still showing no PE, sked to exit SFO in a few hours.

It now shows PE and is enroute to HKG. I guess they installed the seats at the departure gate at the last minute.

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

225UA is scheduled XMN-HKG, and then HKG-ORD on 01Jan, per Flightaware. And it shows Polaris and PE on the seat map! I thought she was only at XMN for maintenance.

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

Yeah, this would be the easiest and cheapest way to experience the old GF seat on the 3-class 772. There's a good amount of 3-class configured 772's flying. I think like 20-25 of them flying in the old 3-class. Currently there are 18 of the 3-class 772s flying. 12 have reconfigured with Polaris, wi...

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

772: N768UA entered HKG maint 2785/21Dec N77012 sked to exit HKG maint 2786/24Dec 77W: N2639U seat map still shows no PE, hopefully just not updated yet. I’ve noticed that the seat maps for PE on the 77W don’t change until 24 hours out. Interestingly, the seat map for UA59 from FRA to SFO on Dec 25...

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

calpsafltskeds wrote:
Pushing for page 52:
78X:
N17002 just took off from IAD 1950/21Dec, first revenue flight. FYI: Pretty close to full, 54 standbys shown as boarded

Any interior pictures of the 78X yet?

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Re: Delta Aircraft Refurbishment - 2018

It is not modded. It is covering for a 319 that's still in SAL. It'll ferry to SAL early January. Thanks for the update! I'm assuming the 319 is N338NW (I scoured the entire fleet on Flightaware). The reg is actually N338NB, as N338NW is an A320! All the A319 mods were finished 18 months ago, so th...

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