Engine swap over now completed and due to depart for Atlanta at 10am (UK time) Wednesday 22nd as DL9938.
PSX_20230222_001006 by JannEejit, on Flickr
I popped down to PIK yesterday to take it look and photos. She's still sitting adjacent the terminal with a GPU attached. Some local enthusiast chat on the ground suggested an engine replacement would be delivered this week. Prestwick is home to several aerospace engineering facilities and has done...
Jump to postInterestingly a replacement 767 from Brussels had been due to collect the passengers, but got cancelled, resulting in them being bussed back across to EDI. Surely this would be BRU-JFK stopping to fill up empty seats rather than the whole BRU-JFK leg being cancelled? Quite possibly a divert/pick up...
Jump to posttibsthefox wrote:Sorry for the off topic reply, regarding the returning A332s, DUO and DAA coming back online on Feb 26th and March 26th respectively it would appear
SEAorPWM wrote:Video is out, but the only links I can find are UK rag tabloids.
To those that saw it, is this just another compressor stall?
Interestingly a replacement 767 from Brussels had been due to collect the passengers, but got cancelled, resulting in them being bussed back across to EDI.
Jump to postWas always fascinated by the fact that the type entered service with the short-lived RR 535C engine variant. Though the 535E4 (long nacelle) soon became the standard. BA initially stuck with the 535C, even acquiring engines from Eastern for new build frames, no? Then transitioned to taking the E4 o...
Jump to postInteresting thread. How long did BA operate the type? What happened to frames afterwards? Did they find a new home? Was BA happy with the type? BA retired the type in 2009 (or was it 2010?). They sold the majority of their 757s to DHL in 2003, so it was quite a small fleet for the last five or so y...
Jump to postThe 757 has largely disappeared from Europe's skies... and the best Boeing replacement is the 737 which entered commercial service 15 years before the 757. Doesn't sound very impressive, does it ? I thought the current 'best replacement' for a 757 was an Airbus A321Neo ? No....? :roll: ;) :lol: He ...
Jump to postThe 757 has largely disappeared from Europe's skies... and the best Boeing replacement is the 737 which entered commercial service 15 years before the 757. Doesn't sound very impressive, does it ? I thought the current 'best replacement' for a 757 was an Airbus A321Neo ? No....? :roll: ;) :lol:
Jump to postGreat thread, thanks for making me feel old! I joined, temporarily, becoming permanent later that year, in March 1983. In the long demolished TBB hangar was a State of Qatar B707, not the one with the very fancy interior, a BA Concorde and fresh from the factory a brand new 757. Paint gleaming, nac...
Jump to postIt was on February 9th 1983 that British Airways officially pressed it's freshly received first Boeing 757, G-BIKB 'Windsor Castle' into service on the Shuttle routing of LHR-BFS. It had in fact spent a couple of weeks doing proving flights prior to the 9th. One of such, to Glasgow (GLA) on the 8th,...
Jump to postAmricanShamrok wrote:Why can't the gardaí just shoot them down?
How exciting, I do hope the called it 'Operation Montgolfier' or some such ...
Jump to postLAXintl wrote:Extended leases on 24 A320s utilized by Lauda.
https://investor.ryanair.com/wp-content ... esults.pdf
LHR is a very different place without BA and VS fleets. Have to admit it was weird seeing them beside 777Ws and A350s, The 747 never looked old fashioned or outdated, it's just that as a jumbo jet it wasn't that much bigger than the other aircraft. It's niche at least as a passenger hauler didn't r...
Jump to postCurious, in order to meet the 3 FA operational status, do they have to physically remove the extra seats, or simply block their usage, or even simply board no more than 150 pax ?
Jump to postInteresting audience shot during the Dave Calhoun speech towards the end.
Jump to postContinental767 wrote:Woah! Where will this space come from? I thought the 747 area was being used for 787 rework.
Well, I can confirm that G-EZAN had a nice shiny coat of paint but the old original EasyJet interior. Battered but clean and pleasant. Funnily enough I saw her this morning from my hotel room in Aberdeen as it glided overhead enroute to ABZ, a couple of flights before yours. And yes, she's in full ...
Jump to postWho opens up the flight recorders for interpretation in this case ? Nepalese authorities, French/ATR ?
Jump to postWe should set up a separate thread to discuss the video. Too much time is being spent on this discussion and I assume that most people here are interested in the actual accident investigation. In AV herald they shut down the comments section because of all the chatter around the video. It's been co...
Jump to postSimon at AVHerald is generally quite thorough and substantive in his reporting. If he has identified the videos as fakes, there would be no reason to distrust that, without other supporting evidence. Which there is none, that I can see. Has anyone from the livestream hosting company verified the au...
Jump to postLive streaming from the accident aircraft? Wow. I'd wager he was live streaming the landing sequence, alas he got more than he bargained for. The video has now been removed from Reddit. Not hard to understand why. The video has not been removed from Reddit. Click the link in any of the posts above ...
Jump to postDeadly car crashes are shown on TV, people shooting at each other, tanks blowing up, bombed and injured civilians, aircraft colliding and crashing. I don't see a different level here. Still nightmare material. Taste, decency and respect for those lost maybe ? Old-fashioned notions nowadays perhaps ?
Jump to postI'd wager he was live streaming the landing sequence, alas he got more than he bargained for. The video has now been removed from Reddit. Not hard to understand why. It is available on Twitter. I guess nothing is blocked on Twitter nowadays. https://twitter.com/i/status/1614615840493830147 VIEW WIT...
Jump to postikolkyo wrote:Live streaming from the accident aircraft? Wow.
xijiayu wrote:Strange that they go for 1x A380 daily before 2x B777 daily to Glasgow
xwb777 wrote:Emirates A380 to GLA starting from 26MAR23.
I flew on the British Airways Negus 757, G-CPET during it's brief tenure in 2010. It was in fact it's last regular revenue service (EDI-LHR) and there was a big fuss made over it by the crew and staff. Their 757 fleet manager was in the cabin going round talking to passengers and handing out certifi...
Jump to postBBC reporting the situation as resolved.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-u ... a-64238718
Does anyone have a list of pre-pandemic A380 services that are yet to be reinstated to A380, and what (if any) 2023 reinstatements are due ?
Jump to postI imagine that Virgin is laughing this morning. While British has displayed something new and its not hideous - it is not glamourous, not noticeable, is not used as a marketing tool, it is functional and boring af. I have to agree with some of the comments above that it looks like a low cost/fare a...
Jump to postAny word on the returning A330-200s yet? Irish Air Letter says that DAA and DUO are to return to service in Spring 2023. They have both been out of service since July 2020 and are both currently in storage in Nimes. Yup, DAA and DUO back in the schedules for S23, you can see them on sale on SEA and...
Jump to postI note Icelandair Cargo have announced LAX operations from early 2023, utilising their 767 freighters.
https://www.facebook.com/31942741556/po ... sn=scwspmo
caoimhin wrote:Given the enormous number of devices with lithium-ion batteries, I’m surprised this isn’t a daily event.
Icelandair statement this evening: In recent days, the poor weather conditions have created travel disruptions for passengers, employees, and those on their way to meet friends and family members for the festive season. Fortunately, the situation is improving and we are working hard to ensure that ...
Jump to postgkirk wrote:by738 wrote:Get them all back to egpf! (like the volcano days)
GLA management would send them to EDI
Icelandair statement this evening: In recent days, the poor weather conditions have created travel disruptions for passengers, employees, and those on their way to meet friends and family members for the festive season. Fortunately, the situation is improving and we are working hard to ensure that a...
Jump to postMost of the 2013 787-8 fleet have this tatty worn out paint look now. The touch up painting from Thomson to TUI hasn't helped. I've been observing them all summer this year in and out of GLA and only the 787-9 fleet look consistent and fresh. Someone on another forum suggested there was some sort of...
Jump to postPeople take issue with the release because he was responsible for killing 270 people, served 8.5 years, was released to a hero’s welcome in Libya, then went on to live almost 3 more years as a free man. Sorry about your loved ones who were violently killed in the skies over Scotland, but look at th...
Jump to postGood to see we're not trusting the UK with the prosecution on this one. You need to clarify this statement. Might have something to do with the other convicted suspect let free from his life sentence because he was ill, even though he killed over 200 people, from Scotland?? Even though it was sugge...
Jump to postWhat will the tail number be on this final example ?
Jump to postCurious to know which other UK airports were approached regarding this before they settled on BFS ? Did others therefore say no thanks ?
Jump to postVelocirapture wrote:JannEejit wrote:Looks like a P-51 struck it from the underside and sliced it in two. Unbelievable !
Believe that's a P-63.
Looks like a P-51 struck it from the underside and sliced it in two. Unbelievable !
Jump to postjodie wrote:Air UK too. Loved their blue paint scheme. I remember Heralds, F27s and EMB110s. I think they served AMS from many regional UK airports