In some post I read that <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> is soon getting rid of their 762's. I'll be flying one soon going to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>. Anyone know when the beginning of the end...
Jump to postDo JetBlue employees who name the next plane get a free trip to Europe to pick up the next Airbus? So I was told by someone I know who works for JetBlue.
Jump to postI hope a lot of you remember when people dressed up to fly. Nowadays you have people who shouldn't be wearing spandex doing just that. Or t-shirts and flip flops. These are usually the same people with carry-on bag the size of a Manhattan studio apartment and try to stuff them into the overheads. Am...
Jump to postI will throw my hat into the anti Southwest hat. It is a great airline in many ways, but the cattle call just sucks. <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> is many ways a good airline, but I find their service and interiors a little behind. I hope this changes with the 330's. Frankly...
Jump to postSAS was the launch customer for 736. Traditionally SAS was flying MD80's/DC-9's before the 737. Braathens flies the 500's as NorthStar mentioned, but SAS colors are only 736's (and 737-700 and 800's as well). I have flown countless 735 on United. Mostly from <acronym title="Newark - Liberty Internat...
Jump to postEastern Airlines from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> to San Juan, Purto Rico. This was back in the early to mid 80's. A300 is soon to follow Eastern. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Ge...
Jump to postI guess the fisheye lense is what made a 707 look like a 747 (from the bottom). I'd have to see the show again to make sure, though. I thought I remember the ladning gear having too many wheels for a 707, but it looks I'm wrong based on the above responses to my question.
Jump to postI hope some of you are old enough to remember Jack Lord's Hawaii Five-O. The show started in the fall of 1968. In the opening credits you see a 747. How could a 747 be at Honolulu Int'l in 1968? I thought the first commericial flights were in 1969 or 1970
Jump to postI know this isn't the place to discuss baseball, but go Tigers??? They might just beat the '62 Mets for the most losses in a season.
Uhh, anyway, cool that the Tigers have their own DC-9.
Anyone who lives in NYC area knows that CO flies the only baseball team that counts - The Yankees.
For Boeing the timing is good since Airbus is pretty much using its capital to develop the A380. I believe Airbus has stated they will develop a new widebody jet towards the end of this decade to replace the A330/A340 (and I suppose the A300/310) if necessary. This assume the 7E7 is taking the major...
Jump to postI'd give my left you-know-what to fly on the Concorde. 60,000 feet up! Wow!
Jump to postI would imagine the 732's are being phased-out. I'm curious why go through the expense of painting. Airlines need save every penny!
A question was asked why <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> and <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> didn't buy any 764's, I wonder why any airline would buy 764's over 772's. Don't get me wrong, I love the 767 series. The 2-3-2 seating is in my opinion the best sea...
Jump to postShort one- <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> to Spokane (Horizon Air, and Alaska coming back) <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> -<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SF...
Jump to postOops, sorrry, I got my singles crossed. Thought you were talking about the Caravelle. My bad. Still a cool picture!
Jump to postI was a just small kid in Norway when SAS used the Comet. I still think it is one of the best looking jet of all times. Check-out this picture. Using a parachute to slow it down on the shor Fornebu runway in Oslo <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/op...
Jump to postToo many to list, but JFK Tokyo on NW 744 is my longest.
Jump to post$2100 EWR to New Orleans. Last minute business trip. That was for coach! Of course, I upgraded to first for $100 more...
On a CO MD80
Anyone got good plane humor (not sure if this should be posted in this chat!): <i>A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced up and saw an unusually beautiful woman boarding the plane. He soon realized she was heading straight toward his seat. Lo and behold, she took t...
Jump to postExcept for Concorde!
To clearify, if you look at the 747's overall package (cmax cruising speed, ceiling, range, # of passengers, etc), I don't think you will find one plane that honestly say it is better.
I believe the 747's have the best performance. Does anyone fly higher and faster? I don't think the Airbus competition does, not even the 777.
Any thoughts?
SAS is good: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/404633/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/404633/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/3/3/6/404633.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigger photo!" border="0" ...
Jump to postThe most famous approach is still the most famous approach (or at least it was): <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/326136/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/326136/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/sm...
Jump to postThe comparison is al little off. One should factor in other airports for the NYC area, since pretty much every airport near LA was used for comparison - such as White Plains and Tetorboro, Islap, etc. . Not just the "Big Three"
Jump to postIs USAirways getting rid of their 757's for the A321? What about the 767's now that they have A330's? I thought I saw a 757 on approach to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> the other day. It was far away, so it's possible it was a <acronym...
Jump to postI flew on one the early, early 744's in 1989 from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> to <acronym title="Tokyo - New Tokyo International / Narita (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>. Non-stop, of course. Service was pretty go...
Jump to postPretty bad! Especially when you consider only 2 domestic airlines even fly 747's (UAL and NWA). I wish CO still had some.
MD11's used to be regular in Portland. Not sure if <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> flies to Nagoya from <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym> still. Actually, I take that back, the picture below answers my question. But does <acronym t...
Jump to post<i>If <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> could have avoided taking the 330's, I am sure they would have jumped in and taken Delta's <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11, or perhaps even more DC-10-30's to replace the 747-200 fleet. But there was no likelyhood of Airbus...
Jump to postWith NWA's obvious liking of McDonald Douglas planes, I'm surprised they never picked up some used MD11's along the way. Maybe Airbus would have flipped if NWA kept delaying their 15 year old widebody order.
NWA is the last of the airlines to modernize their fleet. I believe NWA has a policy of keeping and maintaining planes longer. The question, perhaps, should be - is this a smart move? A 35 year old DC-9 has gone through a lot of take-offs and landings. Therefore, a lot of maintains. While it is cool...
Jump to postlike working here and all that, and jsut run back to their homes without paying any taxes. Wrong! I lived in Fort Lee, <acronym title="Vanguard Airlines (USA)">NJ</acronym> for years and worked in Manhattan. I pay NY state income tax. Tax is where the company you work is. Doesn't matter where you li...
Jump to postI have been so <acronym title="Polar Air Cargo (USA)">PO</acronym>'ed sometimes. I'd be curious to read some horror stories. I have never been more angry than when Horizon gave away my seat on a flight from Spokane to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">S...
Jump to postI wouldn't say the 717 is a brand new plane, as someone mentioned. It is an update of the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-87 (or is that <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-90?). I think the deciding factor is the art of the deal an airline can make. Obviously American airliner...
Jump to postNew tower, as well? Didn't they just build a new tower after the earthquake two years ago??
Anyone know if SAS' Huge Viking is still flying? Last I saw, it had Phillippine Airways markings. Also, did SAS have two different Huge Vikings? One a combi and one a 200? Take a look: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/294135/L/" target="_...
Jump to postHere's another big improvement: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/307899/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/307899/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/9/9/8/307899.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigger ...
Jump to postSeems most people don't like the new Southwest. I like the blue. The old colors reminds me of a flying 70's refrigerator.
C'mon, orange & brown???
Thanks for the correction on the Continental 747. I thought the color combo was a little bit off. SAS' new colors are interesting change as well, eventough I prefer the old viking ship look (one of my pictures from YEARS ago): <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva...
Jump to postContinental must be near the top. The old colors reminded me of those older Houston Astro's uniforms (hmm, both based in Houston!): <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/282032/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/282032/M/" ...
Jump to postI agree with the too but complaining comments. Personally, I'd rather pay $300 to fly coast-to-coast and bring my own meal. Has any airline meal ever been worth $200-$300? Is ANY meal? Better yet, if I want a meal, I'd be happy to pay $10-$20 right to the <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</a...
Jump to postI saw the commerical for the upcoming SWAT movie, and I thought I saw an old Delta L1011 being used. Anyone know?? <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/329588/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/329588/M/" target="_blank">V...
Jump to postWeren't the Concorde and the <acronym title="Tunisair (Tunisia)">TU</acronym>-144 being built at the same? What I'm trying to say, wasn't there a race to see who would fly first? Sorta like the US / US<acronym title="Swissair">SR</acronym> space race. Also, a, long time ago, I remember seeing footag...
Jump to postWith Vancouver, BC getting the 2010 winter olympics, I've heard this will finally allow SeaTac to get it's third runway.
Any confirmation of this?