It’s May the 4th – A Day to Celebrate the Jedi Holiday of Star Wars. And also time for some more Airplane Art.
Hailing from the Dark Side… sorry, from South America, is a LATAM Brazil Boeing 777-300ER, painted with a Stormtrooper on the tail, promoting Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disney Parks.
While LATAM Brasil doesn’t have any Stormtroopers in its personnel ranks, it operates 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in its widebody fleet. The airline also operates the Boeing 787-9, with further Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9 operated by LATAM Chile.
This aircraft, PT-MUA, initially joined TAM ( TAM Linhas Aéreas) in August 2008. It moved into the LATAM Brasil fleet in May 2016 as part of the merger between LAN Airlines Chile, making LATAM Airlines. The aircraft is operational, with flights operating out of its São Paulo base to Miami, Milan, London Heathrow and Madrid at the time of writing
For those looking out for this aircraft, it was reported that it was painted back into LATAM house colours in early 2024.
More Airplane Art next week… or maybe later …
Photoghraphers Notes
- Camera: Canon EOS R
- Lens: Canon EF24-105mm f4 IS Lens with RF to EF adaptor
- Settings: 105mm, ISO 200, 1/160 at f8
- Shot at Heathrow Airport when arriving from Helsinki. Trip Report Segments here and here
- Shot in October 2019
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