It's Sunday again, and whilst I'm cold and snowbound, it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's an United Airlines Boeing 747-400 in classic Blue Tulip (and a bit of a dirty tail) taxing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – British Airways Boeing 747-400
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, it's a British Airways Boeing 747-400 at Hong Kong International Airport awaiting departure to London: The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Wonder what happens when a plane is sent off for an overhaul?
Well for those with an engineering interest, British Airways opened its doors to the BBC to film an episode of "Engineering Giants" where a BA 747-400 - G-CIVX is sent for a full strip-down, test, repair and rebuild the plane. The intro goes a bit like this: Engineer turned comedian Tom Wrigglesworth and Rob Bell, rising star of mechanical engineering, climb on board … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – United Airlines Boeing 747-400
It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more Airplane Art. This week, resting in the autumn sunshine of a Californian afternoon is a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 at the United Maintenance pad at Los Angeles International Airport, with the plane painted in classic Blue and White Tulip colours (shot in late 2009 before the invasion of the Continental Globe). The … [Read more...]
Airplane art – British Airways 747-400
It's Sunday so it must be time for some more airline art. This week, under an autumn dawn, a British Airways Boeing 747-400 is being towed to the maintenance pad at London Heathrow Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version - and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More Airplane Art of course next week! … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Qantas 747-400
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane Art. This week, it's Qantas Boeing 747-400 resting after a long flight on an apron position at Frankfurt-am-Main Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version! More Airplane Art of course next week! … [Read more...]
Virgin set to destroy any sense of quiet in the sky with the introduction of mobile phone use inflight
One of the things I love about flying is that for a set amount of time, you're disconnected from the greater outside world. Well Virgin Atlantic wish to fully smash my desire for quiet with the announcement today that the new Airbus A330 aircraft will have Mobile Phone Call Reception installed. Unlike the service offered on the British Airways Club World City Service which … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines withdraw 747-400’s from front-line passenger service
Singapore Airlines - once proponents and a large operator of the Boeing 747-400 have completed passenger operations with the 747-400's, closing a very big chapter of 747 operations with the airline who operated incarnations of the 747 from 1973 up until 2012. Singapore Airlines operated the 747-200 "Super B", the 747-300 "Big Top", and the 747-400 "Megatop". The airline … [Read more...]
Airplane Refit Saturday – Qantas 747-400
It's Saturday, and on a twist of on Airplane Repaint Saturday, this week it's Qantas refitting and repainting one of their Boeing 747-400's and installing A380 interiors inside the plane. And yes, they show economy being refitted too. More airplane repainting next week! … [Read more...]
In … Russia. TransAero and British Airways FIGHT!
All is not good in Russia it seems as British Airways ramps up its planned Russia Expansion. As it's been reported, British Airways will be ramping up it's flights to Moscow with a Boeing 747-400 from the WorldWide Fleet, upgrading it from a 767-300/A320 Operation. An Application which British Airways has sent seems to have been lost to run the service. Oops. Others say … [Read more...]
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