Fires and airplanes. They are a bad mixture and luckily it happens not so often. But when it does, fire crews need to be ready. This video shows the Manchester Airport Fire Department training in November 2006.
Their mock aircraft seems to be the love child of a Boeing 747 and DC-10. The video states the [...]

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Last week I posted photos of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 40C flying in formation. They looked unreal, but were very much real. Many asked “how’d they do that?”

Picture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from the Boeing 40C

Well, very carefully. From the AntiqueAirfield website, “The plan was for the Boeing 787 to intercept our [...]

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Computer drawing of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental from Boeing.com

On May 8th, Boeing announced they have started the construction of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I). What the heck is the Intercontinental? It is the passenger version of the Boeing 747-8 Freighter (747-8F) that took flight back in February.
Lufthansa already has 20 orders with 20 additional options. [...]

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"Wunala Dreaming" is the name of this Qantas 747-400, painted with a design inspired by Aboriginal art.

Each week I do an airline livery and many times I have been given a heads up by Yvette Scott (@airlinesangel) on new liveries to take a look at. I am about to return from my vacation and have [...]

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The Boeing 747-8 is a big plane and requires a heck of a lot of paint. Check out this time-lapse video from Boeing showing the process in a which the 747-8 goes through to look pretty.
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Boeing facility at Paine Field. Photo taken by me during my Boeing 787 interior tour.

When the Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner first took flight back in December 2009, there were those who questioned if Boeing really missed out on a customer relations opportunity.
Yes, Boeing had a live video feed on the internet and posted some wonderful photos and [...]

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The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Royal Air Maroc is out on Boeing's Paine Field flight line, in Everett, on Friday April 23, 2010.

It is a Boeing 787 blog-day today!
On Friday, the 17th Boeing 787 Dreamliner made it’s way out of the paint hangar. Due to not having my camera and short on time, I [...]

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Photo taken when I put Alaska's guarantee to the test!

Airline fees are not very unique anymore. It takes a bit more than a fee change or new fee to motivate me enough to write a blog on it  (like charging for carry-ons). Why does Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air get a blog on fees?
Not [...]

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Yay! The graduation photo of the newbie class I sat in on!

Have I bored you all with my flight attendant training blogs yet? I hope not. I have enjoyed writing them and I hope you have enjoyed reading them. I know I learned quite a bit and have changed my perspective on what [...]

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Southwest Airlines is known for having special state livery airplanes. Yesterday, they showed off their newest one: Florida One. The plane will be taking a trip around Florida, showing off the new livery. The newest livery is one of 13 other special liveries already in the Southwest fleet: Arizona One, California One, Illinois One, Lone [...]

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