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United Airline's new livery and logo (does it look familiar?)
While I was out of town last week I was trying to keep up on the United Airlines and Continental Airlines merger. The news is pretty old right now, so I am not going re-hash all the talk about it [check Google News for the stories [...]
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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Today, Glenn Farley with KING5 (local NBC station) posted this great video about what happens with the Boeing 747-8 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Eastern Washington.
When a new Boeing aircraft takes off from Paine Field (in Everett, WA) they often will make their way east to Grant County International Airport. Once a former Air Force [...]
Continue reading " The Boeing 747-8 and Boeing 787 And it’s Specialized Ground Crew "
That's me, trying out the service cart. Not as easy to handle as it looks and I really should have a second person helping me.
The last two days I have talked about how flight attendants at AirTran learn a lot about safety. Luckily most passengers will never see the safety training in action, but they [...]
Continue reading " Learning In-Flight Service with AirTran Flight Attendants "
Yesterday I talked about how flight attendants must learn a lot about safety and hopefully never have to use it. Once per year current flight attendants must return to AirTran’s training facility in Atlanta, GA to practice their safety skills. Part of that training involves the proper procedures during a water landing. The recent US [...]
Continue reading " Flight Attendants Practicing Water Ditch Landing "
Do you know these liveries?
I have had a few competitions before about airline liveries, but this time I am pulling out all the stops. I am making a contest, one I probably couldn’t even win. I am going to show you six 105 x 105 pictures of old airline liveries no longer used. It is your job [...]
Continue reading " Guess the retired liveries to test your knowledge. "
Middle Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-200 (OD-MEC)
Middle East Airlines is the national carrier of Lebanon. It was founded way back in 1945 and flies to just over 25 destinations. They currently have a fleet of 13 aircraft consisting of Airbus A320, Airbus A321 and four Airbus A330. Their livery is quite simple with a tree on [...]
This is a very entertaining 21 minute video I found via PlaneBuzz.com. Some might watch this and think “the good old days of flying,” but I disagree. Yes, they have limos and all first class service, but notice how only the very rich were flying? Also, first class accommodations back in 1933 are not what they would [...]
Continue reading " VIDEO: 1933 American Airlines Commercial "
Picture of Boeing 787 Dreamliner picture taken about 7am today
It is almost 5:30am PST and we are about 4.5 hours away from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s first flight. The weather isn’t perfect, but so far it is still on! This is a VERY special event for a very special airplane. Much like the Boeing 707 marked [...]
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