Archive for November, 2007
Sometimes dropping things out of an airplane isn’t as easy as it looks.
Friday, November 30th, 2007Airbus A340 Meets Wall. Airbus Loses.
Monday, November 26th, 2007Etihad was to receive their next A340 this week, but it seems that delivery may be delayed. While running an engine test at the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, the A340-600 jumped the chocks and headed for the blast wall. The good news is the blast wall held up remarkably well. The […]
Can You Land a Dash-8?
Monday, November 19th, 2007Looks like the Dash-8 fiascos in Europe have brought out even the creative gaming programers. There is a Danish website that has created a game poking fun at the Dash-8 gear collapses. Can you land a Dash-8 with lame gear? It isn’t in english, but the controls are self-explainatory.
True to Danish humor, […]
They Flew What? - Airliners in Colors You Wouldn’t Expect
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007But I thought Southwest only flew 737’s, and the Concorde never flew for an American carrier. Think again. This article is a tribute to the odd aircraft types you may never have known airline’s flew.
Delta 747-100
Delta flew five of these aircraft from 1970 to 1977. This was the era of the new “jumbo-jet” and it […]
MD-80 Engine Fire - Reality or Doctored Picture?
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
This picture just seems off. I do believe there actually was an engine fire on this aircraft, but it seems suspicious that someone captured its exact moment. Seems more likely that they doctored an existing picture. The pictures below are real, so it did happen. Can anyone find the original of […]