A good thread on A.net today with some great video:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5847497/

Delta 767-400 to ATL from LHR for me on wednesday Will try and get some shots from ATL, the top of the parking garage oppisite the new Internation Terminal is an excellent spot.

EDIT - I realise that 74F was empty, but god that was a shot take off roll!

I worked in the airfield ops dept at LHR for 7 years before I came out here. Hoping to resume my aviation career out here, but Monterey airport isn't even the size of terminal 4, Heathrow's smallest terminal, so don't know what chance I've got. San Jose and SFO a bit too far to travel on a daily basis.

Just arrived back in Iowa, after three weeks in the Motherland.

AA 767 between Chicago and Manchester + an Embraer 145 for the short hop between Madison, WI and Chicago.

Quality performance by AA.


Jim.

Was the 767 in the new livery? Saw a couple arrive on wednesday at LHR, it looks pretty nice. DL 767-400 last wednesday, smooth flight. Nice service from Delta, upon arrival the purser made an announcement to welcome the 2 new Immigrants (me and one other) on board to our new life in the US.

Nice touch.

Still in the old colours, but, it had been retro-fitted with winglets.


Jim.

Last Passenger Certified DC-10 about to fly off into the Sunset;

https://www.biman-airlines.com/about...6-3d7e508f36b8

Not the end of the Trijet though, KLM still fly the MD-11.

This makes me sad.

This cheered me up a bit, though.

A380 Route Map a la Harry Beck style:

What with Emirates ordering another 50 at the Dubai Air Show, one suspects that map is going to need some new stops in a few years.

It surprises me just how successful thus far the A380 has been, I wasn't expecting there to be so much demand for a 450-500 seater long range aircraft - however with the rise of the Middle Eastern hubs, that's set to stay and get larger.

I have to admit, being such a fan of the 747, that I really wanted to not like the A380 when it was first released but it has grown on me over the years.

Obviously that is a diagram, not a map, but the presentation of Mauritius is wildly out of sync with reality.

See I've never liked the 747 at all.... and I can't explain why. Give me a 757 any day of the week, or failing that a 777.

As in it's depicted on the African mainland?