Airplanes

[zaqrack]

well, they may have provided 5-star service all the way to the crash
anyhow, takeoff in 3.5 hours... let's see how it will be.

[CTG]

Airbus A340 of French Air Force will take off soon... damn, the battery of my camera is down.

[dreadnaut]

On runways:

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-hidden-beauty-of-airport-runways-and-how-to-decipher-them/

[CTG]

Mryia's "little" brother, AN-124 is coming on 10^th June! 

Compare the whales (A380 vs Ruslan):

[CTG]

Confirmed! (13099 m = 42 975 feet)

(I was hunting for CLX857, arriving a few minutes ago. Unfortunately it landed on 13R, so I could make only a few crappy backview photos... )

9. Maximum cruise altitude of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, in feet - 43,000

43,001 - CTG
42,200 - Bonzai Joe
38,000 - Akoss Poo; 48,000 - Zak McKracken
33,425 - Duplode
4,500 - Chulk (if that was true, it could not fly over any mountain!)

[CTG]

FINALLY! I could catch a rare guest, Silkway's B747-400. It was the first Jumbo I've ever seen turning right over our district (=semi-bottom view from our flat).

[dreadnaut]

How to dismantle a 747-400:
http://aviationweek.com/blog/photos-what-happens-all-those-airliners-when-they-retire-see-tear-down-747-400

[CTG]

I will fly with Malaysia Airlines, one of the few 5-star rated companies

Now this one sounds funny... sorry...

Two disasters in a year. It's worse than Transport Tycoon.

[alanrotoi]

It implied more than maintenance Mr. CTG.

[zaqrack]

I will fly with Malaysia Airlines, one of the few 5-star rated companies

Now this one sounds funny... sorry...

Two disasters in a year. It's worse than Transport Tycoon.

The second one was not really the airline's fault.

Next flight coming up:
Budapest - Zurich - Grenoble - Munich - Budapest

some interesting planes on the route:
2x Avro RJ100 Avroliner

1x Embraer 195

1x Airbus A320

[alanrotoi]

My next "flight" in few minutes: 

[CTG]

It implied more than maintenance Mr. CTG.

I will fly with Malaysia Airlines, one of the few 5-star rated companies

Now this one sounds funny... sorry...

Two disasters in a year. It's worse than Transport Tycoon.

The second one was not really the airline's fault.

Sure, but still strange.

[CTG]

Compare the whales (A380 vs Ruslan):

Compare the whales #2 (A380 vs AN225), especially the sound and the amount of smoke... Some engines have really unique sound - Antonov sounds like 10000 "Rakéta" vacuum cleaner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K6DS6EcSVY

[CTG]

Another rare guest today: Antonov 72.

[zaqrack]

looks cute!

I had another BUD-ZRH-LYS-MUC-BUD trip recently, no new planes. Tomorrow flying back to China, nothing new as well... sigh