Pic of the Morning

OOPS!! 😮 Typo, my bad!

SN = Sabena

SQ = Singapore Airlines.

What do you mean? This particular plane never belonged to Sabena.

Re: Pic of the morning

Originally posted by greekdude1
Here’s the 1000th Jumbo parked at the gate adjacent to my SN flight from SIN to LHR. Too bad I didn’t get to ride on this one. Pic taken from the upper deck of the 744 I was on.

Have SQ (Singapore Airlines) bought up the remains of Sabena, then? :confused:

funny thing is, i have flown on Tokyo Disney when it was painted.

and F1 GP, Wunala Dreaming and Nalanji Dreaming when they were not painted.

flew to Frankfurt on OJC the former F1 and to Singapore from Rome on OJB the former Wunala Dreaming.

if i had timed it better i might have got on them while they were in scheme.

actually i went on OJA, OJB and OJC on my trip recently.

Correct, they are no different internally, nor do I expect them to be. Just like I’m sure Wunala and Nalanji dreaming were probably no different than any other jumbo in QF’s fleet. I just wanted to be able to fly on that one, that’s all. Just so I could say, “Hey, I flew on the 1000th Jumbo.” Or, “hey, I flew on Wunala or Nalanji dreaming.” And if I flew on Tokyo Disney, I could care less about all the niknaks they give away inside, I’d be excited just about the color scheme. Means quite a bit to me.

i think you misunderstand me. ok they are important a/c in terms of milestones.

but you would never know the difference if it wasnt painted on the fuselage. on JA8912 the Disney a/c, JAL had special disney decorations and paraphenalia in it. the 100th and 1000th 747 have nothing internally to take away as a reminder of your journey onboard.

they are configured the same as the rest of the fleet, basically GD my comment was in relation to your

Too bad I didn’t get to ride on this one.

because there would be no difference/

Nothing special about any 747-400 then, or any other plane for that matter, eh Monster?

i have been on 9V-SMU on a few occasions, nothing special about it at all.

also travelled on JAL’s 100th 747, once again nothing special about that one either.

Great! a piece of history in that pic. 🙂

Nice shot

It surely was not the 100th 747. That would have been delivered sometime in the 70’s, to an airline other than SIA, I’m sure.

nice pic G1…i have been on that a/c. Or was it the 100 one…not sure!:rolleyes:

Kabir,

no need to apologise mate. You gave a perfectly good description, just happened to be of something else.;)

Wys.

Don’t like the sound of this oscillation. I think I would find it seriously disconcerting!

As to the other matter, I’m glad it didn’t turn out to be as serious as we first imagined. Thanks for the explanation.

Regards,

kev35

Originally posted by wysiwyg
Kabir, what you describe is aircraft rotation from the perspective of operations, i.e. coordinating which aircraft in your fleet is going to operate which flight to get the most from your available aircraft. It is a key part of every airlines planning if they want to make a profit!

What we are referring to here as a rotational motion is where flexure of the airframe occurs (usually initiated by a slight instability or similar) which then, due to natural harmonics within the airframe create a motion which fells like going round in a circle in an axis which is perpendicular to the direction of flight. Boeing designs tend to show more rigidity than Airbus but the 747-400 still gets it occasionally. When I was cabin crew we used to take our crew rests in the bunks just under the base of the fin and after a while I would get so used to the swirling it would actually rock me to sleep!

Kev35 – my sincere apologies for not getting back to you sooner but I have finally received an answer to the mystery of the interference on my TV set. LHR tower’s radar screens were also picking up interference and the cause was proven to be an illegal pirate radio station that had recently set up!

regards
wys

thax for the clearing Wys…. sorry for the wrong description Kev!

Kabir, what you describe is aircraft rotation from the perspective of operations, i.e. coordinating which aircraft in your fleet is going to operate which flight to get the most from your available aircraft. It is a key part of every airlines planning if they want to make a profit!

What we are referring to here as a rotational motion is where flexure of the airframe occurs (usually initiated by a slight instability or similar) which then, due to natural harmonics within the airframe create a motion which fells like going round in a circle in an axis which is perpendicular to the direction of flight. Boeing designs tend to show more rigidity than Airbus but the 747-400 still gets it occasionally. When I was cabin crew we used to take our crew rests in the bunks just under the base of the fin and after a while I would get so used to the swirling it would actually rock me to sleep!

Kev35 – my sincere apologies for not getting back to you sooner but I have finally received an answer to the mystery of the interference on my TV set. LHR tower’s radar screens were also picking up interference and the cause was proven to be an illegal pirate radio station that had recently set up!

regards
wys

Originally posted by Gaurav
I never feel sick if Im on the Wing. HOwever the smell of the nast plane food makes me sick

take a boat then…

😉

Originally posted by skycruiser
Kabir,

I think you got the wrong end of the stick my friend.

It’s an oscillatory movement due to lateral instability.

SkyC

oh well i just took a shot…had doubts about it myself. Thanx SC.

Kabir,

I think you got the wrong end of the stick my friend.

It’s an oscillatory movement due to lateral instability.

SkyC

I never feel sick if Im on the Wing. HOwever the smell of the nast plane food makes me sick