Weather was on my side for the most part this last week so I was a picture taking fool. I was all over during the 4 days with a good part of it south of the Border as I was in and out of Mexico City.
Let’s begin….
1. Here’s our 145XR sitting on the ramp in Mexico City. I flew in so I was a bit busy with the approach so I didn’t get any pictures.
2. Mexicana F100. A good part of their operations are at hardstands on the ramp so this aircraft was our neighbor for a while.
3. Thanks to the city smog I wasn’t able to capture a picture of our plane with the Mexican landscape in the background. The next best thing I thought was to take a picture of the plane with a Mexican National airline in the background. So either this picture was taken in Mexico or nearly any South or Southwestern state in the US. Oh well. 🙂
4. I really like the Mexicana tail logo especially on their 757’s.
5. With some cropping it appears I properly framed this picture. If you love 727’s or DC-9’s then Mexico is the place to be. This one was the only “Advanced” version I saw though.
By: Whiskey Delta - 22nd May 2004 at 23:22
Great photos and I’m looking forward to my Continental Express ERJ145 flight Newark to Pittsburgh on the 31st.
Take some pictures and share if you can. 🙂
By: The Old Man - 22nd May 2004 at 14:40
Great photos and I’m looking forward to my Continental Express ERJ145 flight Newark to Pittsburgh on the 31st.
Loved those Convairs!
By: greekdude1 - 21st May 2004 at 21:46
That picture was taken in Mexico City. It appears a Mexico company is reusing the old airline name.
Oops 😮 . I didn’t even realize you commented on the picture until after I made my post. I thought it was in EWR. I know Braniff had a decent Latin American presence back in the day, as one of my friends flew them to Honduras in the 80’s. Perhaps their roots in the region allowed the name to be commandeered by somebody down there.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought that MEX was a dump. Sitting in a departure lounge with no venues whatsoever, listening to somebody at a podium announce gate information due to the lack of technology, is significantly, below average.
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 21:05
Wow! That’s quite a picture you took Moondance. There doesn’t seem to be any blur at all even though it required the long exposure time. Nicely done.
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 18:04
FO at least for a bit longer.
By: concordesst - 21st May 2004 at 17:44
I’ll say again, always great to see your US pics WD, keep posting. You’ve probably told us before, but where are you based?
Anyway, here are a few European pics. First one, a ‘formation’ over Germany.
The traffic looks close or is it zoomed in?
Great pics, you aswell Whiskey Delta, and are you Captain or FO.
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 17:42
What does CO have you under, as a job title; First Officer or Photographer?
Either way, mixing two great arts…fantastic shots 😀
I’ll have to check into that. 😉
The more I fly with my camera out the more I hear “Hey, can I get a copy of that!” Few want to bother with a camera but numerous people want the resulting picture. I figure 20-30 years from now future friends and family will get a real kick out of seeing these images.
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 17:38
WD, what’s your overall impressiong of MEX? I flew through there (inbound from LAX, cleared customs, then boarded a flight to CUN) about 6 years ago, and I thought it was absolute dump. Not a very nice place to have a 3-hour layover. Nice pics, as usual.
The airport is a nightmare to navigate through. Our hotel for the night was right there at the airport but still took us nearly 20 minutes to walk their due to the absolute lack of directional signs or anything. The next morning was just as bad as we attempted to get to the proper gate. Our flight attendant was a Mexico native thankfully but that still didn’t help. Language barrier or not, it’s a dump as you said.
They did have a 20′ model of a new terminal near the ticket counters that showed a more modern terminal layout. Less ramp hardstands and more conventional jetway gates as well as a better overall layout. I couldn’t see any information regarding when and if it would be built.
I notice that building in one of the EWR pics has Braniff written on it!
That picture was taken in Mexico City. It appears a Mexico company is reusing the old airline name.
By: greekdude1 - 21st May 2004 at 17:25
Just a few questions and comments.
WD, what’s your overall impression of MEX? I flew through there (inbound from LAX, cleared customs, then boarded a flight to CUN) about 6 years ago, and I thought it was absolute dump. Not a very nice place to have a 3-hour layover. Nice pics, as usual.
I notice that building in one of the EWR pics has Braniff written on it!
In regards to the pic of MUC, where in the piture is the new Star Alliance terminal?
By: EAL_KING - 21st May 2004 at 17:15
brilliant pics both of ou thanks for posting 😀
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st May 2004 at 15:54
Absoloutley brill photos! Nice one!
By: RIPConcorde - 21st May 2004 at 15:38
There goes Moondance making envious again! Absloutely stunning! 😮 😀
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 15:38
You’ve probably told us before, but where are you based?
I’m Cleveland based but fly in and out of the Houston and Newark bases just as frequently thanks to our numerous through-flights within our system.
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 15:22
Here are 2 others that might be of interest…
1. Perhaps someone could shed some light on this but I was pretty suprised to see the Braniff name in Mexico. Looking at their website it seems that someone is operating a small cargo company with the Braniff name. Old airline names don’t die, they get bought and reused it seems.
2. The old control tower in EWR is getting closer to being demolished. The old firehouse at its base has been torn down and now all the glass as been removed from the old tower.
By: LBARULES - 21st May 2004 at 15:18
What incredible photos! Thank you very much 🙂
By: Dee747 - 21st May 2004 at 15:12
Keep this sort of quality and variety going please …..
By: Whiskey Delta - 21st May 2004 at 15:10
I’m glad everyone likes the pictures. I must say I really enjoy being able to share North American aviation with you folks abroad, as much as I enjoy seeing your pictures as well. 🙂
By: RIPConcorde - 21st May 2004 at 13:40
Great pictures! It’s great to have a pilot like yourself on this forum! 🙂
By: Bmused55 - 21st May 2004 at 10:05
Great pictures WD always such a joy to view your postings
I echo that comment!
By: markkipling - 21st May 2004 at 10:01
Great pictures WD always such a joy to view your postings
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