Delay is indeed a Delay. If I’m supposed to be at Dinner at 5 and I call at say, noon and say I’m going to there at 6:30, my arrival is ‘delayed.’ Just because I made the declaration 5 hours ahead of time, doesn’t mean I justify myself for being ‘late.’ I am simply notifying my party so they are aware of the situation, regardless of how lengthy the delay is.

With or without the door, I’m sure airline had the option of having a galley behind said door or more hold space.

Great photos, FRA really is a great airport all round.

Yeah, but it’s a pain in the arse to navigate. AMS is so much better.

So did TWA also put their galleys under the cabin? Never knew that. Learn something every day!

Is it possible that the customer after TWA could have done a retrofit and have the lower galley installed after the fact? I flew on a TWA Tristar once, that I can remember, when I was 9 and I don’t remember where the galleys were!

and theres me thinking I had just explained it all :rolleyes:

Oh, you explained it just fine Sandy, and it makes sense, but that doesn’t take away from my thinking on the matter, especially since the -500X and -600X weren’t direct competitors to the A380, either, but more or less what the 747ADV is now.

Why so angry? :confused:

I just think Boeing dropped the ball here. Nice of them to start caring about the 450+ pax market now. They conveniently decided to shelve the 747-500X and -600X back in 1998 or something like that, let Airbus accumulate all these orders for the A380 since that time, and NOW they went to get back in the game?

When was the original delivery date, early 2006?

Its the triangular shaped fairing below between the center engine intake and the top of the fuselage. Only newer build long-body TriStars had that fairing, which was introduced onto all TriStar version to improve aerodynamic efficiency after it was initially incorporated into the TriStar 500 design. I think it was also available as a retrofit when early build TriStars were upgraded to longer range versions, but all of Eastern’s L10s were early build and none were upgraded.

Andy

That’s right. I forgot what it was called, but I realize what you’re talking about.