greekdude, they purposly proform tail strikes but have a massive block of i think mahogoney wood strapped the tail which prevents it from damage.

Thanks Andrew, I was well aware of this.

Did the nosegear touch down after this particular test? Looks like the tail strike test in this photo.

NUFC are taking a hell of a lot of fans down there, full credit to them.

And they’re taking a hell of a beating at the moment, as well. 😡

Very nice.

If Kabir likes it, then I REALLY like it. 😉

It won’t be long before it is cheaper to fly Ryanair roundtrip to STN and buy my copy there!

No kidding! It’s especially expensive to purchase AW in the U.S., and in Australia.

It’s not like they did a complete overhaul. It’s obviously a special, one-off. You can’t except more in that case, in my opinion. It looks fantastic!

I seriously doubt that it will be very loud, despite its size.

Not to many US carriers only operate US manufactured aircraft. Continental is pure Boeing now that they’ve retired their MD-80’s. They went all US back in the 1980’s when they ditched their A300’s which I believe the aquired from Eastern. Obviously the old CEO, Gordon Bethune, who had come from Boeing had some personal interest in being an all Boeing fleet. I guess if you want to get picky, Continental isn’t all Boeing as they own the leases to our 249 EMB-135/145 jets, they just don’t operate them since we’ve become a seperate company.

Southwest Airlines is pure Boeing and Delta has an all US manufactured fleet since they ditched their A310’s about 10 years ago. Delta is very heavy on the MD side though with their huge MD-80 fleet. Alaskan is also all US but also have a number of MD-80’s.

Indeed.

I think I heard AA will eventually phase out their A300’s, in which case they would be an all U.S. fleet, as well. Any truth to this?