Excellent shots Tenthije. What is the B737 in the background of the first shot (Bulgari), I can’t quite make out who it belongs to.

Originally posted by Chad Veich
I suppose the obvious answer is when they stop flying them. However, the news article linked to above states that this was only the second incident the T-birds have had with the F-16 which they have been flying since ’83. One accident every ten years is phenomenal if you ask me, considering the number of hours flown both during shows and practicing.

I seem to remember the Thunderbirds had a major accident in the seventies during practising a routine called the “Mirror formation” where one plane flew right underneath another upside down. I think 3 or 4 aircraft (F-5’s?)were lost in the accident and the routine was dropped. I may be wrong but I am sure I read something about it in “AIR PICTORIAL” at the time.

I loved Amsterdam and used to pass through many times and also used to visit Rotterdam but have not been there for years. I was amazed to read that Rotterdam is expected to have between 60 to 70% Muslim population (mainly Moroccan/Turkish) by 2017.

Originally posted by tenthije
And Orient Thai also has at least one ex KLM 747 in a hybrid livery that is quite possilby even worse then Phukets hybrid!

This is the one I saw landing at Jeddah a short while back.

Every time I hear her name it reminds me of a nude picture of her which I saw in an underground newspaper in the early seventies. She appeared “legs akimbo” and where her private parts were had been made into a kind of circular jigsaw puzzle you had to cut out and reassemble for your pleasure.
Heavyweight intellectual stuff.

Excellent 😀 :p 😀