Or perhaps the new Bombardier?

I thought the new bomber had been cancelled (AGAIN) because it would be more expensive than expected.

that will inevitably be Airbus we all know how low they can sink their prices.

Boeing has sunk to pretty dep levels too when it suited them. Just think of the Ryanair order where O’Leay “screwed them through the floorboards” to use one of his colourful expressions.

Of course the LOT order is nowhere near as large as Ryanair’s order. However, if LOT decides to go for the 7E7 you can bet that there will be a very impressive discount on both the 7E7 and the 737s.

Skymonster, are there any lenses you can recommend?

OMG that looks so sharp!

I would love to get my hands on a 20D, but haven’t nearly got the money for such a camera with decent lense(s). Most sets are sold with a 18-55mm which is utterly useless for planes.

I have for a long time been considering to get a 2nd hand DSLR. With the new generation of DSLRs hitting the market the prices are dropping considerably. Getting the glass still remains hard as most photographers only sell the body and keep the lenses for their new cameras.

Probably next year!

eggman. me before a fancy dress 18th. original eh? and its home made.

Where’s that caption competition when you need one! 😀

Aby city named SAFETY HARBOR is just begging for incidents like this!

all photos shot at the new Aviodrome museum near Lelystad

1) starting a fine tradition in long haul flights. From Amsterdam to ‘Batavia’ (nowadays Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Pictured was the 1 engined F.7, but KLM and Fokker became more famous for the 3 engined F.7-3M.
This is BTW an original Fokker, not a reproduction although this plane never served for KLM.
2) peekaboo. Where the F.7 started it, the DC-2 made KLM worldfamous. And the proud winner of a London-Melbourne race too. Coming in 2nd but winning the handicap race. It even beat a lot of custom designed racers, even though the KLM plane tried to keep to their regular schedule for as far as that was posible.
3) Another shot of this magnificient plane. The last airworthy one in the world. The Aviodrome also has another DC-2 but that has been completely disassembled and would appear to be used as a source of spare parts.
4) Static DC-3 inside the Aviodrome. The fat sister of the DC-2.
5) Showing the great logo in a close-up. “The Flying Dutchman” is a story of a captain that got cursed by his crew to spend the rest of his life sailing around Cape Hope (South Africa). Even nowadays from time to time sailers report seeing a strange vessel near the cape that may well be this ill fated captain!
6) Just prior to WW2 the Netherlands was keen to maintain its neutrality. To prevent being shot at KLM (and many other european airlines) adopted a high-viz livery. You’d think it is impossible to mistake this for a bomber, but that did not stop a German fighter from shooting at one though!
In the back you can see a recreation of Schiphol anno 1928. The terminal was build to cater for the ’28 olympics. During the war it was destroyed, but it was rebuild in 2003 in Lelystad! It will be (is being?) used for expositions and office space for the Aviodrome museum.

Not sure but perhaps 11 provincies where complaining that they where not represented? North Holland and South Holland are two provincies that are part of the Netherlands.