RE: Pic Of The Day-15/03/02!!

This photo was took at either Madrid or Barcelona – But it was certainly one of the two big Spanish airports. That A320 is well below the glide slope, and I’m surprised it didn’t cause one or two cars to have a ‘slight’ accident….I’m sure those drivers must have felt their vehicles shudder due to the vortex.

RE: **The Last Challenge For A While**

Air Canada Canadair Regional Jet?

RE: Another challenge call, from me!

OK, my turn to have a go:

1. 737NG (-600/-700/-800/-900 share the same cockpit)
2. MD-11 (or could be an MD-10)
3. 747 classic (-100/-200/-300)
4. Avro RJ (not 100% on this one)
5. 747-400
6. Airbus A330
7. Airbus A340
8. Concorde
9. TU-154 (or perhaps a 134?)
10. ERJ-145

Well, how did I do then? C’mon, I can take it!!

RE: Saab 340

Had the Saab 2000 made it’s debut 10-15 years earlier, I dare say it would have sold more. Sadly, the Saab 2000 came onto the scene at a time when the new regional jets such as the CRJ were becoming popular – That little Candian jet has done more for short haul domestic air travel than most people give it credit for, along with the ERJ-145.

Great shame about the Saab machine though – It is a nice little turboprop, with some state of the art systems onboard.

RE: Monarch New Livery-Picture

A makeover is long overdue for Monarch – These new colours seem quite pleasant, especially compared to the likes of JMC and the awful TUI livery that Britannia has adopted. Talking about the new BY livery – I saw one of their 757’s departing from BHX earlier this week, freshly painted in the horrific blue hue – The red titling looks truly awful too. So, these leads me to ask the following questions to the people that came up with this so called new livery:

Q1. Are you colour blind?
Q2. Have you ever taken any recreational drugs in the past two years?
Q3. Did you like the Korean Air livery so much you tried to copy it?
Q4. Did it take you 40 seconds to design the livery, sketching the original concept on the back of a matchbox?
Q5. Were you trying to draw fire away from the hated JMC colours, taking the title of “Worst airline livery ever” from them too?
Q6. Are you over the age of 12 years?

At least Monarch have tried keeping their livery faithful to the original brand.

RE: First bmibaby aircraft painted

I’ve seen far worse liveries – It is better to see it in the ‘flesh’ though – Photographs often don’t do colour schemes justice.

RE: A Nice pic of a ugly plane!

The A300-600ST Beluga – Superb machine. These have replaced the old Guppy aircraft that were used to ferry large volume Airbus parts between the consortium’s various plants. I think Airbus have built five of them so far, and they are really impressive aircraft. A real favourite at major airshows too…