I would rather see Concorde carry on flying in Virgin colours than see the fleet relegated to the history books and various museums just yet. So come on Richard, how about it?

A beautiful model don’t you think?

I agree, a nice paint job. I have a 1/50 display model of an Iraqi 737-200, I have to say its one of my favourites in my collection. I wonder if they will retain the scheme now. I suspect it is too closely tied with the Saddam era to survive but you never know.

End of a very significant era, very sad!

The An148 is a Russian twinjet designed to seat 90 to 100 pax in a 5 abreast layout. The first fuselage has recently been completed. First flight is expected end 2003 with a planned in service date of end 2005, first operator expected to be Volga Dnepr airlines. The An 148 shares the same fuselage cross section of the An74-300 although it is longer and the design incorporates a new and advanced wing. The aircraft will be powered by 2 Perm Motors D-365A turbofans and will also be equiped with many Western systems. 4 versions are planned at present all sharing the same fuselage dimensions, trading a combination of different payload to range ratios. Aeroflot and Sibir Airlines both have options on the An148.

Greekdude…what I meant by proving Prestons case was that 9/11 has been used by some people in your country to justify a myriad of cases and policies, the sarcasm is a different issue. I am glad that you voice your opinions your way, isn’t that why we are all on here? But please lets not fall into the nationalistic rut
“Euro based forum etc” Lets just not go there.

Greetings Issac….enjoy the forum.