After the last Heathrow meet, I was introduced to Myrtle Avenue. It’s a nice big, grassy area at the end of a road. It’s just a two or three minute walk from Hatton Cross and gives brilliant side-on views of all arriving aircraft on 27L.
Of all the airlines I have flown, all the crew’s uniforms have been very smart. British Airways is “average” in my opinion, as with United.
But Thai 😉 is great. The Cabin Crew uniform for men consists of dark trousers and a grey jacket with gold, metal buttons. This looks a bit cheap and nasty compared to what the women wear. Traditional Thai dresses, decorated with coloured scarves etc. They change into something more comfortable on long haul flights.
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Brilliant photos, Kev.
Before it’s too late, I’ll say congratulations on reaching the 2,000 post mark! You’re on 1,999 at the moment, but that is close enough!
Although a day late, a very happy birthday to you! 🙂
Ohh, messy stuff!
Great photo though 🙂
I heard that a mere 5% of passengers watch the entire safety demonstration when flying. That’s dreadful. They may know it all already, but by having this safety card right in front, passengers have to absorb the information on it, whether they like it or not.
I like it. It’s very fresh and very different. At least it’s one interior we can easily recognise.
Not quite so sure why you say that?
The 767 has a claim to fame. It has been the most common Atlantic crossing aircraft ever. It’s a great airline in my opinion and one that still has plenty of years left in it.
What about Concorde?
That’s probably the one air crash that the whole world already knows about. But they probably don’t know about the cause of it. You could explain all this in your essay.
and it probably doesn’t perform quite so well without the engines either… 😀
The topic about the engineless British Airways 767 features the Mojave Desert. This aircraft has returned from there in the last 3 months or so.
Is it not just “storage”, where the airline can get their aircraft back as and when they want them?
Great report! 😀
Should be a great read, I’d love to have a look when finished.
What was the aircraft that crashed in Florida (??) where it wasn’t actually the impact that killed most of the passengers but the icy water where the aircraft came down, shortly after takeoff?
That would be interesting.
Stupid me had assumed it was a Matthew Murray paint job…
…that was until I came across the 13 other photos on Airliners.net of this aircraft in this colour scheme! :rolleyes: Looks very nice on the A321, but I also never knew their short/medium haul aircraft had been painted in the new colours.