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Tabnabs · 26-02-2013 5:16pm

The first A350 XWB with wings complete emerges for outdoor testing!

donvito99 · 26-02-2013 7:19pm

The sharklets are sex-tastic.

Plowman · 26-02-2013 11:28pm

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sully2010 · 26-02-2013 11:47pm

This is going to be one beautiful bird..and I have a feeling its going to kick the 787s ass in sales over time

donvito99 · 27-02-2013 12:53am

sully2010 wrote: »

This is going to be one beautiful bird..and I have a feeling its going to kick the 787s ass in sales over time

Let's wait until the 787-9 comes rolling out.

sully2010 · 27-02-2013 1:54am

donvito99 wrote: »

Let's wait until the 787-9 comes rolling out.

True it will be very interesting to see how they compare.

Am I right in saying the green area on the nose is the only area on the fuselage skin that is aluminium alloy and the rest composites? Why is this does anyone know?

Dacian · 27-02-2013 12:14pm

sully2010 wrote: »

Am I right in saying the green area on the nose is the only area on the fuselage skin that is aluminium alloy and the rest composites? Why is this does anyone know?

Pretty much... the A350 is 53% composite, compared to 10% on the A330, 20% on the A380 and 30% on the A400M.

This page has an embedded diagram showing the makeup of the A350:
http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/view/21219/past-is-prologue-for-composite-repair/

Best username ever · 27-02-2013 10:23pm

Plowman wrote: »

It looks like a 757 from that angle.

No way, the wingspan looks enormous on that.

shanman · 06-03-2013 4:55pm

For anyone interested in RAF history I have photos taken at Abingdon & Horse Guards Parade on the occasion of the RAF's 50th anniversary in 1968 posted on pages 1 to 3 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/

merisi · 07-03-2013 9:04am

shanman wrote: »

For anyone interested in RAF history I have photos taken at Abingdon & Horse Guards Parade on the occasion of the RAF's 50th anniversary in 1968 posted on pages 1 to 3 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/

Excellent collection. Plenty of types of which good colour pictures are quite rare.

sully2010 · 09-03-2013 4:20am

sully2010 wrote: »

True it will be very interesting to see how they compare.

Am I right in saying the green area on the nose is the only area on the fuselage skin that is aluminium alloy and the rest composites? Why is this does anyone know?

The nose is likely to be constructed from aluminium but Airbus is currently running trade-off studies considering a one-piece carbon fibre structure. According to Gordon McConnell, A350 Chief Engineer, a carbon fibre structure would need titanium reinforcements for birdstrike protection, thus the aluminium structure is the best cost-wise.
Wikipedia

Begs the question..why is the 787's nose fully carbon fibre?

RadioRetro · 11-03-2013 12:19am

pclancy wrote: »

A tight and short right hand visual approach to Wellington's Rwy 16 in a Sounds air Cessna Caravan.

iPhone footage, it does that with props. Other than that, nice flight and lucky you.

pclancy · 11-03-2013 3:19am

Nokia Windows Phone but yeah most budget cameras seem to have the same issue

Blue Punto · 12-03-2013 8:46am

Blue Punto wrote: »

OH NOOOOO
Look at the poor KLM MD11

I need to book a flight soon to fly on one of these
Guess ill go to Montreal soon

My MD11 adventure begins today
Looks like PH-KCA is doing to the flight which is the oldest in the fleet
KL671 to YUL
Happy days :-)

de biz · 12-03-2013 2:07pm

MD-11 to YUL today should be routeing overhead Belfast.

PM sent.

Enjoy!

Blue Punto · 13-03-2013 5:36pm

de biz wrote: »

MD-11 to YUL today should be routeing overhead Belfast.

PM sent.

Enjoy!

Absolute fantastic flight and crew so friendly
Flight deck no problem and captain more than happy to chat

MD11 is such a nice machine to fly on
Beats an Airbus by miles in my opinion

smurfjed · 15-03-2013 10:04pm

MD11 is such a nice machine to fly on
Beats an Airbus by miles in my opinion

can't agree with u... Up front the MD11 and L1011 are great, but down the back, the tail engine just creates too much noise and vibration.

Smurfjed

Blue Punto · 16-03-2013 4:33am

smurfjed wrote: »

can't agree with u... Up front the MD11 and L1011 are great, but down the back, the tail engine just creates too much noise and vibration.

Smurfjed

Horses for courses

RadioRetro · 16-03-2013 1:54pm

smurfjed wrote: »

can't agree with u... Up front the MD11 and L1011 are great, but down the back, the tail engine just creates too much noise and vibration.

Smurfjed

I've flown on the DC9 (MD11), Boeing 727, BAC 1-11, Caravelle and one type whose designation escapes me over the (many) years. To the best of my memory, in none of them was the vibration or noise noticeably worse than on wing-mounted engined aircraft. In fact I've found the noisiest and shakiest to be turbo-prop engined a/c.

donvito99 · 16-03-2013 5:33pm

RadioRetro wrote: »

I've flown on the DC9 (MD11), Boeing 727, BAC 1-11, Caravelle and one type whose designation escapes me over the (many) years. To the best of my memory, in none of them was the vibration or noise noticeably worse than on wing-mounted engined aircraft. In fact I've found the noisiest and shakiest to be turbo-prop engined a/c.

Sat down the back of a KLM MD-11 to Accra once, and it is noticeable compared to say, an A330, in my view.

Chop Chop · 16-03-2013 8:29pm

The wingspan on the A350 is enormous, also westdub's photo's are awesome, the detail is astonishing.

Blue Punto · 17-03-2013 3:42pm

PH-KCK will be my taxi for the return trip
Hope the window is not as scratched for pics

Flight cancelled so a night in the Shereton with a view of the airport

Its an AF 747 to paris tonight instead now

newcavanman · 18-03-2013 9:43pm

shanman wrote: »

Photos of the German Border Guard SA330J Puma's used in Garda colours for the Pope's 1979 visit can be seen at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8247258166/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8247257930/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8247257654/

I was standing beside these where they were parked in the phoenix park on the morning of the mas . loads of plain clothes gardai with uzis running around, but no one minded a daft teenager wandering around looking inside the choppers . Those were the days

19-03-2013 11:33am

merisi wrote: »

Excellent collection. Plenty of types of which good colour pictures are quite rare.

Lovely collection of pictures. Very rare colour ones indeed:DFairplay.

RadioRetro · 23-03-2013 12:33pm

Ah the Viscount, loved them (EI and BEA, sadly never travelled with Manx)... http://www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03/8581742788/ Thanks for that EchoIndia!

andy_g · 23-03-2013 5:52pm

EchoIndia wrote: »

Twenty-five years ago this summer:

G-BFZL Viscount 836 by Irish251, on Flickr

Ah now that brings back memories of spotting at dublin as a kid never flew on one though.

May take a trip out to malta i believe theres one there doing sight seeing trips.

EchoIndia · 24-03-2013 5:09pm

andy_g wrote: »

May take a trip out to malta i believe theres one there doing sight seeing trips.

Unfortunately there are no flyable Viscounts anywhere now. The last one/s were in the DRC, I think.

andy_g · 26-03-2013 12:41am

Could of swore there was an advertisement for it

will get the other half to confirm as shes living there

RadioRetro · 30-03-2013 2:25pm

Is the Avro a museum exhibit or in some sort of isolation, Carvair?

And if that's a retro scheme, nice!

Tenger · 30-03-2013 4:27pm

I guess these were shot in MAN?

The RJX was the 'next generation' Bae146 that was launched round about 2000. 9/11 killed the program and the only prototype is parked up at MAN in the viewing area..

smurfjed · 30-03-2013 4:58pm

I remember that they tried to sell them to us, but before discussions got too advanced, they moved the sales office to Toulouse and from that point the urgency seemed to diminish, it was as if they were worried about the conflict of interest with the A320 family.

smurfjed

Scone190 · 31-03-2013 10:50pm

RadioRetro wrote: »

Is the Avro a museum exhibit or in some sort of isolation, Carvair?

And if that's a retro scheme, nice!

Yea I took them that indeed is manchester its parked up in the viewing area G-IRJX was last commercial airliner fully built in the UK , there is a trident and nimrod are also parked up in the manchester viewing park. You can board them all I have more photos I might upload them later . And yes that was the retro livery was a nice treat that day as we left dublin on the early FR flight and pissed rain all day haha !!!

Peregrine · 03-04-2013 12:58pm

Dunno if I'm allowed to ask this here but I definitely didn't want to start a new thread.

Has anyone got any good wallpaper type pictures that I could use?
I was thinking of getting it printed on a mouse pad to be more precise, thought it was time I needed more aviation pictures on my stuff

smurfjed · 04-04-2013 1:47pm

moss.ie wrote: »

interesting visitor to Shannon this evening - USAF Georgia ANG E8-C JSTARS 96-0043
callsign "Peach 69" about to touch down Rway 06 @EINN for a splash n dash.

The E-8C JSTARS (Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System) is a heavily modified Boeing 707 functioning as a battle management/command and control platform.

that looks like Flaps 50 for landing, so does this mean that these aircraft are only STAGE 2 Noise Certified?

smurfjed

EchoIndia · 04-04-2013 1:54pm

As this is a military aircraft, I doubt there is any noise certification as such. From the photos, the engine nacelles are as per the original 707 design with no visible hush-kit modifications. There was a programme to re-engine these aircraft with JT-8D-219 engines but this seems to have been suspended, as explained here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS

Stealthirl · 06-04-2013 1:43am

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Dunno if I'm allowed to ask this here but I definitely didn't want to start a new thread.

Has anyone got any good wallpaper type pictures that I could use?
I was thinking of getting it printed on a mouse pad to be more precise, thought it was time I needed more aviation pictures on my stuff

Not sure if its ok to reply here to you but since they are AC pics heres some i have on rotation for my desktop. There all thumbs click for fullsize

Stealthirl · 06-04-2013 1:44am

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cuterob · 06-04-2013 2:08am

Whats the deal with the Omni 767? is it operating a flight under someone else?

Tenger · 06-04-2013 3:04am

cuterob wrote: »

Whats the deal with the Omni 767? is it operating a flight under someone else?

Charter for the Google conference in Las Vegas this week. 3 wide-bodies took staff fro DUB last Monday.

Peregrine · 06-04-2013 11:14am

Thank you Stealthirl, really love the Thunderbolts and the B-52s. I think I'll use one of the C-17s

shanman · 06-04-2013 11:50am

The visit to Shannon last week of a Northrop Grumman E8C JSTARS conversion of a Boeing 707 operated by the Georgia ANG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8616673955/ led me to see what photos I had of this aircraft at Shannon prior to its conversion. The aircraft was built for a Western Airlines order but not delivered to them and went to the Canadian Air Force as 13702 with the designation CC137 visiting Shannon as such in December 1992. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8623275658/

It was sold to Omega Air and ferried Trenton-Shannon in December 1993 registered HR-AMF
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8622174155/

It left Shannon for Ostend in August 1994 still registered HR-AMF with AeroBrasil Cargo titles for lease to TransBrasil though reserved reg PT-TCU was not used.http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/8623277200/

Omega sold the aircraft to Northrop Grumman

cuterob · 06-04-2013 12:59pm

Tenger wrote: »

Charter for the Google conference in Las Vegas this week. 3 wide-bodies took staff fro DUB last Monday.

oh my friend is in vegas with google that explains it

what were the other planes? I saw the Omni 767 parked up yesterday 5th of april.. was that returned from Vegas already?

Peregrine · 06-04-2013 1:05pm

cuterob wrote: »

oh my friend is in vegas with google that explains it

what were the other planes? I saw the Omni 767 parked up yesterday 5th of april.. was that returned from Vegas already?

Atlas Air 747 N465MC and an Air Berlin A330 D-ALPH

cuterob · 06-04-2013 1:12pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Atlas Air 747 N465MC and an Air Berlin A330 D-ALPH

why was the omni parked up yesterday in Dub? are they back already?

Stealthirl · 06-04-2013 9:20pm

Well there was an Atlas 744 parked there earlier today. N465MC it arrived at 02:35 this morning

Love to know when it's leaving

Rud · 08-04-2013 5:34pm

Stealthirl wrote: »

Well there was an Atlas 744 parked there earlier today. N465MC it arrived at 02:35 this morning

Love to know when it's leaving

Will this beauty still be parked up there tomorrow,does anybody know?

N7777G · 08-04-2013 6:18pm

Rud wrote: »

Will this beauty still be parked up there tomorrow,does anybody know?

I'm afraid it departed around 0530 this morning

nungesser · 11-04-2013 6:16pm

Hi gang, Looking for any info you might have about this aircraft. Was on the ramp at Dublin Airport March 26th when I flew to the UK and was able to get these photos on my return April 2nd. What country use's the "oo" registration letters? Is this a military aircraft? just wondering cause of the all grey paint scheme. Thanks
1.http://www.flickr.com/photos/41833279@N07/8639843813/in/photostream/lightbox/
2.http://www.flickr.com/photos/41833279@N07/8640937942/in/photostream/lightbox/
3.http://www.flickr.com/photos/41833279@N07/8640929738/in/photostream/lightbox/

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