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ANSWERS: Ultimate Livery Challenge 2

By David Parker Brown, on June 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 pm

How many of these airline liveries did you get correct?

You guys are crazy…crazy good. I really worked hard to try to make this the hardest one possible. With the first ultimate livery challenge, eight smart folks got them all right. This time only six got it, so I am on the right track! Here are your answers (click to see the full image):

#1 Onur Air Airbus A300 – photo by egcc
#2 Armavia Airlines A320 – photo by World Famous Airlines
#3 Air Pacific Boeing 747-100 – photo by dasdad54
#4 Cyprus Airways Airbus A319 – photo by Thomas Becker
#5 East African Airlines VC-10 – photo by Manfred Groihs
#6 Odyssey International Boeing 757 – photo by Savvas Garozis
#7 OrenAir Tupolev TU-204 – photo by osdu
#8 Faucett Peru McDonald-Douglas DC-8 – photo by Savvas Garozis

And these fine folks are the best of the best with airline liveries:
* Alfred T
* Gordon W (@GordonWerner)
* Kevin F (@TxAgFlyer)
* Ben W (@BenjaminWhalen)
* Patrick O
* Chris J

Even though who replied first didn’t matter, I did put them in order of when I got them. Alfred is out of control, he submitted his answer 2 hours and 32 minutes after I posted the challenge…amazing. I was not expecting this many people to get these right, so I am working on prizes, but each person will get a prize, just like they did last time.

I got some partial answers and those even really impress me. I don’t know how I will make this harder, but I am going to. Alfred…you have been warned !

Ultimate Livery Challenge 2: Putting your airline livery skills to the test

By David Parker Brown, on June 17th, 2010 at 8:00 am

Mwhahahah, good luck

A while back I did an Ultimate Livery Challenge and thought no one would get them. HA! Eight people ended up knowing the answers and I gave out eight prizes (Future of Flight hats). Well, I realized I had to make it harder…and I think I have. Here is the challenge:

GUESS WHAT AIRLINE EACH LIVERY BELONGS TO AND THE AIRCRAFT TYPE IN THE PHOTO.

Small print: I have not photoshopped any of these photos except to blur out reg numbers or flip the image to make it look pretty. You don’t need to know the exact model, just the family. (ie just need “Boeing 747″ not “Boeing 747-300″). All these liveries are either new/old and used on planes doing passenger operations (ie not just cargo). All photo credits will be given with the answers.

Not too sure about all of them? That is ok. I do not expect anyone to get these all right. A prize (and link to your website…if you have one) will be given out to the closest person…so don’t hesitate to guess.

I also had a request to allow more time that wasn’t a weekday. I have listened. You have until TUESDAY JUNE 22nd at 5pm PST (update: I was sick yesterday evening and not able to get the answers written, so extended it) to submit your guess. Use the comments if you have questions (or want to complain about the difficulty), but do not put your answers there since I don’t others stealing your knowledge (or hard work). Please email them to me to david@airlinereporter.com, send them via Twitter or my Facebook.

GOOD LUCK (you will need it)

CONTEST ANSWER: How many flowers does it take to lei an Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330?

By David Parker Brown, on June 8th, 2010 at 7:10 am

It took 9,500 flowers to make this lei for the Hawaiian Airlines A330

Last week I showed a photo of Hawaiian Airline’s brand spanking new Airbus A330 and it had a fancy lei on it. I asked how many flowers do you think it took to make the lei?

Via the comments and people emailing me I received over 60 guesses. They ranged from 330 to 330,200 (both guesses a play off the being an A330, I am guessing) The answer? According to Hawaiian Airlines it took 9,500 dendrobium orchids to make the lei on the Airbus A330. Now that is a lot of flowers.

And who was closest? David Brown. Seriously. But it isn’t me, it is another David Brown (there are a lot of us out there and he has an aviation blog too). Mr. Brown guessed 9855 flowers, which was closest to 9500. I will be mailing him his prizes. Thank you all for participating!

On June 4th the A330 had its maiden flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles. This is the first of 27 new A330s and A350s that Hawaiian plans to introduce into its fleet over the coming decade. Check out this photo of the A330 being pushed back from its gate at Honolulu.

Seeing Apolo Ohno and the Winners of Alaska Airlines Contest off to Maui

By David Parker Brown, on June 4th, 2010 at 8:30 am

Apolo Ohno taking a photo of his image on an Alaska Airline's Boeing 737...how surreal. Photo by me.

Back in March I blogged how you could win a trip to Hawaii for five days with Apolo Ohno on Alaska Airlines. Well, Alaska received almost 30,000 entries (one was mine) and four lucky people were selected (none of those were me, but I did get to be there…bonus). I always wonder, “does anyone ever win these things?” and sure enough they do.

Yesterday morning I got up at about 3:45am to head down to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to meet the lucky winners and of course Apolo Ohno. You know Mr. Ohno right? He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time and he is also a cool dude. For some, being that talented has a way of going to someone’s head, but not for Ohno. He was more than happy to take photos with fans.

I spoke with one of the winners and his guest; Kevin LaChapelle and his new fiancé Whittnee Chen. Even though they have known each other for years, Kevin just proposed and Whittnee said yes. What better way to celebrate than a free trip to Hawaii, with Apolo?

Apolo after he arrived in Maui. Photo by Alaska Airlines

Kevin told me he almost missed winning this trip. He saw the email and sent it to his spam folder. He then remembered signing up for the contest and took a second look. He had won! Kevin said if Whittnee didn’t say yes to his proposal, he had many friends saying they would take her slot to Hawaii.

I was also able to interview Apolo on video about his thoughts on having his image on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737. Well, long story short, I lost the video. Lame. It was really good too. Anyhow he told me it was very surreal. He explained how much he loves Alaska Airlines and is so happy they sponsored him. The silver lining of all this, I was Tweeting my frustrations on losing the video and Apolo responded over Twitter he would like to re-do it. Now, that is awesome!

Their special flight took off from Seattle at about 8:30am yesterday and arrived in Maui in the afternoon. When they arrived, they were greeted by the Lt Governor of Hawaii, James R. “Duke” Aiona Jr, the Maui Mayor Charmain Tavares and the Maui Surf Groms.

The groms are a group of young surfers who are looking to make surfing an official Olympic sport. The group helps disadvantage kids fly around the Hawaiian islands to compete and they were all very excited to meet Ohno.

It was fun to watch them all leave, but I wish I was going with them. Oh well, at least I can blog about it.

Check out all my photos (and a few from Alaska Airlines) of yesterday’s events – including a shot of the luggage processing area at SEA.

CONTEST: How many flowers does it take to lei an Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330?

By David Parker Brown, on June 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 am

Hawiian Airlines brand new Airbus A330 next to their first plane, a 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker

GUESSING HAS BEEN CLOSED. I WILL POST THE ANSWERS TOMORROW (JUNE 8th) MORNING. I have locked it down so no more comments can be made.

Hawaiian Airlines is making a big change. They are adding an Airbus A330 to their fleet. On Friday June 4th the first passenger flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles will commence, starting a new era.

The new A330 is named Makali‘i for the constellation Pleiades that helped guide ancient Polynesian voyagers across the Pacific.

This is one amazing photo and quite a few things are impressive. What got my attention (besides the fact this is Hawaiian’s newest and oldest aircraft together), is the Airbus A330 has a lei on it.

See it? Those purple/pink flowers right behind the cockpit? I wrote to Hawaiian PR guy Patrick Dugan and asked, “How many flowers does it take to lei an Airbus A330?” Guess what he told me? No, seriously guess…

CONTEST: How many flowers (they are dendrobium orchids, if that matters) did it take to create the lei (just the lei on the A330, not the stairs or other flowers) seen in the photo (bigger version) on the Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330?

The closest person(s) to the correct answer will win a prize (I have a few you can choose from). You can leave a comment or you can email me at david@airlinereporter.com (don’t worry I am not collecting emails in any fashion). I will give you until Monday June 7th at 5pm PST, then I will give the answer and announce the winner(s)!

Hint? It is a lot more than you think…

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CONTEST ANSWER: How many flowers does it take to lei an Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330?

Seeing Apolo Ohno and the Winners of Alaska Airlines Contest off to Maui

CONTEST: How many flowers does it take to lei an Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330?