Court Line as a major playing in the holiday charter business in Britain during the 70’s. With the purchase of One-Eleven 500s, the airline went with a very special pastel combinations on their airplanes: yellow/gold/orange, pink/rose/magenta, pale violet/mauve/purple and light green/mid-green/forest green. In 1973 Court Line took a big risk and took delivery of two […]
This is a front section of an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727-200 located at the Future of Flight. There are two things not quite right with the photo (except half the plane missing). Can you tell what’s wrong? Tomorrow I will give the answer and a nice little story how it was fixed. UPDATE: This story […]
Remember the days when you talked to someone called a “travel agent” and told them what you wanted and they would do all the work? Good ones would even assist you if your flight was delayed or canceled. In the age of Expedia, Orbitz, and Kayak some people feel they can get the best price, […]
What an amazing plane and an amazing city. I feel so lucky to live here! Notice the Space Needle in the bottom right of the photo. The Boeing 787 flight tests have been going great. Guy Norris with Aviation Week has a great write up with the details you can check out. Found this picture […]
Remember back when the TSA harassed another aviation blogger about a leaked TSA directive? I didn’t think the story could have gotten any crazier, but I was wrong. Mary Kirby (RunwayGirl) was given photos, from a very reliable source, of a notebook that was dropped by the TSA agent who paid a visit to Steven […]