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The DC8........rarely see them in Europe now.....I thought there was something concerning the DC8 and noise regulations, or am I thinking of another type? Almost daily a dc-8-70 from DHL is coming to BRU. Also 3/4 times a week a dc-8-62 of MK is coming, partly on behalf of Hewa Bora. So, we can &qu...

airDD wrote:NWA currently flies 12 B753's and has another 3 on order.

NWA placed an order on January 17, 2001 for 18 B757-300, of which 16 would be delivered by the end of this year.

Q to airDD: have they canx 3 B753

SkyStef

First of all ugly & beauty is of course a very subjective matter. In my view, the stretched dc-8 looks quite elegant compared to most other stretched commercial planes. On the opposite f.e. the md-80 by all means looks the most horrible :cry:. And look @ those stretched 757s, 777s, 340s. :cry: :...

Regular BRU visitor "dirty ole plane" tc-fla changed its jacket, must say i would be shivering when boarding it in past.
Now looks like "new".

No info bout the inside

SkyStef

Looks like a great c/s on a great plane but in a very poor shot.
Who can make better shots ?

SweatStef

x André: only 9Q-CHA is used these days by ALX, 9Q-CHC is used for spare parts Frederic U r sending confusing reports into the world. 9Q-CHC is the one thats flying & the plane is a serie 500. 9Q-CHA is the one that is used for spares & is a serie 250. But of course this serie 500 plane is ...

Don't know glider, but on monday August 11 the usual zs-oos is planned to JNB etd 2115.

SkyStef

liebensd wrote:On the 13H00 news on VRT radio was told that it was the flight to Youandé that returned to Brussels.

The same VRT radio told @ 1700 it was the NBO/KGL flight.

Rgrds SkyStef 8)

According my info this should be OO-SFM with etd 1020 to NBO & KGL on August 9.
A spottingsreport for confirmation would be welcome.

SkyStef 8)

sn26567 wrote:..... a big USAF transport plane landed. Four engines, steep winglets. What kind of plane was it?

Description says it could be this kind of plane Boeing Globemaster

Rgds SkyStef

Apparantly the old 707 tl-adj did get away from OST after 8 months of storage. But the aircraft didn't get far, as it had to make again an emergency landing, this time @ Reims (France). The aircraft "belonging to" Congolese rebellian leader Bemba did rise again controversy talks by Ostend ...

sn26567 wrote:.........Comet in BEA colours. I thought that they were all operated by BOAC.

André, BEA operated 14 Comets between 1959 & 1971 (of which 2 crashed).
We even should have seen them @ BRU i think

SkyStef

The only winglets that look nice r the one fitted on the 320 family. All other ones look like "dog-ears". Especially the 737's winglets r on top of this bad show. And the Russians copy it with their IL96 & Tu204 :cry: . My (aesthetic) point of view folks :twisted: . Just give me a clea...

Last 3 days, I saw an Atlas B747 standing at Brucargo (today next to another unknown B747 to me - anyone with more info?). Did Atlas Air start scheduled operations into BRU? If yes, which are the landing & TO hours? For the ones who have still some interest, n535mc & tf-arl flew for Hydro A...

Was already @ BRU lz-boj

SkyStef 8O watches them.

Richard Branson , the big boss of Virgin wanna buy the concordes from British Airways, its failed allready with Air France, if he can buy the concordes for Virgin Atlantic, he wanna hold the concordes another 30 years in the air..... Toulouse won't give support to Concordes anymore after BA's withd...

About the pics: it seems that the prototype had few windows. Did they fear the same fatigue accidents as with the Comet? No André, i don't suppose. The main reason is allready mentionned earlier in my post: the purpose of this plane was only "testing" so no plans for entering it in commer...

sn26567 wrote:Did OO-SCX not get a French registration when it was transfered to France for temporary storage?

Inderdeed André, just before it wore an "F-WQRG" regi, but those F-WQxx regis r only used for ferry flights and/or storage i think.

SkyStef

Yep i know Frederic, @ least somebody did c the mistake, Islandsflug/Icebird Airlines is the correct name....i suppose i melted those 2 names

SkyStef

Right Chris :kvole: Plane was already donated "as one of 12 most significant aeroplane designs" to Smithsonian Institute (National Air and Space Museum) back in 1972 for "future" display, but there was a lack of a suitable building. After 18 years of desert sand, the plane was re...