Nice 'plane paint.

[Albannach]

I saw this 'plane at Edinburgh yesterday, it's the prettiest colour scheme I've seen on a commercial airliner.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Nice!

Is that an Apache sticker?

[meooo]

Titan Airways apparantly, operating out of Stanstead

[Albannach]

It may be an Apache special, is it on his PB sticker page?

Aye, Titan (mostly freelance work apparently). I thought it was a private or company jet at first.

[Albannach]

By the way, that's not my picture, that was found on HERE, the pic was taken in Zurich.

[Apache]

The vinyl wouldn't quite fit in my cutter...

[GBV8]

Titan Airways apparantly, operating out of Stanstead

Named after the moon. Nice touch that.

Easyjet have an all orange aircraft flying about apparently. It marks the 200th plane they took delivery of. Read that in thier magazine yesterday.

[flounderbout]

Easyjet have an all orange aircraft flying about apparently. It marks the 200th plane they took delivery of. Read that in thier magazine yesterday.

There is probably a £25 surcharge if you are "lucky" enough to find yourself flying on it...

[GBV8]

Seeing as we are talking about planes, did you see this?


OOPS !
This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside its hangar in Toulouse , France without a single hour of airtime.



Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) to conduct pre-delivery tests on the ground, such as engine run-ups, prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi ..



The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area..

Then they took all four engines to takeoff power with a virtually empty aircraft. Not having read the run-up manuals, they had no clue just how light an empty A340-600 really is.



The takeoff warning horn was blaring away in the cockpit because they had All 4 engines at full power. The aircraft computers thought they were trying to take off, but it had not been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc..)




Then one of the ADAT crew decided to pull the circuit breaker on the Ground Proximity Sensor to silence the alarm.. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air. The computers automatically released all the brakes and set the aircraft rocketing forward.



The ADAT crew had no idea that this is a safety feature so that pilots can't land with the brakes on.

Not one member of the seven-man Arab crew was smart enough to throttle back the engines from their max power setting, so the $200 million brand-new aircraft crashed into a blast barrier, totaling it.



The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown due to the news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere. Because.......



Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs.



Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.



One French Airbus: $200 million dollars
Untrained Arab Flight Crew: $300,000 Yearly Salary
Unread Operating Manual: $300
Aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins..
PRICELESS!!!

[slobodan]

Seeing as we are talking about planes, did you see this?


OOPS !
This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside its hangar in Toulouse , France without a single hour of airtime.

Maybe Baby

[markp2]

That black and white plane shows up at Exeter regularly. Our house is under the flightpath so we get a good view if we can be bothered!
Mark

[Albannach]

Easyjet have an all orange aircraft flying about apparently.

They have at least 2, I thought they had more.

[GBV8]

Maybe Baby

Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story

[Vultch]

It was not that far off... I'd love to hear the phone call to the respective bosses ..

[madmanc]

can you imagine the call to the insurance Company...