Today, the 7,500th 737 (9M-LNF) was delivered to Malindo Air. Malindo Air is a joint venture airline between Lion Air of Indonesia and the National Aerospace and Defense Industries (NADI) of Malaysia and the airline name takes after the two countries in the partnership (Malaysia & Indonesia). Set to begin operations in May of this […]
At 2:15pm on Tuesday 12th March, Boeing 747 Dreamlifter N718BA (operated by Atlas Air) took off from Paine Field heading towards Nagoya, Japan for a scheduled pick up of structures and assemblies for the 787 program. Shortly after departure during the climb out process, the Dreamlifter declared an emergency. Doug Alder with Boeing communications told […]
I don’t know about other AvGeeks & plane spotters out there but I have this list of aircraft that I have been trying to get photos of lately. Well it sure was a lucky day in Everett when I can tick two off the list in the span of a few minutes. What is on […]
Since the inception of the loyalty program, hotels and airlines have worked together. The relationship has always been more that the hotels just providing you points in the airline program if you stay with them. An announcement by Delta Air Lines last month has changed things considerably. Delta’s SkyMiles program has elite tiers that offer […]
Since 1953 the Thunderbirds have been the premier Air Demonstration team for the United States Air Force. Flying a range of different aircraft from F-84s to F-105s to the current F16, whatever the Air Force flew, so did the Thunderbirds. Based at Nellis Air Force Base just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, the Thunderbirds spend […]