Turkish Airlines 737-800 TC-JFT


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A nice set of winglets on this new 737-800.

*Airplanes 101* (See Airplanes 101 Set)
Name: Boeing 737-800
Manufacturer: Boeing (USA) .
Main Role: medium capacity medium range mainline jetliner
Basic design: Two engines single aisle narrow body jet. Airframe based on the Boeing 707. It is essentially a 737-400 replacement.
Capacity: Roughly 162-189 passengers
Range: 3500km -5400km
First delivery date: 1998
Still in production in 2006: Yes
Easily confused for: A320, A321, 727 & other models of the 737
Main identifying points: Look for the classic Boeing cockpit windows with 4 "eyebrow windows above the main windows although in the most recent examples all the eyebrow windows have been eliminated, Two traditional wing mounted engines, less oval shape than the 737-300 or -400 because of the new larger and higher wing, winglets are an option so they may or may not be on them… if so like in the photo they are blended winglets swept up very high and quite dramatic, a kinked leading edge on the tail and the tail cone shown in the picture. This is a very popular selling plane and you’ll likely see it at any major airport worldwide.
Examples of Main Operators: Continental, Westjet, Delta, Air China, China Southern, Aeromexico, American Airlines, Qantas just to name a few.

For more pics of 737 aircraft see the Boeing 737 group here at Flickr.

Test shot of airplane by PowerShot S90 (1)


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This photo was shot at very hard condition for PowerShot S90 as Compact Digital Camera.

Airplane AKA Air Race ride (Luna Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York)


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Hydro Quebec Q400


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A stretched Dash-8 (Q400 series) landing in Montreal

*Airplanes 101* (See Airplanes 101 Set)
Name: Q-400
Manufacturer: Bombardier (DeHavilland Canada) (Canada)
Main Role: small capacity, short range regional propellor aircraft
Basic design: twin engined top fuselage mounted, single aisle narrowbody propellor airplane based on the Dash-8 series.

Paris Arrival


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Air France’s Boeing 777-300 begins to manoeuvre itself into it’s gate after arriving from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris

*Airplanes 101* (See Airplanes 101 Set)
Name: Boeing 777-300
Manufacturer: Boeing (USA) .
Main Role: large capacity medium-very long range mainline jetliner
Basic design: Two engined twin aisle wide body mainline jetliner.
Capacity: Roughly 385-550 passengers
Range: 10,500km – 13,400km
First delivery date: 1995
Still in production in 2004: Yes
Easily confused for: 767-400, 777-200, A340-600
Main identifying points: The tail cone and tail are probably the 777′s best identifyer.. the tail-cone comes to a vertically flat ending with the APU exhaust protruding out of the left side only. Also the 777 has sharply edged tail that’s somewhat small in mass but tall for the plane’s size. From the front you can see the fuselage is not oval like most airplanes but completely circular. There are no winglets on the 777-300 but the wingtips are "raked" meaning the sweep backwards at the end and come to a somewhat pointy ending. This plane flies with the largest engines of any airliner. The GE90s engine cone is as large as some airliner’s fuselages in fact. Another easy thing to spot that’s unique to the 777 is the triple bogey landing gear… three sets of double wheels on each main undercarriage landing gear. Other than Russian aircraft all other long range planes only have double ones. The main obvious difference from the 777-200 however is simply the longer fuselage to accommodate the additional passenger.
Examples of Main Operators: Japan Airlines, ANA, Air France, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, Thai Airways, It’s among the most popular long range high capacity airliners flying in Asia and is becoming more popular in the rest of the world. KLM, Air India & Air Canada have recently ordered this plane for instance.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777-300#777-300

For more pics of 777 aircraft see the Boeing 777 group here at Flickr.

airplane crossing the confluence of saturn, regulus and a lunar eclipse


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There won’t be another solar eclipse featuring an additional two celestial bodies in the next millennium. Saturn is to the lower left while to the upper right is Regulus, last of the first magnitude stars, 3.5x larger than our Sun and itself orbited by a much smaller binary star system.

The three pairs of dots are the pulsing lights from an airliner.

JAL’s airplane flies over Osaka City


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Photo taken at Katamachi-bashi bridge near Osaka Castle, by DMC-G1 + LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6.

Thomson airways airplanes parked at Gatwick in anaglyph 3D


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3D anaglyph picture red blue glasses to view photo

All YS-11 airplanes will retire tomorrow…


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taken at Matsuyama Airport (RJOM/MYJ)

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: main hall panorama (F-4 Corsair, et al)


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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Vought F4U-1D Corsair:

By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft’s distinctive inverted gull-wing design allowed ground clearance for the huge, three-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller, which spanned more than 4 meters (13 feet). The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine and Hydromatic propeller was the largest and one of the most powerful engine-propeller combinations ever flown on a fighter aircraft.

Charles Lindbergh flew bombing missions in a Corsair with Marine Air Group 31 against Japanese strongholds in the Pacific in 1944. This airplane is painted in the colors and markings of the Corsair Sun Setter, a Marine close-support fighter assigned to the USS Essex in July 1944.

Transferred from the United States Navy.

Manufacturer:
Vought Aircraft Company

Date:
1940

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 460 x 1020cm, 4037kg, 1250cm (15ft 1 1/8in. x 33ft 5 9/16in., 8900lb., 41ft 1/8in.)

Materials:
All metal with fabric-covered wings behind the main spar.

Physical Description:
R-2800 radial air-cooled engine with 1,850 horsepower, turned a three-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller with solid aluminum blades spanning 13 feet 1 inch; wing bent gull-shaped on both sides of the fuselage.