Aviation Appreciation Station

[STeeLy]

I think I would like it better if the word "American" stood out more.

Dark grey on Light grey just... doesn't appeal to me.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Courtesy of @YYCSpotter (on Twitter) here is the AA new livery 738 at YYC yesterday:

If the did that livery, but with the polished aluminum replacing the grey.... god it would awesome.

[pylon]

Speaking of livery, what is everyones favorite? I have always loved classic Delta. Just looks right.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by pylon

If the did that livery, but with the polished aluminum replacing the grey.... god it would awesome.

Agreed, but I believe the main reason for eliminating the polished aluminum is the fact that more and more of new aircraft have the composites. Which you can't polish up. When AA was flying the A300 they had a grey paint scheme applied on the fuselage in lieu of aluminum.

Originally Posted by pylon

Speaking of livery, what is everyones favorite? I have always loved classic Delta. Just looks right.

Classic Delta is sweet, but I have to give my vote (and not just because I'm Canadian) to the Canadian Proud Wings livery:

[Acey]

CO's old Peter Max

[pylon]

I'll just pretend I didn't see that. ^^^

Favorite airliner, favorite livery. L-1011 tristar.

[Bigtime]

Tristars ruled. Pity the RAF has replaced them with A330's, now we don't get them in YYC anymore.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Tristars ruled. Pity the RAF has replaced them with A330's, now we don't get them in YYC anymore.

I always preferred the look to DC-10's/MD-11's. Love the s-duct design on the tail. I have no idea if they flew any better or worse, but they are such an awesome looking airplane.

[Barnes]

CP Air was one of my favs.

[pylon]

The official airline of CalgaryPuck!

[Kipper is King]

I always have enjoyed Quantas' livery.

[Madman]

787 cleared by the FAA to fly again.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/19/news...html?hpt=hp_t3

[InSutterWeTrust]

Just came back from a cruise and went to Maho Beach in St.Maarten.

[STeeLy]

I definitely enjoy the Cathay Pacific Cargo livery

Spoiler!

(I'm also kind of biased because I'm from HK)

[KelVarnsen]

Originally Posted by InSutterWeTrust

Just came back from a cruise and went to Maho Beach in St.Maarten.

I hate you

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

I hate you

I was going to post this too!

Maho beach is on my bucket list, probably in a few years.

This rare angle of the beach showed up on airliners.net yesterday:

[InSutterWeTrust]

So here are a couple videos my wife and I took at Maho Beach as well.

[La Flames Fan]

Originally Posted by InSutterWeTrust

So here are a couple videos my wife and I took at Maho Beach as well.

St. Maarten must have had good tourism pre-YouTube, but man it's probably exploded since YouTube found this beach.

[jeffman]

Just out of curiosity would there be problems if someone booted a soccer ball high enough to get sucked in by the turbofan on landing approach?

[speede5]

Your only problem would be finding a lawyer to defend you in court.

If you got the lucky shot that actually hit an intake the fan would chew that ball up and spot it out and the pilot probably wouldn't even know it happened. You might tweak a blade so the airline would not be happy.