This big blue magnificent flying ship is one of the most vivid I my earliest memories of aviation. I have books with KLM 747s on them. Big Blue was there every time I went to the airport. A 7 year old me thought it lived there. This is a 747-200(SUD). KL… https://t.co/LwFVoOmRWS
The MD-11 is one of my favorite airliners. Such a smart looking design (from all angles), but it’s by no means flawless. Because of a desire to save weight, the horizontal stabilizer was reduced in size, which contributes to the higher landing speed and … https://t.co/fouNiLsjTR
Back when Air China was operating at pre-Corona capacity, this was a pretty regular sight for SFO spotters, but here at LAX we haven’t seen regular 747 flights from Air China since they began 777-300ER service, which has, up until recently, been very ver… https://t.co/sf7TIJUWNL
The mighty C-5 Galaxy in her ghostly grey livery is the stuff of nightmares when you’re looking straight at it. She was the largest mass-produced aircraft in U.S. History until the introduction of the 747-8, which is only 3ft longer and has a wingspan 2f… https://t.co/5Slp4oAT47