Rafael E. Paullada Lavalle

Ingeniero Civil, Estrategia Empresarial y Gobierno Corporativo.
Buena música, aviación y humanidad.

[Rafael E. Paullada Lavalle @rpaullada]

There's nothing like The Queen of the Skies.
Nothing!

[Alex 🇭🇲 @speedbird020]

#SpeedbirdSaturday
The legendary Queen of the Skies. B747.

@xaviation @jumpjim
📹 - eyetrapper

[Nick Hoffmann @n194at]

China Airlines Cargo
Boeing 747-409F B-18718
IND/KIND Indianapolis Intl Airport
September 1, 2026
Photo credit John Giambone
#AvGeek #Aviation #Airline #AvGeeks #Boeing #B747 #QueenOfTheSkies #Giambone #IND #ChinaAirlines @INDairport #Indianapolis

[Nick Hoffmann @n194at]

Delta Air Lines
Airbus A330-323 N805NW
ATL/KATL Atlanta Hartsfield Intl Airport
June 13, 2026
Photo credit Yu Cai
#AvGeek #Aviation #Airline #AvGeeks #Airbus #A330 #ATL #Atlanta @ATLairport #Delta @delta 🇺🇸

[Julian Lennon @JulianLennon]

🙏

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

West Coast W.

#RepBX

[Rafael E. Paullada Lavalle @rpaullada]

What?

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

WATCH: Air China Boeing 747-8 B-2486, flight CA982 from New York JFK to Beijing on 30th August, suffered a refueling incident after the fuel truck was reportedly suspected to have “moved abnormally,” damaging the aircraft's refueling connection and causing a significant fuel leak.

Fuel spilled across the apron, prompting the fire department to rush in and wash down the affected area. The flight was subsequently canceled, and the aircraft remains at JFK.

It is unclear exactly what caused the truck's abnormal movement, but footage appears to show the driver quickly shutting the door moments before the truck begins moving.

B-2486 is one of the last remaining passenger Boeing 747-8s flying today.

The Queen is becoming increasingly rare. We should protect her at all costs.

[MLB @MLB]

Spencer Jones homers and drives in three runs to highlight a 14-hit @Yankees performance!

[Francisco Cunha - ✈️ Aviation et al @OnDisasters]

Swissair 111 tragedy was 28 years ago

1998: Swissair Flight 111, an MD-11, crashes off Nova Scotia (Canada). All 229 aboard die. Crew reported onboard fire before impact, which was traced by investigators to the cabin entertainment system. The conflagration disabled vital instruments, causing loss of control.

The inquiry named the primary cause was inadequate aircraft certification standards for material flammability, which allowed materials that could ignite and sustain fire beyond the flight crew’s control. The investigation issued several broad safety recommendations, many of which were incorporated into industry standards.

This reenactment from Mayday ACI S1 still feels nightmarish: one cannot imagine what the crew went through while trying to save the aircraft in a situation which they had no chance to overcome.

[Cartoon Non Stop @CartoonNonStop]

Coyote never trust ACME products

[Rafael E. Paullada Lavalle @rpaullada]

Nothing beats the Queen!

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

KLM Boeing 747 climbing out of St. Maarten. The Queen of the Sky is truly impressive!

[Nick Hoffmann @n194at]

Spantax
Douglas DC-9-14 EC-CGY Line #2
BSL/LFSB Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport
March 1980
Photo credit Eduard Marmet
#AvGeek #Aviation #Airline #AvGeeks #Douglas #DC9 #Spantax #BSL #Basel @edelweiss330 @MD80com 🇪🇸

[Braniff International @BraniffIntl]

BRANIFF HISTORY TODAY - On this day, Saturday, September 1, 1973. Braniff International opened a new Hostess base at Denver, Texas, which was becoming a significant airport for the Airline. The new base was announced by company officials in August 1973, and it joins the bases at Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston, Texas.

Hostesses were eager to bid on the new base that initially accommodated 65 cabin attendants. Those that won bids for the new base lived in Denver and flew from city's close-in Stapleton International Airport. Miss Ginny Linder was appointed manager of the Rocky Mountain base.

Braniff's presence at Stapleton had increased significantly when new hourly Non-Stop service between there and Dallas/Ft. Worth was inaugurated on July 15, 1973. The luxury carrier first began mail and express service to Denver on August 1, 1943, over a route from Amarillo to Pueblo and Colorado Springs, with passenger service beginning on August 10, 1943. The flight originated at Dallas Love Field and made additional stops at Wichita Falls, Texas.

As of September 1, 1973, Braniff offered the following Non-Stop service from Denver:

Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
Memphis, Tennessee
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

All four cities were served with additional single-plane service.

And the following single-plane service:

Atlanta, Georgia
Corpus Christi, Texas
Houston, Texas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
New York/Newark, New York/New Jersey
San Antonio, Texas
Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Washington DC/Baltimore, Maryland

All flights were operated with Boeing 727 Trijet and Douglas DC-8-62 Intercontinental Jet aircraft.

Photo: Braniff International Douglas DC-8-62 Intercontinental Jet registered as N1805 has just arrived at Denver Stapleton International Airport in November 1970. The big luxurious airliner is painted in the 1967 Alexander Girard/Harper and George Orange Solid Color Scheme with White Wings, Engines and Pylons and Vertical Tail with Alexander Girard Sky Font and BI Tail Logo in White.

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[Jorge Luís Rangel @JorgeLuisRR1963]

TAL CUAL.

[Claudio X. González G. @ClaudioXGG]

“Llegaron prometiendo acabar con los privilegios, pero parece que sólo querían reservarlos para ellos. Llegaron denunciando a la mafia en el poder y acabaron convirtiéndose en ella.” Denise Dresser

[Rafael E. Paullada Lavalle @rpaullada]

Pues esto es a causa de todas las reformas, desaparición de la división de poderes, corrupción y demás atrocidades de este gobierno.

[Gabriela Siller Pagaza @GabySillerP]

Nuevamente, el 0% de los analistas encuestados por @Banxico cree que es buen momento para invertir en México.

[Rafael E. Paullada Lavalle @rpaullada]

No tienen abuela, en serio.

[Pascal @beltrandelrio]

En el mensaje del Segundo Informe, que duró 65 minutos y fue interrumpido 40 veces por aplausos, no hubo una sola mención de la tragedia de las desapariciones. Ni un guiño de solidaridad con las familias que buscan a sus seres queridos. Como si no existieran.

[Braniff International @BraniffIntl]

BRANIFF HISTORY TODAY - On this day, Sunday, September 1, 1974, Braniff International inaugurated every hour on the hour nonstop Boeing 727 service between Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Airport and both Houston Hobby and Intercontinental airports. Braniff President Charles Edward Acker made the announcement of the new service, which was the highest level of service ever offered by a single air carrier between two metropolitan areas.

The air carriers that had signed the agreement to move their operations from Dallas Love Field to the new Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Airport, when scheduled service began on January 13, 1974, had been challenged in court. The court ruled that a carrier could operate service from Dallas Love Field to cities within the state of Texas and Braniff had elected to take advantage of the ruling and operate services at both of the Dallas area airports.

However, the decision was made that Braniff's and the Dallas/Ft. Worth's best interests would be served by Braniff moving all of its scheduled operations to DFW Airport. Braniff ceased all Love Field operations on September 1, 1974, while on the same date began offering the new hourly service between DFW and both Houston airports. It was because of the cessation of Love Field service that Braniff was able to operate the new shuttle service.

President Acker noted during the announcement that, "We have determined that we can best serve the greatest number of travelers with this consolidation. The decision to consolidate is a business judgement as to how we can best provide the finest air transportation system to the customers and communities we are privileged to serve." He further pointed out that Braniff's concept of high-frequency service was highly popular as evidenced by the fact that the carrier's domestic growth rate exceeded that of any domestic trunk carrier.

Braniff first offered its Houston Rocket hourly service between Dallas Love Field beginning in July 1969, followed by San Antonio in July 1971 and Denver in July 1973, and Chicago, all of which proved highly popular with customers and extremely profitable for Braniff. While there were more hourly flights between Washington DC and New York, but they were provided by a combination of carriers, whereas the hourly service was only provided by Braniff in the Houston and Dallas markets.

In addition, Braniff had pioneered the high frequency theory of scheduling, which allowed for easy customer memorization of hourly schedules further making the passengers experience on Braniff, the best in the industry. Only on Braniff was a passenger able to go to a gate or an adjacent gate and board a flight between Dallas and Houston every thirty minutes.

Ten flights daily were offered between Dallas and Houston Hobby and all of them were scheduled for single-plane service to other Braniff cities beyond Dallas/Ft. Worth. Half of the flights departing Hobby for Dallas/Ft. Worth were scheduled to continue nonstop to Chicago O'Hare Airport. These flights also complimented the four daily nonsttop flights that Braniff already operated between Houston Intercontinental and Chicago. Two of the Hobby to DFW flights continued to Newark, which were complimented by two daily one-stop flights that were already being offered between Houston Intercontinental and the New York area via the Newark airport.

The new Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Airport was the hub of Braniff's domestic route system and a major US hub, ranking third in number of domestic connecting passengers. Before the discontinuation of Love Field intrastate service, Braniff operated 142 daily departures from DFW and 13 departures from Love Field. Effective on September 1, however, Braniff operated 152 daily departures and the same number of arrivals from/to DFW Airport. Braniff, already the largest carrier at DFW and the only airline with its own terminal, now provided over 300 daily departures and arrivals, which was 20 percent more than anyone else operating at DFW Airport.

Photo: Braniff International Boeing 727-227 registered as N425BN is taxiing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in 1974. The big Braniff Trijet is painted in the 1971 Glenn Geddis/Harper and George Red over Tan/Aztec Gold Two Tone Color Scheme with White Cheat Line and Alexander Girard Sky Font and Enhanced BI Tail Logo in White. During its service with Braniff, the big jet was only painted in this beautiful color scheme.

Ship N425BN was the twelfth Boeing 727-227 built for and delivered to Braniff Airways, Inc., out of 15 that arrived in 1973. The aircraft first flew at Boeing's Renton, Washington Plant on September 21, 1973, and was delivered to Braniff on October 5, 1973. The aircraft was delivered in the 1971 Red Two Tone Color Scheme and would remain in that scheme throughout its eight years of service with Braniff International.

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Braniff Airways Space Sciences Endowment

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[Nick Hoffmann @n194at]

United Air Lines
Boeing 727-22 N7084U
DEN/KDEN Denver Stapleton Intl Airport (closed)
Photo credit unknown
#AvGeek #Airline #Aviation #AvGeeks #Boeing #B727 #UAL #UnitedAirLines #DEN #Denver #Stapleton @united 🇺🇸

[Destroyer Escort @Destroye83]

Wardair McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The sound of hail falling on a mountainside covered in slate rock