terminal velocity?

push em back?

DHC8-100

where it all happens!?!

737-800

Bae 146

737

Air Greenland Boeing 757

Tupolev 134

Air Atlanta

Fokker 100

Emirates A330

Boeing 777

Terrible

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Japan Airlines (JAL) has temporarily suspended operations of its Boeing 787 fleet following yesterday’s emergency landing by an All Nippon Airways (ANA) 787-8 that led ANA to ground all of its Dreamliners.

ANA has confirmed the event that led to its grounding involved a battery indicator message while the aircraft was at 30,000 ft. and that it was later discovered the aircraft’s main battery had leaked.

The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating last week’s fire on a parked JAL 787 at Boston Logan Airport and has focused its attention on the lithium ion battery used to start the aircraft’s auxiliary power unit.

The ANA event has been registered as “a serious incident” by the Japanese Transport Ministry and is being investigated by the Japan Transport Safety Board. FAA launched a full reviewof the 787’s design and manufacture last week.

According to a statement, ANA flight NH692 was flying from Yamaguchi Ube to Haneda  when aircraft indicators showed messages related to the battery. “There was also an unusual smell in the cockpit as well as in the cabin and the flight made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport,” ANA said.

“Later it was confirmed that the main battery in the forward electronic equipment bay was discolored and the electrolysis solution had leaked.”

The aircraft made an emergency landing at Takamatsu at 8:47 a.m. local time Jan. 16. The 129 passengers, two pilots and six cabin crew onboard evacuated via the aircraft’s emergency slides.

“One passenger who felt slight discomfort in the lower back after sliding down the emergency slide was taken to the hospital, but was diagnosed with no injury. Two passengers suffered minor abrasion when sliding down the emergency slide,” ANA said.

JAL, meanwhile, said that in view of the ANA incident, it had cancelled all 38 of its planned 787 flights for Jan. 16 and all 35 domestic 787 flights for Jan. 17. International flights on Jan. 17 will be operated by other aircraft types.

“Operations of JAL’s 787-8 aircraft from Jan.18 will be decided after further assessment of the situation with the investigations,” JAL said.

SIA - Singapore Airways A300

Air Seychelles - at age 9

When I was 9 years old we went to Praslin Island in the Seychelles.  The return flight was on a Britain Tri Norman Islander - tiny plane each seat row has it's own door!  I knocked the seat cushion of when changing rows!  Why on earth do I remember that?

MEA - Middle East Airways Boeing 707

Lufthansa- fill me up?

Air Seychells Airbus A330 at Joburg

QANTAS FA (Flight Attendant)

2 nd in line...

American Airlines Boeing 707

Berlin Airlift food parcels

Where it all is happening!

"Ladies and Gentlemen we will shortly be landing" - I love those words- your flight is about to end!

Eastern Airways (no more operational) Lockheed L1011

A Galley onboard an aircraft in the 1950's

South West Airlines first cabin crew with a Boeing 737-200

British Overseas Airways (BOAC) 747

Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service (QANTAS) 747

AA DC3 sleeper service

Boeing Stratocruiser

Gone but TWA was good?

First Succesful passenger jet aircraft type the Boeing 707

days gone by????

British Airways first use of Airbus aircraft was in the late 80's with A320s

ah coffee the good stuff!

Pan AM 1960's Cabin Crew uniform

MK J Class

Singapore Airlines A380

Airbus A330

I saw am Edelweiss A330 flying overhead on my way to the winelands yesterday.  Swiss should have been quicker on the mark?  Your competition flies on the ZRH-CPT route!  Lost income?