Airplanes

[trinacriabob]

Cleaning up bookmarks as some are no longer valid ... 10+ years of accumulating and tentatively archiving them ...

Thought I'd share this beautiful photo I found in my bookmarks of an Iberia 747, which they no longer operate, taking flight.  I'm almost sure it's a home base departure from Madrid, but don't know where it's headed ... could be New York, Miami, Buenos Aires, etc.

[trinacriabob]

There isn't much in the way of mixed fleets when it comes to airlines.  I'm referring to Boeing and Airbus.  Some do it out of loyalty (Alaska goes with Boeing, being in Seattle).  Some do it out of efficiency.

In Europe, the bigger airlines buy from both manufacturers (British, Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Turkish ...) as they have both the Airbus 350 and the Boeing 787 in their fleets.  Lufthansa amazingly uses both superjumbos - the Airbus 380 and the Boeing 747-8.

Slightly smaller but still international airlines are now going with one vendor.  In Europe, this would now be TAP Portugal, Finnair, and ITA (the successor to Alitalia).  They have all Airbus fleets.

[oldshurst442]

Just a friendly reminder...

 

[oldshurst442]

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/01/25/air-force-pulls-class-with-tuskegee-airmen-video-after-dei-order/

 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/24/military-effort-scrub-diversity-programs-leads-dead-websites-and-confusion.html

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tuskegee-airmen-wasps-lesson-removed-us-air-force-curriculum-memo-dei-order/

 

 

 

 

 

[G. David Felt]

1 hour ago, oldshurst442 said:

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/01/25/air-force-pulls-class-with-tuskegee-airmen-video-after-dei-order/

 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/24/military-effort-scrub-diversity-programs-leads-dead-websites-and-confusion.html

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tuskegee-airmen-wasps-lesson-removed-us-air-force-curriculum-memo-dei-order/

 

 

 

 

 

Got it, like many, myself included you do not like trump. Sadly, many women and minorities voted allowing him to get back into office. The big LIE is on with him daily since taking office lying to the public, we have 4 years of the idiot47, but please let's temper the language as ya never know when some young person will visit our site. Thank you for your support.

At my PT on Friday, I cracked up laughing talking to a retired marine who was wearing this shirt.

[oldshurst442]

18 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

Got it, like many, myself included you do not like trump.

Thank you for allowing me to express my sadness and anger towards DJT.   Its not easy listening to Trump's hurtfull speeches towards Canada. Hence these posts.  

 

22 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

Sadly, many women and minorities voted allowing him to get back into office

Agreed. But...that does not mean because some women and visible minorites voted for him that Trump needs to take away their rights...  DEI is such a bad thing that the Tuskagee Airmen actually were never a force to be reckoned with in the US airforce back in Double U Double U Two.   (sarcasm) 

Regarding women, yeah, I suppose DEI is a bad thing as women belong in the kitchen and bedroom. 

Its my duty as a human being  to defend anything and everything shytty that comes out of Trump's shytty mouth.  And it dont matter if uneducated and brainwashed idiots voted for Trump, it is still my duty to defend these people from the tyranny of this man named Trump. 

34 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

but please let's temper the language as ya never know when some young person will visit our site.

I understand.  I will comply with the language thing.  No need for vulgarity. I agree. 

[Robert Hall]

I'm sick and tired of 47's reign and it's only been a week.  Going to be a long 4 years.  For my mental health and sanity I'm trying to avoid any media involving him and his administration.  Just burnt out on politics and the stupidity and uselessness of many Americans....a nation of imbeciles.