Spring Break (LOTS of pictures)

Question

alohajoe

First Officer

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 321 Location: KRNO Nevada

Asked Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:20 am

Hey guys!
I just got back from my Spring Break trip to Ixtapa Mexico! Man it was great! 😀 (except for the BAD sunburn Crying or Very sad )
So it went like this:
Southwest Airlines from RNO(Reno) to LAX (LA). Then we stayed overnight in LA, then the next day was Alaska Airlines from LAX to ZIH (Zihuatanejo MX.)
After our saty in Ixtapa (paradise!) it was Alaska from ZIH to LAX. Then overnight in LA again, then Horizon Airlines to RNO.
I got some preatty good pics in LA as well as 2 planes we couldn't ID in ZIH.

I originally thought it was a Twin Otter that had been droping skydivers over the hotel all week, but upon closer examination, it was a taildragger, and the engines were mounted on pylons attached to the fuseluge under the wings. (It was from the terminal in front of a bush Sorry!) I couldn't get my camera out quick enough as we taxied by.

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Heres a little better shot

The Queen Elizabeth II (i think) and the areodome were the Spruce Goose lived

Quntas 747 in LA

An American Eagle Saab ❓ (not sure what the plane is)

A NWA 747

This one's preatty special, its Alaska Airlines 737-400 painted in a special liverey to mark Disneylands 50th anniversery (call sign Tinkerbell)

A US Airways Airbus taking off

Southwest Airlines 737 waiting to take off

A JAL 747 taxiing in

Only the most important food group!!! 😛

An Alaska Airlines 737-800 at the gate next to us

Ok thats all for tonight. I have more pics on my other camera that i'll upload in an updated post tommorow.

🙂) Yawn

Answer 1 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:00 am

Jared

Captain

Joined: Jun 06, 2004 Posts: 791 Location: Grand Forks, ND

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:00 am

Those are some nice pics there. BTW, thats a Saab 340 of that AE plane.

Answer 2 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:08 am

Tailhook

Chief Captain

Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:08 am

Thanks for the lovely collection of pics AJ (I half expected to see a Warthog somewhere).

Nothing about any airport or aircraft is ever boring 👍 👍

Answer 3 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:39 am

CrashGordon

Chief Captain

Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 3821

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:39 am

Excellent. Only an extraordinary individual uses spring break to take pictures at airports. 👍 👍 👍

Answer 4 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:40 am

Jonathan (99jolegg)

Chief Captain

Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4112 Location: UK

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:40 am

Great! Lots of cool shots there 👍

Answer 5 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:21 am

RadarMan

Chief Captain

Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:21 am

Nice, very nice thanks for sharing them with us.
It looks as if you had a good time.

Radar

Answer 6 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:38 am

pilotwannabe

Chief Captain

Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1719 Location: A galaxy far far away

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:38 am

Cool pics, i like the NWA 742 😉

Answer 7 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:46 am

jarred_01

Captain

Joined: Aug 29, 2005 Posts: 938 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:46 am

Excellent shots alohajoe, very impressive. I'm looking forward to some more pics tomorrow. 👍

Answer 8 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:04 am

Tailhook

Chief Captain

Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:04 am

pilotwannabe wrote:

Cool pics, i like the NWA 742 😉

Great minds think alike 😀

Answer 9 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:14 pm

Manuel Agustin Clausse (Agus0404)

Chief Captain

Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 2272 Location: Evora, Portugal. Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:14 pm

Very nice pictures!! 👍

Answer 10 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:05 pm

alohajoe

First Officer

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 321 Location: KRNO Nevada

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:05 pm

Thanks guys!

I love taking pictures at airports no mater what the occasion!

So here are two 744 (1 is Cathay Pacific, the other British Airways) sitting on the tarmac facing each other nose to nose (the window was REALLY dirty. Crying or Very sad sorry!)

A JAL 747 pushing back for take-off

Beautiful! ❤️

A Korean Air 777 taxiing for take-off

Another shot of the 777

I'm preatty sure thats an Air New Zealand 747

EVA Air 747 at the gate

Can anyone tell me what Air Atlanta Europe is???

A BIG thunder head out the window on the ZIH-LAX flight

Here's the other plane we couldn't ID in ZIH. Its not a Q400, so we thought it was an ATR Regional... Any Ideas ❓ ❓ ❓

Some ships in LA after takeoff

A Southwest 737 in front of the LAX resturant

Here's another pic of that NWA 742

A nice sunset going out of RNO

Another US Air 737 or Airbus? going out of LAX

Another (not as good) sunset out of Reno

Here's the one Military plane (NANG C-130) i saw the entire time. (while taxiing for take-off in RNO)

So thats it until my next vacation (hopefully Hawaii!!!) 👏
Hope everyone enjoyed the pics!!! 😀 😀 😀

Answer 11 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:49 pm

jarred_01

Captain

Joined: Aug 29, 2005 Posts: 938 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:49 pm

Once again alohajoe, very cool shots. I can comfirm with you that it is a Air New Zealand 744 in the 7th picture down.

Answer 12 · Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:21 pm

amermel

First Officer

Joined: Mar 20, 2005 Posts: 400 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Answered Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:21 pm

awesome 😳

Answer 13 · Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:07 am

ceetee

Chief Captain

Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1111

Answered Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:07 am

😀 😀 😀
Fantastic- I love aircraft photo post's on these forums, the pictures you took made some very enjoyable viewing!

Thanks for sharing them with us!

The Queen Elizabeth II (i think) and the areodome were the Spruce Goose lived

That is actually the "Queen Mary" (Not Queen Mary 2, that is the brand new huge one) which I have stayed the night on!

It is interesting one of your shots includes an Air New Zealand 747 because back in 2001, when I lived in England, I visted NZ for the first time flying on the ANZ 747, stopping off in LA.

I stayed in LA for 2 days and visited Disneyland, then continued my journy to New Zealand, where my family vacationed for a month. Then on the way back to England, we stopped off in LA again, this time staying only overnight on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. That day I had 6 main meals thanks to time zone changes, lol!

There is also a Russian submarine moored next to the ship which I visted which was used in some movie "Scorpion" or something...

Answer 14 · Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:18 am

Alex (Fire_Emblem_Master)

Chief Captain

Joined: Oct 19, 2003 Posts: 2325 Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Answered Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:18 am

What is incredible is the size of the NWA 747 sitting at the gate. For some reason, you've captured its mass in incredible detail. I have no idea what it is, but I just feel humbled looking at it. *tear*

Very cool shots!

Answer 15 · Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:26 am

Solotwo

Chief Captain

Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 1186 Location: Milwaukee, WI

Answered Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:26 am

That is indeed a ATR 42-500.

Answer 16 · Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:49 am

alohajoe

First Officer

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 321 Location: KRNO Nevada

Answered Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:49 am

Thanks guys!
So does anyone know what that oddball plane is at ZIH? Its Tail # is
XP-TPS. I really want to know what it is because it looks really intresting.

Cheeky said

That is actually the "Queen Mary" (Not Queen Mary 2, that is the brand new huge one) which I have stayed the night on!

Embarassed oops sorry,
Cheeky said

There is also a Russian submarine moored next to the ship which I visted which was used in some movie "Scorpion" or something...

The pilot said something about a Russian Scorpian Class Sub moored next to the Queen.

Thanks again guys! I hope we're flying to some huge airport again soon! I also hope to go plane spotting at RNO soon. (if the weather ever gets better Yucky it's been yucky ever since we got home)

Answer 17 · Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:24 am

Tailhook

Chief Captain

Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado

Answered Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:24 am

Excellent, you could make a living out of this. Very enjoyable!

Re the Air Atlanta Europe, you might find some info via this link ➡ http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/atlantaeurope.htm

The one you weren't sure about looks so much like an ATR Regional as you suggested that if it isn't, I'll change my name to Warthog.

The US Air leaving LAX looks like a Boeing to me, it's hard to tell from this angle. The wings and the engines... maybe Agus could confirm that it's not an Airbus?

Answer 18 · Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:55 am

RadarMan

Chief Captain

Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A

Answered Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:55 am

The ship and the sub, now that's a great shot!

Radar

Answer 19 · Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:01 am

alohajoe

First Officer

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 321 Location: KRNO Nevada

Answered Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:01 am

Thanks for the info Tailhook!
RM said

The ship and the sub, now that's a great shot!

I got that off the internet 😂
unfortunantly that is an ATR so u can keep your name! Crying or Very sad the one i still need to find out is this one...

Thanks again guyz!

Answer 20 · Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:54 am

Tailhook

Chief Captain

Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado

Answered Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:54 am

alohajoe wrote:

unfortunantly that is an ATR so u can keep your name!

I knew that 😀 I thought you liked my name anyway 🍅

Answer 21 · Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:55 am

pilotwannabe

Chief Captain

Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1719 Location: A galaxy far far away

Answered Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:55 am

alohajoe you say the registration prefix of that mystery craft is XP. I can't find a country with this prefix. Dont Know 😉

Answer 22 · Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:11 pm

alohajoe

First Officer

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 321 Location: KRNO Nevada

Answered Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:11 pm

Tailhook said

I thought you liked my name anyway

😀 i do like your name, although i would of liked it better if it was Warthog 😀

Pilotwannabe said

alohajoe you say the registration prefix of that mystery craft is XP. I can't find a country with this prefix.

XP=experimental maybe?? Idea Maybe thats why no one has seen or have heard of it before. 🤔
I dont know, it kinda does look like it could be experimental.

Answer 23 · Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:20 pm

Canyon (NoWorries)

First Officer

Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 351

Answered Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:20 pm

Man...spring break pictures and all we get to see is planes? Where's the girls!?!?!

lol, j/k. I agree with FEM, great shot and that 747 at the gate is especially cool.

Answer 24 · Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:25 pm

alohajoe

First Officer

Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 321 Location: KRNO Nevada

Answered Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:25 pm

NoWorries said

Man...spring break pictures and all we get to see is planes? Where's the girls!?!?!

ROFL
Good point!!! 🤔 must of forgotten bout them! Doh!

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