Spring Break (LOTS of pictures)

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

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 👍 👍

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

Great! Lots of cool shots there 👍

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

Cool pics, i like the NWA 742 😉

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

pilotwannabe wrote:

Cool pics, i like the NWA 742 😉

Great minds think alike 😀

Very nice pictures!! 👍

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. 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!!! 😀 😀 😀

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

awesome 😳

😀 😀 😀
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...

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!

That is indeed a ATR 42-500.

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!

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 it's been yucky ever since we got home)

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?

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

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! the one i still need to find out is this one...

Thanks again guyz!

alohajoe wrote:

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

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

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

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?? 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.

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.

NoWorries said

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

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