Aviation Photos
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Photo of the Week – Dreamliner Sunset Landing
This beautiful shot of Boeing 787 ZA005 test plane is our new featured photo. The Dreamliner (N787FT) was caught on landing at San Bernardino International Airport (KSBD), December 19, 2011 (c) Photographer: KSBD Photo Did you know that your photo could be featured here, too? Just enter the Flightstory Flickr Photo Contest.
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Photos – Great New Thing Arrives at Airbus Site
Look what has arrived at Airbus Toulouse final assembly line! Is it an A320? No! An A330? No! An A380? Hm, let’s see… uhm, no! Is it Santa? Could be these days, but no! Hey, it’s the first front fuselage of the new A350 XWB! This first Airbus A350 XWB frame, a A350-900, (MSN 5000)…
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Photos – A350 XWB Front Fuselage Taking Shape
Airbus has started joining the first 21-metre long front fuselage section for the Airbus A350 XWB. This will be the first major section of the A350 XWB to enter the Final Assembly Line. The front fuselage is made up of the forward fuselage, manufactured by Premium AEROTEC in Germany and the nose section, already assembled…
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Photos – 747-8 Intercontinental in Frankfurt
Lufthansa provided some more shots of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental that is currently in Frankfurt (Germany) for pre-delivery testing. The airplane will depart back to Seattle early afternoon CET Dec. 9. The 747-8I test plane is painted white with a gray belly and a blue tail fin – a basecoat of the Lufthansa livery without…
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Photos – First Airbus A320 with Sharklets
Airbus has completed installation of the first set of its “Sharklet” wing-tip devices on the A320 development aircraft (MSN 001). The flight-test campaign will be carried out in the coming weeks. These new wingtip devices are around 2.5 metres tall and will replace the aircraft’s current wingtip fence. Offered as an option on new-build aircraft,…
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Photos – Secret US Stealth Helicopter Spotted?
Is this a secret US stealth attack helicopter? One thing is clear, this is not the secret stealth Blackhawk aka “StealthHawk” that crashed in Pakistan during the Bin Laden raid. This thing looks like a highly modified Bell AH-1 Cobra. These photos have been shot a few days ago by Axel from helikopterhysterie.com. In his…
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Stunning F-35 Shots
These stunning photos have been hand-picked as a little tribute to one of the most awesome fighter jets ever built – the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Initial fielding of this single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters is currently scheduled for 2016. All photos (c) Lockheed Martin
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Photo – Thai Airbus A380 Vertical Fin
The vertical tail section for the first Thai Airways International (THAI) Airbus A380 has been painted with the airline’s orchid logo at Airbus facilities in Hamburg, Germany. The painting was completed last week, and the section is now being shipped to Toulouse, France. Assembly of the aircraft is set to begin later this month. THAI…
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Photo – Airbus Military A400M Water Ingestion Tests
Airbus Military has successfully completed testing to demonstrate the A400M airlifter’s ability to operate on wet runways and taxiways without ingesting water into the engines. During tests at Istres, France, the aircraft travelled through troughs containing 2-6 cm of water at speeds of up to 90kt in take-off and landing configurations, including operations with reverse…
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First Photos – A350XWB Engines on A380 Testbed
Airbus has completed installation of the first A350XWB Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine on the A380 “flying-testbed” aircraft (MSN 001). The aircraft and engine will be prepared for flight-tests commencing in the coming weeks. The Airbus A380 test plane also wears a dedicated painting “…flying the A350 XWB engine”. The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine is the…
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Photo of the Week – North American T-6 Texan Dogfight
It’s time for a new Photo of the Week! 😉 These two Canadian North American T-6 Texan (Noorduyn AT-6 Harvard II) during dogfight at Gatineau Air Show 2011 (Canada) are the perfect contestants to wear the title. Congrats to Jan Jasinski for this perfectly timed masterpiece. The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine…
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Photos – Boeing Business Jets China Cabin Interior
These photos show the newest Boeing Business Jet cabin interior, that was especially designed for the Chinese charter market. The new BBJ is operated by Deer Jet, Beijing, the largest BBJ charter operator in China. BBJ customers work with interior designers to develop personalized cabin interiors. The interior of Deer Jet’s new BBJ was completed…
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Great Planes with Great Cars – The Porsche Aviation Calendar
During the past 50 years dynamic PORSCHE cars and fast aircrafts met over and over again in a fascinating way. In the form of advertising motifs, press pictures or in direct relationship with the legendary Porsche aero engines of the type 678 and PFM3200. In cooperation with the historic archive and the museum of the…
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Photos – First A350 XWB Upper Wing Cover
The biggest single civil aviation parts made from carbon fibre ever was loaded on to the Beluga Super Transporter at Airbus’ Hamburg site, today. The part is the first flyable Airbus A350 XWB upper wing cover manufactured at Stade (Germany). It measures 32 metres by six metres. This huge part for the all-new A350 XWB…
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Photo of the Week – LAN Airlines Airbus A340-313X
This nicely photographed LAN Airlines Airbus A340-313X (CC-CQF) sitting at Frankfurt/Main Airport (FRA / EDDF), Germany, is the new winner of our Flickr Photo of the Week contest. LAN Airlines and its affiliates LAN Peru, LAN Ecuador, and LAN Argentina are the leading international airline alliance in South America providing nonstop and connecting flights to…
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Photos – Airbus A350 XWB First Components Delivered to Saint-Nazaire Site
This week first major components of the all new Airbus A350 XWB have been delivered to Airbus Saint-Nazaire manufacturing site. Today Airbus Nantes has delivered the keel beam. The exceptional convoy, over 25 metres long, left the Nantes site for the Loire, to be loaded onto the barge that transported it to the Airbus Saint-Nazaire…
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Photo – ANA Boeing 787 Roll-Out for First Delivery
Boeing today announced that the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner that will enter into service with launch customer ANA rolled out of the paint hangar. The airplane (JA801A) bears a special livery signifying the core element’s of ANA’s service brand – innovation, uniqueness and the inspiration of Japan. ANA’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner features a short-haul…
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Boeing 737 Gigapixel Image
Boeing published an interactive image of a United Boeing 737-900ER (N36444). The image contains 17 gigapixels and was stiched together from 20,000 high-resolution photos to achieve a 360-degree interactive view of the airplane. The so called “Gigaplane” can be explored at http://www.newairplane.com/737/explained/#/Explore Boeing also released this video that views behind the scenes and explains how…
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Review – Visit to Fantasy of Flight – Polk City Florida (Photos)
If you’re an active member of the aviation community you’ve probably already heard of the Fantasy of Flight located in Polk City, Florida (between Tampa and Orlando). Their website fantasyofflight.com came to my attention long time ago and I was curious what to expect from this place at a small town in the middle of…
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Photo of the Week – B-29 Stratofortress Golden Girl
This beautiful golden girl called “FIFI” is our new Photo of the Week. This Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine heavy bomber that was flown primarily by the US in World War II and the Korean War. The Soviet Union produced a reverse-engineered copy as the Tupolev Tu-4. The B-29 was one of the largest…
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New Logo Jets – Etihad Manchester City & Qantas Wallabies
Two new exciting logo jets have been spotted recently. Etihad Airways shows its support for English Premier League club Manchester City with a stunning special football livery. One of their Airbus A330-243 (A6-EYE), called Blue Moon Rising, was painted blue with soccer ball pattern, Manchester City logo and a moon on its belly. Since 2009…