Boeing Celebrates the First Flight of the New 747-8 Intercontinental Jumbo...
TweetHere it is, the latest VLA (Very Large Aircraft) to hit the skies. Get all the deets right here and be sure to check out the Flight Tracker – they flew over Port Angeles (and not too far from...
View ArticleSFO’s New Terminal Two is Just an Another Airport Terminal, SFO’s New Air...
TweetIs new Terminal 2 at SFO really set to “dazzle?” Sadly no. It’s just another airport terminal right? Let’s keep things in sperpective. The other dazzling piece of news coming up from Millbrae is...
View Article“Giant A380 Jetliner Proves SFO Planners Were Right?” Uh, Not Really, SFGate
TweetWell, here’s the latest from Business Report – The Chronicle with Bloomberg: Giant A380 jetliner proves SFO planners were right Uh, so I’m not saying that the powers that be shouldn’t have gotten...
View ArticleHow Jumbo is Too Jumbo? Airbus A380, SFO’s New Loadstar Aircraft, Bumps into...
TweetI’ll tell you, I have no objection in particular about Airbus A380 superjumbo jets flying into and out of SFO, but over the past few years the arrival of this a/c got oversold, way oversold, by...
View ArticleDecember 3rd, 2011 was San Francisco’s DAY WITHOUT CLOUDS – A Jumbo Sky...
TweetYesterday, owing to the unusual winds what blew away* the fog, I saw jumbo jets above S.F. in places where I normally don’t, but I couldn’t really hear them. (I guess jets have gotten a lot...
View ArticleCheck Out How Big the Overly Large Wingsails of Larry Ellison’s Failed...
TweetThis is pretty much to scale, believe it* or not. Click to expand And actually, the real wing of this KC-10 jet, which would be considered the size of a medium-big jetliner these days, is smaller...
View ArticleA380 Superjumbo Update: Where’s Your Messiah Now, SFO? Things Just Aren’t...
TweetEven back six years ago, even back in aught-eight, this kind of press release from SFO seemed more optimistic than average. Anyway, we spent a lot of money getting ready for the Airbus A380...
View ArticleThe End of an Era: 2014 is the Last Time Any Airline Will Boast of Its Boeing...
TweetI was surprised to see this ad: Here’s how things looked back in 1968: And here’s how things looked back in 2008 for Boeing’s jumbo jet competition, the Airbus A380. Where’s our jumbo jet...
View ArticleFreeway vs. Highway – Libel vs. Slander – Shotgun vs. Rifle – Accident vs....
TweetWe’re in Cali, right? So you know what a freeway is. So don’t call a freeway a “highway.” In California, a highway is any old street. For example: “CVC 21201 (d) A bicycle operated during darkness...
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