Frankfurt and some 757 shots

[Doug Taylor]

Whew! Thank goodness "Wired" had this article or I'd be at a loss!


Traffic, Traffic!


Mainz on arrival into FRA:


Sunrise over the Atlantic:


These darned 757ER's are far too far for a three-man crew:


I'll betchya within a year we'll have in-flight internet. The seats already have network jacks and here's a 'cellular modem' circuit breaker. You heard it here first folks.


-300 in Frankfurt


Impatient crew waiting for us to move:


Iberia A-319


Lufthansa Scarebus:


757ER seat adjusters:


...has massage functions even:


Aeroplane:


Random 757 cockpit photos:












Cockpit grafitti (WHO does this crap?!):


Smaller "P61" panel on the 757ER:


StrongEYElin:


NYC Skyline:


Look! That Kalitta jet is still in one piece!


Base, sweet Base.


Just a wee bit humid in FRA:

[unclenobby]

Nice pics Doug! Do the company David Clarks ever get used??!

[Nick]

The 757 seat appears to be better than the Continental 757 seats. They don't have a massage feature either.

On board internet would really be nice. I'd pay $5 for that on a transatlantic flight.

I was on a cargo 747 at VHHH a couple days ago and it was 93% humidity on the BBC weather as we left the hostel for the airport; those A/C vents looked like a smoke machine!

Good pictures.

[OldTownPilot]

Nice pics.

Speaking of AC vents, I had a passenger in the jetway go ballistic thinking the plane they were boarding was on fire. Yelling to call the fire dept and all that jazz.

[Gbh1268]

what is a ZFW weight?

[H46Bubba]

I'm guessing Delta is doing the CVG-FRA run with the new 75ER's?

[rjmore]

Originally Posted by Nick

The 757 seat appears to be better than the Continental 757 seats. They don't have a massage feature either.

On board internet would really be nice. I'd pay $5 for that on a transatlantic flight.

I was on a cargo 747 at VHHH a couple days ago and it was 93% humidity on the BBC weather as we left the hostel for the airport; those A/C vents looked like a smoke machine!

Good pictures.

Ughhhh...don't remind me. I hate this time of year since it is still too cold in ANC for me to go without the blazer but hotter than hell in HKG with it.

So how was Wan Chai?

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by unclenobby

Nice pics Doug! Do the company David Clarks ever get used??!

Yeah, some guys don't own headsets and wear those below 18000'.

They're a little nasty, IMHO.

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by H46Bubba

I'm guessing Delta is doing the CVG-FRA run with the new 75ER's?

Close! Third-hand 75ER's JFK-FRA. Also showing up on CVG-AMS this summer.

We need airplanes something fierce.

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by Gbh1268

what is a ZFW weight?

Zero Fuel Weight

[av8or91]

Doug, do you fly the 767 and 757? The cockpits look very similiar but are the type ratings 2 completely different ones?

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by av8or91

Doug, do you fly the 767 and 757? The cockpits look very similiar but are the type ratings 2 completely different ones?

Same type, as far as I know. I have a B-757/767 type rating. But I don't actually know if you can get a 757-only or a 767-only type rating.

Cockpits are similar, except for a few things. You step up into the cockpit of the 767. You step DOWN in the 757 (I end up tripping a lot in the 757). The cockpit is much smaller in the 757 and many of the systems are a little different.

[JA Yawd Bwoy]

Great pics Doug! I was going to ask the ZFW question before I saw the answer.

[slayer]

Nice Pics!

[youngflyer]

Nice pics!!! I love the actual aircraft and inflight pictures.

[Sled14]

Nice pics, thanks!

[Screaming_Emu]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Yeah, some guys don't own headsets and wear those below 18000'.

They're a little nasty, IMHO.

Yep...I wore that once while jumpseating on a 757 ER up to BWI. For awhile they were running those a lot between ATL and BWI. Gotta love the 2nd jumpseat.

[JA Yawd Bwoy]

You know Doug, all these airline pics you share with us brings a thought to my mind, when last have you flown something like a Cessna or a Piper?

[Gulfstream IV]

awesome pics Doug!

[sdfcvoh]

Thanks for sharing - I always look forward to them!

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by JA Yawd Bwoy

You know Doug, all these airline pics you share with us brings a thought to my mind, when last have you flown something like a Cessna or a Piper?

It's been about eight years. And that's a little embarassing.

Should have photos from Paris, Malaga and Berlin early next week.

[ILSstud]

No food pics this time Doug! ;-) Very nice pics! How many ER's do we have now going across the Atlantic?....last I left we had one or two in the hangar for some winglet mods...

[taseal]

here is the land the airplane article btw

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifesty...16-06/st_howto

[Cptnchia]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Cockpits are similar, except for a few things. You step up into the cockpit of the 767. You step DOWN in the 757 (I end up tripping a lot in the 757). The cockpit is much smaller in the 757 and many of the systems are a little different.

That's funny, I trip in the 767 because I forget to step up. As far as the CB for the "Cell Modem," that is part of the IFE system and has to do with the satellite TV. Each airplane is considered a "cell" and that is the modem which communicates with the satellite. At least that's what MX said.

[Cptnchia]

Originally Posted by taseal

here is the land the airplane article btw

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifesty...16-06/st_howto

I'm more curious about how to cure brain freeze.