To all my readers in the states, here's hoping that you had a safe and happy Thanksgiving weekend. The day itself was really quiet; we ran with a skeleton crew and still had more folks than we needed. Our union local sprang for a turkey, and everyone brought something in, so we had more than enough to eat. Not many airplanes to talk to, though: I think our traffic count was down by about 500 operations for the day. Not to worry: it definitely picked up for the rest of the weekend.
Thanksgiving night, and the scope is empty: Those are ten-mile range marks, and not a plane on any of the finals!
But this was what the traffic into the airport looked like at six in the morning on the Sunday after: backed up way down Century Blvd.
A while back, a reader asked about Tristars at LAX. Lockheed 1011s are few and far between these days, but this one passed through during the week. Notice the immense difference in having the sun behind the camera as opposed to in front of it!
Shortly after my last post, in which I mentioned that Qantas was going to resume A380 service on the Sydney-Singapore-London route, all three of the A380s on the ground at LAX were flown out to Sydney. I didn't see them go, but coworkers told me that they all went out as non-revenue flights. Qantas has said that they are limiting the power used on their A380 engines, pending further testing. The reduction in available power means that the A380s are not able to operate on the LAX flights because of the heavier required fuel loads. So in the meantime, we get to see more sights like this:
Thanksgiving night, and the scope is empty: Those are ten-mile range marks, and not a plane on any of the finals!
But this was what the traffic into the airport looked like at six in the morning on the Sunday after: backed up way down Century Blvd.
A while back, a reader asked about Tristars at LAX. Lockheed 1011s are few and far between these days, but this one passed through during the week. Notice the immense difference in having the sun behind the camera as opposed to in front of it!
Shortly after my last post, in which I mentioned that Qantas was going to resume A380 service on the Sydney-Singapore-London route, all three of the A380s on the ground at LAX were flown out to Sydney. I didn't see them go, but coworkers told me that they all went out as non-revenue flights. Qantas has said that they are limiting the power used on their A380 engines, pending further testing. The reduction in available power means that the A380s are not able to operate on the LAX flights because of the heavier required fuel loads. So in the meantime, we get to see more sights like this:
Thanks for the L-1011 photos and mention. Any idea who this one belonged to? I could almost make out the registration number when I blew it up but not quite.
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ReplyDeleteThis Tristar (N388LS) is operated by Las Vegas Sands, who bought it and another (N389LS), the last two built, from Saudi Royal Flight, where they were previously registered as HZ-HM5 and HZ-HM6. Sands also has a couple of B747SPs and at least one B767 with similar paint; they make occasional appearances at LAX. Gotta be a real high roller to get a ride in one of those planes, I'm thinkin'.