Hobbit planes together

Since we first saw the second Air New Zealand Hobbit-themed B777 in early December, I've been hoping to catch the two of them together. There have been plenty of times when I've seen them both in the same day, but never together. It's probably happened before now, but this was my first sighting.

Cartoons

The latest Alaska - Disney livery features characters from the movie Cars. No word yet on when we'll see a Planes plane. Meanwhile, this Eva with Hello Kitty characters has been eluding me for months now, but I finally got a lucky shot:

Shot of the day: This will be a full flight!

From this weekend: The line of people waiting to clear security at Terminal 1 extends all the way over to Terminal 2; looks like that flight just might be oversold!

Thanks to RI for the assist in getting this shot.

New Year flashback

Welcome to 2014! It seems to be traditional, at the opening of each new year, to look back on the year just past. That seems a bit prosaic, and since it's easy enough to do just by clicking through the index to the right, I offer instead this look back to LAX a quarter century ago.

These snaps were taken from the old tower at the east end of the terminal complex. Circa 1988, the current tower is still several years in the future. DA brought these in recently, and graciously has allowed me to share them here.