And there was one…
They had to reduce drag as much as humanly possible. That’s the level of optimization for then-ultra-long-haul flights given to the baby queen
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Also, the 747SP was the only 747 to have a single-slotted flap - while the A321 is the only Airbus to not to have a single-slotted flap if I’m not mistaken.
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The flight ran from Minneapolis to London/Gatwick with a quick technical stop in Saint John’s, Canada.
It’s been transferred to Virgin Atlantic as far as I know.
yeah. this particular one is now G-VLUV
Oi what’s up luv?
Innit.
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This was the original “The Magic Red Carpet” text on TAM widebodies (it was also on their early A319s for a very short time):
There’s also this rare image of the text being aligned from the left, not from the right on the left side (that was quickly changed):
Here’s how it was looked like when the new livery first came out:
And here’s what ended up being the definitive version, a slight change because of the need to paint a Star Alliance logo where the “The” used to be:
What I didn’t know until now was this. Old livery + Star Alliance logo:
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the original one is freaking beautiful
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It’s not bad, but I just like the original more
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fun fact
planes fly
Can someone pls explain
nvm it was used by Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen for her visit to Eswatini