Auckland Spotting Again

[Dash8captain]

A recent trip a while ago at AKL also carried on to Sydney to do spotting and fly on the 787

[Ian Warren]

Good to see an original 767 ... those A380 tho looses by a nose ... Great pics

[NZ255]

Great pics, makes me jealous having only 738 and A320 going overhead.

those A380 tho looses by a nose ..

How would you improve them Ian? I think the whole front would need a redesign....go on, get your pencils out

[Ian Warren]

Not a bad idea , gotta be a lot pencil tho ... now were is my pencil sharpener, may also require a lotta paint as well

[emfrat]

those A380 tho looses by a nose ..

How would you improve them Ian? I think the whole front would need a redesign....go on, get your pencils out

To me, the A380 seems to need another 3 to 5m of fuselage ahead of the wing. The 747SP didn't look quite right either. For balanced elegance, give me an A340-500 every time.

[Ian Warren]

those A380 tho looses by a nose ..

How would you improve them Ian? I think the whole front would need a redesign....go on, get your pencils out

To me, the A380 seems to need another 3 to 5m of fuselage ahead of the wing. The 747SP didn't look quite right either. For balanced elegance, give me an A340-500 every time.

I have always said the ARBUST 330/340 Series had a look ... May have to go to Nicks idea ... to save my pencil sharpener , I'll get a bloody great rubber and maybe a tissue .... you no how noses are ...

[Splitpin]

Magic stuff DashCap , thanks for the post.

[scaber]

Looks like you had a fun day there Terry. Good work.

[omitchell]

That SIA Super almost looks like it's smiling lol

[Splitpin]

Looking at these again , i think the 767 with winglets is as sexy as the 787 .
Re the A380 front end .... i agree, its awful .... but could be made better, looking forward to your ideas Ian , and i may put a couple of my own in

[Ian Warren]

Looking at these again , i think the 767 with winglets is as sexy as the 787 .
Re the A380 front end .... i agree, its awful .... but could be made better, looking forward to your ideas Ian , and i may put a couple of my own in

I think it looks like a French Snail .. nose wise and the French like those ...... Snails I mean

[omitchell]

Looking at these again , i think the 767 with winglets is as sexy as the 787 .
Re the A380 front end .... i agree, its awful .... but could be made better, looking forward to your ideas Ian , and i may put a couple of my own in

Being an Airbus you know as well as I do his ideas involve high explosives

[Ian Warren]

Being an Airbus you know as well as I do his ideas involve high explosives

That is so French , now all you need is a Rainbow

[omitchell]

Being an Airbus you know as well as I do his ideas involve high explosives

That is so French , now all you need is a Rainbow

Nah coz then all you'll end up with is a parade down Ponsonby Road

[scaber]

Looking at these again , i think the 767 with winglets is as sexy as the 787 .
Re the A380 front end .... i agree, its awful .... but could be made better, looking forward to your ideas Ian , and i may put a couple of my own in

I must be getting corrupted, I'm finding that the A380 nose is growing on me . . . .

it's sort of like a cute little pixie nose .....

Maybe it's old age and I'm seeing beauty in more and more things.

[omitchell]

it's sort of like a cute little pixie nose .....

I would really hate to see the size of your pixies...

[towerguy]

After watching the odd aeroplane or two go by I think when it comes to the airliners I'd probably go with the
following order in the 'just looks right' stakes ...

1 B744 The -400 just looks like it is. Beautiful functional and just 'right'.
2 A330 An Airbus I know but looks so much like a Boeing it just looks good.
3 B767/MD11 A tie. Both great.

Some of the rest are 'okay' but just a load of tin clogging up a runway. $0.02 worth and changable as the wind blows but that's
it for now.

[emfrat]

Nah coz then all you'll end up with is a parade down Ponsonby Road

Hmm...that road wouldn't be named after old Colonel Ponsonby, who was drummed out of the regiment?