Originally posted by ek&sq
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Wahow, triple posted the image above. Damn. Sorry, I blame my shitty M1 "1 Gbps" connection. Keeps on timing out on all webpages. To make up for it, here's two more photos from yesterday's first flight (not mine, of course, by Clement Alloing on Flickr).
Last edited by shikhargpt; 3 February 2016, 01:53 PM.
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Originally posted by SMARTDODO View PostSorry for the off-topic question, but does anyone know why the flag is always painted in reverse?
"...the depiction of flags by airlines on the exterior of the aircraft has it origins in shipping, where the ensign of the country is flown off the stern of the ship.
In shipping, as in aviation, precedence cannot be established as it would on land by flying a flag from the tallest point, so the stern (or in the case of an aircraft, to the rear of the insignia) conveys precedence (ie shows the country of origin).
According to flag etiquette, which again traces its origins back to shipping – and was reaffirmed in the earliest days of commercial aviation – a national flag should never be seen to be travelling backwards.
If the flag were replicated on the starboard side of the aircraft as it is on the port side, when the aircraft is travelling forwards, the flag would, then, be flying backwards.
From the port side of the aircraft, the flag is viewed as you would expect to see it flying on a flagpost, and when the aircraft is flying, it will fly as it would on a flagpost in the breeze – with the five stars and moon leading, and the red and white sections following."
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Originally posted by Durian View Postwow, beautiful !
Is SMA already fitted with a cabin interiors ?
Anyone knows when the charter flight would be ? Would SQ communicate on this ? I remember in 2007, CNA had live coverage of the A380 landing (SQ was the launch client, not quite the same as today though)...
However, the official Airbus news release indicates this to be in the coming weeks.
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Congrats to SQ and their A350. Besides the familiarization flights to KUL, and Dusseldorf in July, I'm sure this looks like a great backbone to replace all the A330's (At the moment, I don't think many A330's left the fleet).
Can't wait for the day it starts flying to India (Like Chennai, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad). It would be a good mix of experiencing longhaul products on both legs but with different aircraft for once (Unless I don't end up flying MI completely to TRV, and not fly out from anywhere else to SIN). As for US routes, the only route I feel could get the A350 is IAH (via DME). SFO could still stick around with 77WN/77WR as some are still relatively new anyway.
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Originally posted by milehighj View Post
The A350 works best on routes where you need the range of a 77W, but not as much capacity. With the fall in price of oil, loads on the IAH-DME flight are probably not good, so it would be a good idea to downsize that flight to an A350.
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