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EasyJet Europe Airbus A320-214(WL) OE-IZQ with 'Berlin' sticker by JC. Ironically enough this aircraft started its commercial as an Air Berlin aircraft with D-ABNQ as its registration.
This model has print lines at the front just like my JC EasyJet A320neo. Something that has been bothering me for some time with this mould is how can the CFM56s be so big on the A320 family but the same engines have better proportions on JC's 737s and A340s.

 

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Air France Airbus A380-861 F-HPJC by Gemini Jets. This aircraft is currently stored in Tarbes, France. Air France was the first European carrier to operate the A380 and the first one to retire it. I used to know someone who was a flight attendant on the AF A380.

 

[Timmy186GTR]

EasyJet Europe Airbus A320-214(WL) OE-IZQ with 'Berlin' sticker by JC. Ironically enough this aircraft started its commercial as an Air Berlin aircraft with D-ABNQ as its registration.
This model has print lines at the front just like my JC EasyJet A320neo. Something that has been bothering me for some time with this mould is how can the CFM56s be so big on the A320 family but the same engines have better proportions on JC's 737s and A340s.
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Those engines are so big you'd think it's an A320neo.

 

[LeoMuse747]

Those engines are so big you'd think it's an A320neo.

Exactly

 

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British Airways Airbus A380-841 G-XLEL by Gemini Jets.

 

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Lufthansa Airbus A380-841 D-AIMK by Gemini Jets. This is the aircraft that operated the first commercial LH A380 flight since Covid.

 

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Etihad Airways Airbus A380-861 A6-APE in the 'Choose the United Kingdom' livery by JC. This aircraft has since been repainted.

 

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Korean Air Airbus A380-861 HL7614 with the 'Beyond 50 Years of Excellence' sticker by JC. In 2019 this aircraft was one of ten which received the 'Beyond 50 Years of Excellence' sticker to celebrate the airline's 50th anniversary. Unfortunately HL7614 has been broken up in July this year.

 

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Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYM 'Bayern' by NG in the old livery. One thing I really like about LH's 748s is that their registration matches the ones on their 747 classics. The original D-ABYM, a 747-200M named Schleswig-Holstein is currently at the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany.

 

[MCL2000]

Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYM 'Bayern' by NG in the old livery. One thing I really like about LH's 748s is that their registration matches the ones on their 747 classics. The original D-ABYM, a 747-200M named Schleswig-Holstein is currently at the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany.
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Looks like they attached the nosegear backwards...

 

[LeoMuse747]

Looks like they attached the nosegear backwards...

Uh oh... indeed!

 

[Critical Aviator]

Looks like they attached the nosegear backwards...

The nose gear came detached and I fixed it backwards. So that's on me. I only noticed it afterwards. I fixed it and now it is attached the right way.

 

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Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYA 'Brandenburg' in the current standard livery by NG. D-ABYA is LH's first 747-8 and Lufthansa's first 747, a 747-130, was also registered D-ABYA.

 

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Boeing 747-8F N605UP 'Spirit of Joe Sutter' by NG.

 

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Korean Air Boeing 747-8B5 HL7644 in the old livery by NG. This is the final 747-8I ever built and by extension the final passenger 747 to roll out of the factory in Everett .

 

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Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-367ER B-KQT by JC.

 

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Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZY by BigBird. This aircraft was first delivered to Air New Zealand in 1982, was leased to Air Pacific in 1996 before returning to Air New Zealand later the same year. Between 2000 and 2002 it had a short career with Virgin Atlantic as G-VPUF 'High as a Kite'. It was then stored until 2005 when it was acquired by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest and given the registration N705TA. In 2006 it started flying for Transaero as VP-BQC until 2011 when it was stored at Rome Griffis International airport in Oneida County, NY in the United States where it was broken up in 2015.

 

[LeoMuse747]

Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZY by BigBird. This aircraft was first delivered to Air New Zealand in 1982, was leased to Air Pacific in 1996 before returning to Air New Zealand later the same year. Between 2000 and 2002 it had a short career with Virgin Atlantic as G-VPUF 'High as a Kite'. It was then stored until 2005 when it was acquired by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest and given the registration N705TA. In 2006 it started flying for Transaero as VP-BQC until 2011 when it was stored at Rome Griffis International airport in Oneida County, NY in the United States where it was broken up in 2015.
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Gorgeous Jumbo! This livery of Air NZ was really beautiful too.
The wavy pattern across the Serif titles, very elegant!

 

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Air France Cargo Boeing 747-228F N18815 in the delivery colours by Aeroclassics/Blue Box. This aircraft was first delivered to Air France Cargo in 1974 with this N- registration. It would later receive a French registration in 1982, F-BPVO. F-BPVO flew for Air France Cargo until 1991 when it went to Cargolux as LX-DCV. Cargolux leased the aircraft twice to Atlas Air which acquired it in 1996 and re-registered it to N809MC. Atlas Air also re-engined the aircraft from its PW JT-9Ds to GE CF6s. The aircraft served Atlas Air until 2009 when it was stored at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. It has been broken up in 2011.

 

[Arcturus]

That’s a solid snag of a model you’ve got there, and that’s fantastic to know someone who has actually worked onboard the same aircraft model before. Love the big beautiful bird; however, it is definitely unfortunate to see them slowly phasing out due to airlines switching to more fuel-efficient aircrafts.

Air France Airbus A380-861 F-HPJC by Gemini Jets. This aircraft is currently stored in Tarbes, France. Air France was the first European carrier to operate the A380 and the first one to retire it. I used to know someone who was a flight attendant on the AF A380.
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