I spotted it over at DFW International today, and someone identified it as China Air, a 747-200. It took off from the 8,000 ft mark of runway 18R, and ended up rotating after 7,000 ft. Rather impressive. I was told that it will make a nonstop to Anchorage to refuel, then on to Beijing. On 9/18/08, Michael C. Berch <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > According to FlightAware, the only 747 departing DFW between 3:00 and > 4:00 PM CDT Wednesday was UPS2918, a 747-200, bound for ONT. It is > not uncommon for UPS to lease in aircraft for added capacity, or to > operate a new acquisition in its old livery awaiting a UPS paint job. > So that would be my guess, although it's hard to tell without a tail > number. (By the way, there are no 747-500s; the -400 is the latest > in service, and the future 747-8 and 747-9 will not be seen until 2012 > or so. Photos of supposed -500s are (sometimes well done) fakes, like > this one: > http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/search/photo_search.php?id=00000091 > ) > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Richard Whitenight wrote: > >> Today at about 3:30 CDT, I observed an almost all white 747 (possibly >> a 747-500 series?) take off from DFW International Airport. A couple >> of days ago I got a photo of her making her final turn on approach. >> The photo showed that she had a red and blue stripe running the entire >> length of the fuselage. The tail was white with a blue logo I could >> not make out. I did not see any writing on the fuselage. Any thoughts >> on who owns or runs this aircraft? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Richard Whitenight >> Arlington, Texas >> "God Bless America" >> >> < >> < >> < >> < >> < >> < >> < >> < >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E- >> mail to: >> "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only >> write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE". > > -- Regards, Richard Whitenight Arlington, Texas "God Bless America" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".