With the 'barbecue' from Paris to Amsterdam

[Mr. Bones]

today i downloaded the KLM livery for the Meljet 777-200. the repaint isn't so good, but the plane - as you all might know - is awesome!

i took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle (KLM's new home base  :P  :-/) and flew to Amsterdam Schiphol. the (real world) weather was awefull, 17kts crosswind.

getting ready on the ramp


take off


approach at the 'Zwanenburgbaan'.


touchdown


leaving rwy 01L. "definitaly the P. Anderson of the airliners" thought the controller  ;)

[flyboy 28]

approach at the 'Zwanenburgbaan'.

God Bless you.

[jrpilot]

what a aircraft...look at the last shoots, the aircraft is the size of the turbine

[Sam 400]

Great pics. I noticed the diameter of those turbines as well. MASSIVE!! lol.
Sam

[Eagle114th]

Where did you download it from!?!? I REALLY WANTED TO FLY IT!! ARRGGHH!!!

[Daz]

i heard the engines on the 777 are bigger than the fuselage diameter on the 737!!!!

[Nexus]

i heard the engines on the 777 are bigger than the fuselage diameter on the 737!!!!

That's just partly true.
Of all the 3 engine variants available for the 777, I guess only the GE90 comes close. It's fanblade diameter is about 10 feet...cabin width of the 737 is around 12 feet...or something like that, don't remember exactly.

Here's some funny pics though
http://www11.brinkster.com/pelsite/aviation/ba.jpg (copy and paste into browser window)

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/227861/M/

[swanny338]

nice screenshots Mr Bones.

and nexus those to pics are great, made me laugh

[Mr. Bones]

thanx for the comments...pretty strange though why nobody asks something about the title...i guess it's clear to everyone

[Rivers]

I have a Boeing video that I bought in the Everet that says the 777 engine haves the same size of the 737 fuselage.

i guess it's clear to everyone

Not to me

[Mr. Bones]

I have a Boeing video that I bought in the Everet that says the 777 engine haves the same size of the 737 fuselage.
Not to me

hmmm, in the Boeing vid you probably saw the 777-300, which i think has much larger engines. the one in these screenshots is the 777-200LR.

the KLM tripple sevens are called barbecue because of their registration which starts with: PH-BQ...(A, B, C or D) this should make it clear  ;)

[Omag 2.0]

Amazing shot Mr. Bones!

Man those engines are big! Wouldn't wanna be near them while spinning!

[Fly2e]

Nice shots Ken,..and a nice sequence.
Gotta love that last shot!...and the others!  ;D

Dave

[Fly2e]

Hey Ken, are you sure you didn't grab that last shot from Airliners.net?  ;)


Dave