Arrival in Johannesburg

[ysteinbuch]

Welcome to latest PAI airline ...

[Threadkiller]

nice!

im no modert jet expert but isnt that the 747SP variant???

[Ivan]

Looks like a 747SP with something wrong in the texturing of the top deck (windows too far backward)
The passengers in the last part don't have any headroom.

[Craig.]

i am gonna have to agree with the SP varient, with no head room:) we had a 747sp in an all silver livery at filton sunday last week, i think it was world airlines or airways something like that, its funny but it is really not that big up close, i thought the same of KLM's 747s when in amsterdam, i dont know why but i expected them to be bigger i guess:)

[Mr. Bones]

yep it's an SP but it looks strange  ::)

btw, KLM doesn't have SP variants in use, they only have the -200SUD, -300, -400 and -400F  ;)

about KLM, at Boeing you can see the first shot of the KLM 777-200...but it hasn't the KLM colours yet...it will arrive at EHAM in october!  ;)

[GreG]

Here's a few more.

[GreG]

Woops, sorry about the size, thought they were smaller.

Greg

[Rifleman]

No worries on the size,..........I dropped them all down for you,  to 800x600.............

[ChuckMajik]

Wow!
That's one strange looking 747...what does SP stand for?

Super Tiny?

[Rifleman]

SP=Special Performance I believe....it has a shortened fuselage, which in reality give a lower all-up weight for the same wingspan and area, ... secondary point of recognition is the taller fin, necessitated by the shorter tail moment.....better efficiency for long range cruising.....initially used for trans-Pacific flights, I think ?

[Daz]

it needs to loose weight its a fat jet....  ;D

[Craig.]

its also the fastest of the 747's