Gorgeous photograph this one, featuring a Boeing 747 operated by Thai Airways International at Phuket airport in Thailand. The picture was taken by AirSpace contributor ApisitiJ. Flightglobal's Ascend database records the airline as operating 16 of the passenger jets, with a further two converted to freighters.![]()
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To accompany this lovely picture posted on our AirSpace gallery, here's the accompanying caption from contributor EnoAeroPics: "The sun finally broke through in the late afternoon of 7 November 2012 when Boeing 747-406BC c/n 30455 (l/n 1302) PH-BFY "City of Johannesburg" of KLM lifted off runway 06-24 at Schiphol Amsterdam airport. The aircraft first flew on 30 March 2002 as N6005C and was delivered to KLM on 10 April 2002." More of their images here.
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Seems like only yesterday that Spanair was a vibrant, profitable airline, now sadly consigned to aviation's scrapheap. However, this 2006 shot of a Boeing MD-83 from user Martin Needham was just posted on Flight's AirSpace gallery to remind us of its glory days.
Credit: M_Needham gallery on Flightglobal/AirSpace

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