United Charter

"Redwood" coming and going....

Bird's eye view of a Brasilia.

"My other ride is a spaceship"

January airliners

Southwest's "Illinois One" arrives at SFO again.

3 Virgins and a United.

You won't see this name much longer.

Two if by air!

Blue Angels at SFO

October 9, 2011

The Blue Angels and Fat Albert

SFO

While it was nice and clear at SFO, unfortunately, the marine layer moved in from the Golden Gate across the show site and the Blue Angels were unable to perform...

Some images of airliners at KSFO taken

on September 22, 2011.

You've gotta like VA...

The E120. Workhorse of the West Coast commuter fleet.

New colors for United Express.

A380 and B747

United's workhorse of the Far East.

Above SFO

SFO seen from Coast Guard 6502 on a "101 Transition"

The Coast Guard is based at the small hangar adjacent to the seaplane lagoon in the middle left of the photo.

The United Airlines Maintenance Base is in the foreground.

Passing the "West End"

Runway 10R

International Terminal G

Runway 1R

AirFrance A380 at the "A Terminal"

SFO Tower

Exiting 28L at "Tango".

Crossing the 28's

Business heavy metal...

Short final to the Coast Guard Ramp.

Many thanks to Chris, Dave and Doug, the Coast Guard Airmen who made these photos possible.

Thank you for your service to your Country.

AirFrance A380

AirFrance now serves SFO with the A380 with daily flights to and from Paris.

Flaps down and spoilers still deployed after landing.

The A380 has a huge wingspan of 261.6 feet that restricts its movements at KSFO.

There are specific routes that the A380 must stay on to and from the terminal.

An A380 costs about $375 Million.

Max takeoff weight is 1,250,000 lbs.

Max landing weight is 850,000 lbs.....

just a little less than the max takeoff weight of a B747-400!

The difference between MTOW and MLW

is the weight of the fuel you have burned to get from there to here...

Alaska's "Make A Wish" takes off of runway 28L

on a windy day.