Eleven years ago, I was somewhere else for Christmas!

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Time for remaniscing and nostalgia... Eleven years ago, I was somewhere a little warmer than England for Christmas. Came across a few of the pictures I took at the time and thought I'd scan and post them...

First, a few from Los Angeles
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA01.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA02.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA03.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA04.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA05.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA06.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA07.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA08.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA09.jpg

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Then, we moved up to a sunnier Las Vegas prior to New Year
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA10.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA11.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA12.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA13.jpg
http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA14.jpg

All Kodachrome 64 slide scans...

Best,

Andy

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Fantastic Andy!!

Incredible to see only a few of those liveries are still around today!

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Thanks for sharing these Andy because they are all fantastic, gotta love that Varig B747! :D

Incredible to see only two of those have or had kept their liveries to today!

Makes you wonder what we'll be seeing in 2015 or so.....

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Stunning shots even if they are 11 years old! :D

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Outstanding ! aj_march each to their own. Some people want to take up their hobby on holiday. After all holidays are all about enjoying what you like doing in your free time. What are you confused about ? :confused:

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Interesting angle on the China 744, almost looks too short like an SP. How long had 744's been around in 1994 ??

Incidentally Christmas '94 for me was spent living in a high rise council flat, shared with a mate overlooking Glasgow Airport. No that's not why I moved there stoopid.... :D

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God that United livery looks really dated now! great shots :)

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Interesting angle on the China 744, almost looks too short like an SP. How long had 744's been around in 1994 ??

Incidentally Christmas '94 for me was spent living in a high rise council flat, shared with a mate overlooking Glasgow Airport. No that's not why I moved there stoopid.... :D

see what you mean, the tail looks strangely large. I think the SP was around in 94, but only about 150 were made?

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Nice shots.Looks like you got a NASA Northrop T-38A Talon "underneath" the AWA 757 :D

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Thanks for the comments...

How long had 744's been around in 1994 ??

744s were flying from 1988, first delivery in 1989 - N401PW was the first, I think, which is now N661US with Northwest. Interesting to realise that it won't be too long before the first 744 is 20 years old!

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Thanks for the comments...

744s were flying from 1988, first delivery in 1989 - N401PW was the first, I think, which is now N661US with Northwest. Interesting to realise that it won't be too long before the first 744 is 20 years old!

Andy

That's another of those landmark events that happened in my aviation hobby gap year, a gap year that lasted from around 1986 til 2001 !!!! :D

Ta for the info Andy and it would be nice to see some more of your archive.

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You go on holiday and spend the time watching airliners???

Honestly, you spotters confuse me :)

AJ,take off your anorak,put on your shorts,sunglasses and factor 20 and lay on my favorite holiday beach......Philipsburg/St.Marten-Princess Juliana (SXM/TNCM)........How close do you wanna get airside/seaside :D :D :D

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that's quite an uneven tan in the last one ;) would never get tired of those pics, nice selection.

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hmmm Christmas 1994 i was eight years old,probably playing with my great collection of G.I.Joe's!

Fantastic shots though Andy, the Varig one stands out!

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Excellent Pics Andy!

Thanks for sharing them. :)

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Good pics. It's funny how liveries don't look dated until they get updated - I mean the Korean still looks good but the ANZ looks rubbish now

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Just thought I'd add one more from LAS:

http://www.andymartin.btinternet.co.uk/USA15.jpg

Why the addition...? Well, this one's been on a.net for a while, and the original slide was bought by a company in Texas last week for $750 - yup, getting on for £400!!! :cool: The sale (and the need to find the original slide again) was what inspired me to scan a few others.

Thanks again for the comments.

Andy

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Absolutely brilliant Andy, I have to disagree with a previous comment someone made about the United livery shown in the shots above, I absolutely love it, each to their own!

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Wow, these pictures have brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for taking the time Skymonster to scan and post your pictures.

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Brilliant pics! Smomething a bit different for a change! :D :cool: