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ThePessimist
ThePessimist
Member Since 27 Mar 2016Offline Last Active Mar 29 2023 05:09 AM
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Valiant AirwaysYou're Flying with the Spirit of America |
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The Pessimist One OffsThe title is sufficient explanation |
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WestwindPride of the Pacific |
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StarYour favourite Airmerican LCC |
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CóndorEcuador is a place with airports and so it must also have airlines. That's a fact. |
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1986 Boeing 737-400 - Thunderbird Specialin Valiant AirwaysOne unique feature of FAST under Ford ownership was a series of special liveries which promoted various members of the Ford Family of Fine Vehicles. Ford primarily produced cars under the Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln brands and c... |
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Royal Omani Airbus A340-500 (ish)in The Pessimist One OffsJanuary 15th, 2023 was the 85th birthday of the Sultan of Oman. It is considered good practice for the more influential and prestigious organisations within the Sultan's government to present the Sultan some sort of birthday pr... |
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1986 Airbus A300-600in Valiant AirwaysDespite their early stumbles with the 747, FAST’s Lockheed fleet proved quite successful both in the transcontinental and transatlantic sectors. The extremely belated but large-scale success of the order was enough to convince... |
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1975 Lockheed L1011-500in Valiant AirwaysFAST management marched towards the 70s with an eye towards expanding their long-haul presence. Since the introduction of the 707 and its variants, the carrier’s overseas routes had languished without really much of a chance fo... |
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2015 - Boeing 737 MAX 8in Valiant AirwaysValiant's long term commitment to the 737 family and Boeing narrow bodies continued with the carrier's purchase of the Boeing 737 MAX as soon as it was announced. Valiant placed its largest ever order to completely eliminate re... |
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1964 Boeing 707in Valiant AirwaysValiant Holding Group, despite making strides in various miscellaneous endeavours including construction and air transportation, remained most notable and valuable for its water transportation division. Even as industry began i... |
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2003 Airbus A340-600in Valiant AirwaysIn the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, Valiant, as with many airlines struggled immensely. Amongst pay cuts, fear of flying, and questions about the future of the carrier, staff morale plummeted. In an attempt to build co... |
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2004 - Airbus A319in WestwindWestwind was a major American carrier based in San Diego with hubs at San Diego and San Francisco. A thoroughly Californian company, Westwind was known for operating in a manner different than its competitors. For one, unlike m... |
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0 - Westind's Last Logoin WestwindRip Westwind |
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2021 - A321neoin StarStar's tourism focuses business faced uniquely dire straights during the Covid-19 economic slump and travel lock downs. The airline, for a brief period actually enacted a ground stop on all of its flights. However, thanks in pa... |
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2012 A320in StarAs Star moved into its new identity under the Happy brand and logo it also continued to establish itself as a substantial LCC particularly in Holiday markets. The Reno hub flourished as did Fort Meyers but Little Rock, Albany,... |
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2006 - A319 "The Death of Bosnian Happy"in StarHappy’s launch was an almost unmitigated disaster. After 3 aircraft were unveiled in the livery at its official announcement, plans to rapidly repaint the rest of the fleet into the new livery were scrapped. A small number of a... |
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2005 MD-87in StarAfter 9/11, the airline market stalled and with-it American Heritage Investment Group’s interest in the airline market decline substantially. In 2003, they began preparing to take the company public. STAR’s initial public offer... |
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1994 MD-90in StarAirmerican Star's growth into the late 80s and 90s continued although its pace slowed. More than opening new routes, management focused on replacing heritage DC-9 variants with new MD series aircraft (mostly the 80, 81, 90, and... |
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1982 MD-80in StarThe launch of Airmerican Star had been successful enough to ensure relative stability for the airline. However, trapped in the confines of the Texas intrastate market, avenues for growth were limited. The tide was turning again... |
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1976 DC-9-40in StarThe legal theory that if an airline operated solely within a state and abstained from interstate operations it would be exempt from CAB regulations was not well received with many investors in the early days of the creation of... |
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0 Meet Happyin StarHappy the Star is the modern logo of American low cost carrier, Star - formerly Airmerican Star. |
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2012 - Present Boeing 787-8in CóndorCóndor kicked off the new millennium with interest in Boeing 7e7 program. Over time, this interest became an order for Boeing’s next generation 787. Executives believed that the new aircraft would prove to be a flexible additio... |
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2012 - Meet the Dreamlinerin CóndorCóndor was an early customer of Boeing's new 787. Their interest had been expressed way back in the time of the 7E7 nomenclature but had become a real order for 5 of the 787-8 by 2005. Cóndor's board emphasized the flexibility... |
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0 - Coverin CóndorThis is a logo and behind it is the colour blue. |
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1990-2005 B762in HimmelbahnThe 1990s were a relatively turbulent time for some of Himmelbahn's fleet. Whilst the 767-200 had played an important role with the carrier in the 80s - the type was pretty rapidly outclassed by its larger siblings and eventual... |
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2021 - Embraer E140 - The Last Days of the Lansing Air Systemin Valiant AirwaysAs is the case with most major American airlines, Valiant partners with a number of small airline which operate small aircraft on routes between hubs and small destinations. These flights operate under the Valiant Commuter bran... |
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1969-1981 B742in HimmelbahnThe Boeing 747 was the hot ticket item for any major airline or less than major airline attempting assert itself as the end of the 60s loomed. However, the game changing plane came at a game changing price. Despite intense lobb... |
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Crane A330-900neoin The Pessimist One OffsCrane is an LCC based in Japan. Founded in recent history, it was birthed with a large cash base that was used to procure a small fleet of fuel efficient A330 and A320neos. The airline features very limited IFE and other costom... |
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Skypalace MD11in The Pessimist One OffsThe Cosmopolitan Grand Casino in Macau is one of the oldest and most prestigious gambling establishments located in the tiny nation/region. Due to its status as the only area in China in which casinos are legal, Macau is a pree... |
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1959 Boeing 707in Valiant AirwaysThe war, in addition to substantially changing the character of VAD’s operations and financial standing, also fundamentally changed the character of the commercial airline industry. Even before the end of the war, the roar of t... |
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history of the entire Royal Omani, i guessin The Pessimist One OffsRoyal Omani is the flag carrier of Oman. It was created by the Sultan in 1964 with the ostensible goal of allowing Omanis to make connections to the wider world. Early operations featured a selection of DC-3s up to DC-6s. In 19... |
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1945 Douglas DC-4in Valiant AirwaysThe shadow of conflict crept across America as the Allied situation in Europe looked increasingly dire. With the declaration of war, the American economy finally began to follow the trajectory that President Roosevelt had tried... |
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2015 - Airbus A330-200in Valiant AirwaysThe A330-200 was the lowest capacity widebody in Valiant's fleet before the Westwind acquisition. Before the merger, the type mostly handled Valiant's long undervalued Pacific services like DTW-PEK or DTW-OGG. The type is activ... |
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Valiant DC Corporate Pridein Valiant AirwaysTo celebrate its IAD hub and crew who live in the greater DC area, Valiant has commissioned a rolling billboard which patrols the greater DC region. |
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