LUFTHANSA’s D-ABYT ‘Retro Jet’ Finally Takes To The Skies: First Looks!
After finally being painted in a beautiful tribute livery and released to the flight line, D-ABYT finally took to the skies today for her inaugural flight, also known in Boeing-speak as a B1 flight....
View ArticleLUFTHANSA’s D-ABYT ‘Retro Jet’ 747-8i Returns From Inaugural Flight
As promised, here are a few photos that capture the moments soon after ‘YT’ returned from a successful inaugural flight at Paine Field today. With the way the winds were blowing she landed from the...
View ArticleLUFTHANSA’s D-ABYT ‘Retro Jet': More Photos!
After having a few hours during my flights home yesterday I finally had a chance to screen through all of my 532 photos of D-ABYT. During this process I found a few more photos that I think you’ll...
View ArticleEnter To Win A Lufthansa 747-8i D-ABYT ‘Retro’ Calendar
Back in February of this year, I had the opportunity to be at Paine Field in Washington to witness the first flight of Lufthansa’s D-ABYT (click here for gallery). This 747-8i is particularly special...
View ArticleLufthansa’s Retro Livery 747-8i Enters Service Thursday!
Lufthansa’s retro 747-8i, soon to be dubbed ‘Cologne’, enters service on April 16 when she departs from Frankfurt and heads for Chicago. D-ABYT, or ‘Yankee Tango’ will be operating on flight LH430 from...
View ArticleUpdate and Correction: LUFTHANSA’s 747-8i Retro Jet Enters Service Today
As I had warned in my previous post regarding the debut of Lufthansa’s retro 747-8i and the fact that changes to the timetable were possible, well change has happened. Originally the Retro 747, D-ABYT,...
View ArticleBehind The Scenes Of LUFTHANSA’s 747-8i (D-ABYT) Delivery Event: Part I
On March 25 I was invited to take part in the delivery ceremony and flight for Lufthansa’s penultimate 747-8i, D-ABYT. What makes this 747-8i a bit more special than her peers is the fact that the...
View ArticleBehind The Scenes Of Lufthansa’s D-ABYT Delivery Event Part II: The Flight To...
A routing not seen very often….. In part one, I focused primarily on the events leading up to the delivery flight of Lufthansa’s D-ABYT, including the Delivery Luncheon and a modest ceremony...
View ArticleLUFTHANSA Celebrates 60th Anniversary Of Long Haul Service
60 years ago today Lufthansa inaugurated service to New York when it started flying to the Big Apple from Hamburg. It was also the launch of Lufthansa’s long haul service. LH even flew their Retro...
View Article‘Yankee Tango’ Celebrates A Milestone
A year ago today, one of Lufthansa’s most popular aircraft was officially delivered by Boeing and I was there to experience what is perhaps the highlight of my ‘Avgeek’ hobby. On March 25, 2015 Boeing...
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