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Dec 19, 2001 | 7:23 am

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ATC Problem? - See Photo

Skies are getting busier and busier...

http://www.insanepictures.com/pic.shtml?0122.jpg

Happy Holidays to all!

Dec 19, 2001 | 9:26 am

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I think it's Ryan Air?

Dec 19, 2001 | 9:55 am

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Dec 19, 2001 | 11:45 am

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Actually it's Finn Air. It's called the Santa Express. I have a model of it.

Dec 19, 2001 | 12:31 pm

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I spent too much time on Airliners.net trying to find a picture, but there is none.

The rest of the paint looks like this from Ryanair: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=177908&WxsIERv=Qm9laW5nIDczNy04Li4u&W dsYXMg=UnlhbmFpcg%3D%3D&QtODMg=U2FsemJ1cmcgLSBXLkE uIE1vemFydCAoTWF4Z2xhbikgKFNaRyAvIExPV1Mp&ERDLTkt =QXVzd HJpYQ%3D%3D&ktODMp=SnVseSAxOSwgMjAwMQ%3D%3D&WNEb25 u=RWR3aW4gT2xpbm93ZXR6&xsIERvdWdsY=RUktQ1NQ&MgTUQt ODMgKE=Tm90aWNlIHRoZSBzcGVjaWFsIGJhbm5lciAiR29vZCB sdWNrIEJyaWFuIGluIEJJRyBCUk9US EVSIiBvbiB0aGlzIGFpcmNyYWZ0IQ%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKE RD=MzAw&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMS0wNy0yOA%3D%3D&static=yes

but, on the other hand, there is one Finnair MD-80 that is said "to have had the Santa Express" painting: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...kt=RmlubGFuZA% 3D%3D&ktODMp=QXByaWwgMTgsIDE5OTk%3D&WNEb25u=UGVra2 EgTGVodGluZW4%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=T0gtTE1O&MgTUQtODMgKE =IGhhZCB0aGUgInNhbnRhIGNsYXVzIiBwYWludGluZ3M%3D&YX MgTUQtODMgKERD=MjY0&NEb25uZWxs =MTk5OS0wNC0yMw%3D%3D&static=yes

but this is not an MD-80 is it? So my bet is Ryanair.

(edited to trying to fix the URL's, which doesn't seem to work)

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Dec 19, 2001 | 1:18 pm

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FinAir is light blue. While they both do fly DUB, I am pretty sure this is Ryan Air. I could be wrong, but Ryan air does not only paint fun stuff on their planes, they sell advertising on them.

Dec 19, 2001 | 1:41 pm

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It is definitely an FR 737. If you look at the aircraft fuselage on the top right of the photo, you can see the flying harp logo.

What's more, the nose is a 737 so it cannot be AY. The door indicates it cannot be an A320 series (doors don't rotate 180 degrees to open), and the nose isn't that of a 757 or a MD-80/DC-9.

Dec 19, 2001 | 3:06 pm

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No offense meant to anyone - just my comments:

The photo made me smile - and basically that was it.

Do we really have to analyze everything to death? - sometimes a cigar really is just a cigar.

Bah, Humbug

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Dec 19, 2001 | 3:06 pm

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I search Airliners a bit more, and this aircraft "SC" is in there in the Ryanair colors, ex Santa.

Dec 20, 2001 | 7:59 am

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There's a Christmas card out there that looks pretty similar - my ATC mgr husband sent it to his colleagues one year. It's a front on view, with a bunch of reindeer on an airplane's nose and the most befuddled look on the pilots. It's very cute ... as was this picture.

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