Hekla Aurora

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/20/2018 at 22:27 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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We’re in Dallas-Ft. Worth for Thanksgiving, which always means an evening or two spent at DFW for some plane spotting. The highlight today, and one for my life list, was this absolutely stunning one-of-a-kind Icelanda ir 757 named !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!   that I photographed as it was departing on a flight to Reykjavik. This is a pretty Q&D edit, and I’ll have a better edit and some other interesting spots to post after I get home.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 11/20/2018 at 22:33

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I get it. Aurora borealis. Looks sharp!

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/20/2018 at 22:34

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Apparently it has LEDs in the cabin that mimic the aurorae. 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 11/20/2018 at 22:36

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Hekla is their big volcano (you know, the one that shut down Western European airspace for weeks several years ago). I’ve flown them once from BWI-KEF around 2000 when I was finishing college.

Iceland is still one of the most expensive and overrated countries in the world, but still a cool place for a stop. I would totally fly them to Europe for the free stopover in Iceland again (up to 3 days, IIRC). Not a lot of carriers offer that without huge surcharges and rebookings.

I believe their entire fleet has always been 757. Sort of like Southwest, but transatlantic.

This paint job is off the charts.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 11/20/2018 at 22:39

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Nifty. Now I need to see video.

You already provided a link! I thought it would be outside, not in, but that’s pretty neat anyway!

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 11/20/2018 at 22:40

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Most beautiful a/c I’ve seen, maybe ever. And the late afternoon  light was simply glorious.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 11/20/2018 at 22:54

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Neat.

Anyone ever fly Iceland air? I keep seeing cheap flights, but don’t want a spirit transatlantic flight. 

David Baker > ttyymmnn 11/20/2018 at 23:03

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Didn’t think it could fly.

ttyymmnn > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/20/2018 at 23:13

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I have not. 

ttyymmnn > David Baker 11/20/2018 at 23:14

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That’s the Heckle Aurora. 

facw > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 11/20/2018 at 23:48

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I flew four segments with them in 2012. Definitely not Spirit. The only real “value airline” move they made was not having free meals on the flights (which weren’t super long or anything ), and the check-in agent was pretty apologetic about it. Three of the four planes I flew on had nice comfortable modern interiors, with good in seat entertainment. The fourth was a 757 that had not been through the modernization inside (old uncomfortable interior) and out (no wingtips), but for the relatively short flight to London, I could deal with it.

The airport in Iceland is designed for transfers, so everything ran very smoothly for that.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 11/21/2018 at 04:56

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nice!

pip bip - choose Corrour > David Baker 11/21/2018 at 04:56

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use a big enough ramp and it will