Lufthansa 747-8i at Dulles

Lufthansa recently became the first carrier to add Boeing's new 747-8i, the newest and largest variant of the legendary 747 jumbo jet, to their air fleet.  Washington Dulles International Airport and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority invited fifty lucky guests to welcome the historic, first commercial flight to the North American continent from a vantage point aside the runway.  Guests were thrilled to see airport operations from the closest safe threshold on the active runway. The entire set of photos can be seen on my Flickr, here.

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner

As Boeing's 787 Dreamliner makes its world debut tour, Washington Dulles International Airport was naturally one of its stops as the large airport serving the Washington, DC metropolitan area will naturally see quite a few of these brand new birds as they take to the skies.  In person, the 787 seems smaller than expected from pictures, however the interior is extremely roomy and comfortable.  It has that "new-plane-smell" and is oozing with technological goodies and creature comforts.  The new seagull-like wing design is most notable on this new aircraft, but can only be fully appreciated in person - it's quite magnificent! You can view the entire set of photos here on my Flickr.

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And my awesome buddy James Dingell who joined me on the 787 took this great photo of me; check out all of his aviation and automotive photography on his Flickr, here!

ANA 25th Anniversary at IAD: UPDATE!

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UPDATED (August  11th, 2011):  Two of my ANA photographs have been featured in USA Today's Travel section photo gallery, accompanying an article about ANA's Annivesary flight.  Check out the article and the gallery (images 24 and 27).

A brief update on my coverage of ANA's 25th Anniversary flight between Tokyo and Washington, D.C.:  My photography was featured in an article on anna.aero last week, and now this week is featured on the cover of Capital Newspaper (Japanese).

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See the rest of the anna.aero article here:  http://www.anna.aero/2011/08/03/japans-domestic-air-travel-market-recovering-slowly/

ANA 25th Anniversary at IAD

ANA recently celebrated its 25th anniversary flight between Washington Dulles International Airport serving Washington, D.C. and Narita International Airport in Tokyo.  The passengers and crew for both arriving and departing flights were treated to special Wadaiko drummer performances and complimentary gifts to mark the occasion. UPDATE (August 3rd, 2011):  Some of my photography from the ANA Anniversary has been published in an article in anna.aero.  Check out the article here.

UPDATE (August 12th, 2011):  I made the cover, and provided all images for the Capital Newspaper (Japanese)'s coverage of the ANA Anniversary, and as of August 11th have two photographs included in USA Today's Travel section story on ANA.  Read more about all my ANA press coverage here, or read the USA Today article, or skip direct to the gallery (look for images 24 and 27).

ANA 25th Anniversary at Dulles

ANA 25th Anniversary at Dulles

ANA 25th Anniversary at Dulles

ANA 25th Anniversary at Dulles