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The upper left is a 747 not a 737.
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Yes, and the mislabeled 747 just happens to belong to Thai International whose inability to satisfy the FAA and fly to America is why my post into the US takes so long.
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Lower right. Poor representation of an Boeing B737.
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My favourite plane was the B-727. The one depicted here makes it look like a one engine rocket!
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When I first started travelling a lot in the 1970s I used to pick up aviation magazines at the airport to read on the flight. Back then the editorial feeling was the 727 would be the new DC-3 and have an extremely long life. In fact it was the 737 which picked up this role with almost ten times the production numbers of 727. Perhaps it was changes in the rules about how many engines were needed to fly over oceans, or that wing mounted engines were easier to improve and make bigger at the design stage. Shame for Boeing that Airbus came along started to share the cream.
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I collect airliners on stamps, and this Maldives issue is one of the worst I've seen in terms of accuracy.
Note how the number 2 engine in this stamp is hanging at an angle. For that matter, all of the engines of this plane look like they've been stuck under the wing with crazy glue, but B-747s all have obvious engine pylons.
The stamp which actually pictures a 737 (lower right in the block) has two problems in my opinion. Here's the stamp:
The nose looks a lot more like the nose of the early Comet (the first successful jet airliner) than a 737's nose:
A 737:
Note also that the actual 737's fin has a streamlined fin extension, whereas the fin on the stamp's image it seems to be missing.
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Bill has a set from the Maldives showing Boeing aircraft in the auction. Every time I see the set I have to look at the error in the design of one of the stamps. Any plane-spotters here see it also?
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re: Which plane?
The upper left is a 747 not a 737.
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Yes, and the mislabeled 747 just happens to belong to Thai International whose inability to satisfy the FAA and fly to America is why my post into the US takes so long.
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re: Which plane?
Lower right. Poor representation of an Boeing B737.
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re: Which plane?
My favourite plane was the B-727. The one depicted here makes it look like a one engine rocket!
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re: Which plane?
When I first started travelling a lot in the 1970s I used to pick up aviation magazines at the airport to read on the flight. Back then the editorial feeling was the 727 would be the new DC-3 and have an extremely long life. In fact it was the 737 which picked up this role with almost ten times the production numbers of 727. Perhaps it was changes in the rules about how many engines were needed to fly over oceans, or that wing mounted engines were easier to improve and make bigger at the design stage. Shame for Boeing that Airbus came along started to share the cream.
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re: Which plane?
I collect airliners on stamps, and this Maldives issue is one of the worst I've seen in terms of accuracy.
Note how the number 2 engine in this stamp is hanging at an angle. For that matter, all of the engines of this plane look like they've been stuck under the wing with crazy glue, but B-747s all have obvious engine pylons.
The stamp which actually pictures a 737 (lower right in the block) has two problems in my opinion. Here's the stamp:
The nose looks a lot more like the nose of the early Comet (the first successful jet airliner) than a 737's nose:
A 737:
Note also that the actual 737's fin has a streamlined fin extension, whereas the fin on the stamp's image it seems to be missing.
Bob
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