There must have been something special about it - because it was viewed more than 400 times on Monday (9/14). It looks like someone or something was just trolling through Delta group on Flickr, because the referrals to my picture were from the adjacent pictures in the group.
Such a waste - considering I posted pictures of the Antonov AN-124 heavy lift aircraft that is waiting for cargo over at Phoenix-Mesa.
A mix of old and new pictures highlight the most viewed pictures for August 2009.
Amazon just announced the release date for the entire "Prisoner" series on Blu-Ray DVD (scheduled for release at the end of October).
It has been over 2 years since Boeing rolled out their newest, revolutionary airliner - the 787 Dreamliner.
This plane is revolutionary in that instead of being constructed of aluminum - most of the plane is carbon fiber. This makes the plane lighter and means it can go farther on a load of fuel.
But the design and assembly of this plane has not been without its issues. Boeing has outsourced the major assemblies of this plane to other, foreign manufacturers - and just performs final assembly at the Boeing Everett plant (in an attempt to speed production, and lower Boeing's own labor costs).
They even retrofitted a set of 747's - the Dreamlifter - to shuttle Dreamliner pieces from manufacturer site to Everett.
The assembly issues seem to be behind them now - but everyone is still waiting for the plane's first flight (since that's what airplanes are supposed to do - FLY). But in late July - Boeing announced that the first flight was delayed again - this time for a structural/design issue where the wings join the fuselage/body and did not give a new estimated date for the first flight.
A week later - the Seattle Times published a story saying that this structural/design issue was worse than was being reported, and had occurred at an earlier point in the stress test.
There are normally challenges that face any new design - but more so in this case because of the new materials being used. And you know its bad - when the current poll on FlightGlobal asks which might fly first - the 787 - or a Pig.
One of the things I do each day as part of my Flickr addiction - is look to see which pictures are attracting peoples attention.
Considering the majority of my pictures are of airplanes - it isn't any surprise that the most viewed pictures are of them. But what is sometimes surprising - is when an 'ancient' picture - like the JSF prototype at the Smithsonian (UHC @ Dulles, VA) - from 5+ years ago - gets high views.
Even more surprising - is when something completely outside the aviation environment gets a lot of views. Like the Ringling Bros Circus clown. But I think that was due to the fact that the clown's father is on Flickr too - so I am pretty sure the picture has gotten back to her.
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