Photographed about to touch down on rw09L after yet another trans-Atlantic crossing. Note the flex in the wings as they work hard to provide enough lift to keep the heavy, slow moving plane in the air.

Lots of AA Mad Dogs to be photographed at DFW.

About to touch down on Rwy 08L.

Gratifying to see there were still quite a few majestic, metallic Mad Dogs kicking about DFW as I passed through.

Up close and personal with the 'Susan G. Komen' plane as it taxies out from T3 to the rw27L holding point.

Taxying out for a Rwy 08 departure.

Pictured about to touch down on rw26.

Pictured taxying out to return to either ORD or DFW (the MIA flight was a 738). There were great views out of the windows back then before the terminal refurbishment.

Gliding (not literally!) over the Rwy 08L threshold.

One or two...or hundreds... of AA Mad Dogs to be photographed at DFW.

The landing aircraft is the regular inbound flight from DFW, and I believe the parked AA 777 in the background was there for the PGA Tournament of Champions as a charter. In any case, it's a fairly rare event to see a pair of AA 777s at OGG.

This Luxuryliner was delivered to American Airlines October 8, 1970. The aircraft was a movie star when it appeared in the film Airport 77. Leased to Braniff Airlines for one month (October to November) in 1978 to start their new Hawaii service. Finally sold to Citicorp Leasing in May 1984, it would see service with National, Air Afrique, Iran Air, Cargolux and then bought by United Airlines in January 1988. The classic jumbo was retired on September 1999 and stored at Las Vegas, NV. Ferried to Greenwood, MS early in 200, the classic 747 was parted out over the next two years, then scrapped.