"at the end of 2024" isn't exactly "gone" though You're having a heart attack... but we'll treat you at the end of the year - they really need to address this now unless there is more bad news on the horizon and they want a clean sheet from 2025 onwards. So Stephanie Pope takes ...
Jump to postThese are some fine looking jets IMHO. I see them flying in and out of Heathrow, the sound of that unique howl just before reching the runway threshold on apprach is awesome - a real super slick futuristic looking jet and it's great to see another operator join the club too, looks great in the LX li...
Jump to postWhoever they come under with the new ownership, I sincerely hope they ditch the SAS titles on the fuselage and revert back to the ‘Scandinavian’ titles instead.
Jump to postBA purchased GE90s as part of a deal... BA were selling their engine overhaul facility in South Wales and GE purchased it. So the engine choice was a sweetner it seems. After the intial batch of GE90 powered 777s were delivered, the remaining 777s were all RR powered. If BA were so off with RR they'...
Jump to postEvolutionary, Revolutionary or Aviation dead end; one still has to ask. If this project does ever come to fruition at some point, at a minimum it needs to be a three-abreast fuselage with staggered Embraer Styled seating on the two seat side to gain some added efficiency yet still offer premium sea...
Jump to postRyanair are going to buy it... No question about it. The jet btw spent some time at Stansted in December last year whilst pausing between flight testing around Europe.
MAX-10 Seen here at Stansted https://youtu.be/g45JkLiDTsc
lxman1 wrote:It could be a test to see how we react, hard to say for sure, but they are less than honest about so many things.
The MAX10 was over at Stansted last month, overnight stop I believe whilst flying around Europe. Pretty sure Ryanair would have taken a good look at it while on the ramp.
https://youtu.be/g45JkLiDTsc
Germany is blocking everything. I don't see any country willing to buy anything German in the future, they might as well shut down their industry. And France will probably reconsider doing anything with Germany. Such considerations (export sales) were already a major thorn in all the shared program...
Jump to postThe scarfs and ties have some odd design on them, not convinced this ties everything together. The speedbird emblem appears on some uniforms and not others. If I saw these people walking towards me I wouldn't know they were BA unless I saw the pilot or engineering staff member. The tie and scarf are...
Jump to postWhy not create a thread titled 'post your aviation videos' or something like that. That'll allow others to join in and create a place for posting such video. Maybe provide links to the videos, YouTube etc.
Jump to postSomebody else has posted a photo of SAS SE-DMA but I thought I'd share mine. I was visiting Milan in 2001 and took some photos whilst waiting for my BUZZ 146 flight (6 abreast on a BAE 146!) from Linate and I caught the Scandinavian MD-87 parked up on the ramp. Two months later the jet was to crash ...
Jump to postIt's their country and their rules. I would take no issue with it if they made it clear at the start and I am sure many others would feel the same. I do think they should have been upfront from the start though. This now looks like it's going to be one massive PR mess both for FIFA and Qatar. Let's ...
Jump to postNope. I linked that woman's rant as she proudly used that term for herself. If you really are trying to link it with slurs that are about things we are born with, such as gender and ethnicity, or things that may happen to us, such as say becoming disabled, as opposed to commenting on the traits of ...
Jump to postNope. I linked that woman's rant as she proudly used that term for herself. If you really are trying to link it with slurs that are about things we are born with, such as gender and ethnicity, or things that may happen to us, such as say becoming disabled, as opposed to commenting on the traits of ...
Jump to post'Hateful' when someone uses it with pride? It's a silly term I'll grant you, however, you want 'hateful', how about; https://www.britsoc.co.uk/about/latest-news/2017/may/eastern-europeans-brexit-and-racism/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/28/hate-crime-horrible-spike-brexit-vote-metrop...
Jump to postWho pushed Brexit? Who did did the whole thing to detract from their internal problems? Who has given us 4 PMs in 6 years. I have also been far from nice about the Corbyn lot, which though thankfully long gone the current government still, in desperation as things fall apart, bring up. Project Fear...
Jump to postAnd corruption, which those at the heart of Brexit were knee deep in, begets corruption and ultimately an ungovernable party. Brexiteers liked to call it a revolution, well they have a tendency to eat their own children. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/09/tories-rishi-sunak-brexi...
Jump to postAgreed. Biden has been doing good work. The economical challenges he faces are the same all over the world and has nothing to do with his policies. With respect, you mean the 'Biden Administration'. Biden as an individual, can barely string two coherent sentences together. Still, on the bright side...
Jump to postAnd corruption, which those at the heart of Brexit were knee deep in, begets corruption and ultimately an ungovernable party. Brexiteers liked to call it a revolution, well they have a tendency to eat their own children. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/09/tories-rishi-sunak-brexi...
Jump to postAgreed. Biden has been doing good work. The economical challenges he faces are the same all over the world and has nothing to do with his policies. I wonder whether Trump will really announce his return now, and whetehr deSantis gives up without a fight. This quarrel will help Democrats, who now ne...
Jump to postOrion Airways... UK Charter Airline based at East Midland Airport, first European operator of the 737-300. ORION served loads of holiday destinations using the type. They also added the A300B4 to their fleet. Later merged with Britannia Airways which is now part of the TUI Group. This channel produc...
Jump to postWell blow me down a positive article in the guardian and using the link I used a few pages ago https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/06/brexit-blame-uk-economy-opportunity-eu Wonders may never cease Really? Elliotts a very well-known Brexiteer of the anti-globalization ilk. Hes what one nig...
Jump to postI watched this fantastic documentary featuring the little known BAC Three-Eleven yesterday. The jet, a wide body rear engined twin was quite advanced for its time but didn't make it to fruition. The documentary also talks about various other jets briefly, including Airbus and their revolutionary A30...
Jump to postahh the belittlement comes shining through The Cameron government did no planning as it did not expect the UK to leave, and any subsequent government had little time to prepare. The May government as she was pro remain did not believe in what Brexit stood for those are the reasons why it was such a...
Jump to postQuestion from afar: Is there any serious movement in the UK to undo Brexit and rejoin the EU? Both major political parties have said no to rejoining the EU. But that does not mean that they won’t go with a BRINO type deal and put us into a vassalage status Dont trust Sunak or Starmer Ah, my favouri...
Jump to postPrime Minister's Questions earlier today.
Nice to see such a diverse front bench. Courtesy of France 24 English https://youtu.be/bXfuMIpkWJk
Ready for...nah; https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/24/gagging-for-rish-its-a-second-coming-for-sunak-the-silent-messiah Revealing moment in the summer campaign, didn't know it was being recorded, at least he's honest about what they are all about; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegB9J-...
Jump to postRishi Sunak has been selected to become the next British Prime Minister https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
Rishi Sunak: Former chancellor who lost out last time https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51490893
He also becomes the first person of colour to become PM.
Sunak will become the first person of colour to become a British Prime Minister and received support from all sides of the party, including staunch Brexit MPs. Live Coverage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63327087 Rishi Sunak: Former chancellor who lost out last time - https://www.bbc....
Jump to postWhooppee! PS The English party of the centre-right (the Conservative party) needs to change the way it selects a leader - who is automatically leader of the government if the Conservative party has a majority in parliament. 175,000 people (the members of the Conservative party) selected a prime min...
Jump to postCompletely different leadership now, former one no longer has the party whip due to these issues, right as the Brexit Tories are imploding, this thread then reminds of those videos on the Ukraine threads, of the aircraft and helicopters pumping out decoys. BBC News - 'Coventry councillor leaves Lab...
Jump to postOh the irony! Anyway, hadn’t finished, see above. I stopped at “one of your lot” and didn’t read anything after that. She is not one of my lot, quite frankly I find the whole thing as ridiculous as you. But, the people of Wales have suffered under a Labour government for 23 years with the lowest GD...
Jump to postBest option here would be to build more homes, shopping facilities and so forth. Lots of potential there once the land is cleared and who knows, the terminal may have some capacity to be repurposed. A similar situation will happen to Cambridge Airport CBG which is due to close in 2030. Around the ai...
Jump to postA Qatar Airways A380 was caught taking off from Heathrow last week where it retracted only its nose gear, before dropping it again a minute or so later, then retracting both the main and nose gear. Does anybody know what would be the reason for this? I have often seen 787s fly with an extended gear ...
Jump to postI was there yesterday and it was sweltering - it's forecast for 40c on Monday and I noticed a couple of forest fires raging. The airport is surrounded by stunning woodlands so hopefully, the heat doesn't interfere with any display activity. Boeing is scheduled to fly the MAX-10 and 777X Mon-Wed I be...
Jump to postQantas just published a video of the new First Class on their A350s. I saw that and instantly headed over here.
Good news for Qantas, nice fleet choices.
https://youtu.be/c504mnty-Tc
Looking at FR24, the flight profile looks normal. Then around 6.10, there's an increase in airspeed, then it returns back to normal (normal being the majority of the flight in cruise profile) the flight continues then there's some further slight airspeed changes at 6.14 right up to 6.25 when it appe...
Jump to postExcellent thread. I never got to see a Trident, other than the one at Duxford and the one that used to be at Heathrow. Absolutely one of the jets I'm fascinated by and recall seeing often in magazines as a kid. I thought I'd share some pretty good videos about I have come across in the past about th...
Jump to postI'm currently visiting family in rural Wales. Over the weekend it was chaos with people scrambling for fuel. To me it was evident people were panic buying. A family friend runs a petrol station and sure enough, he called it out the same too. People that would normally buy a quarter of a tank were bu...
Jump to postHaving flown this services and both jets, several times, I'll be sad to see it go, but not terribly surprised given the current circumstances. I've always preferred the LCY departure compared to LHR and the stop at SNN is quick and practical. The benefit being you land in JFK and there's no immigrat...
Jump to postI've unearthed this video from 1994, featuring a Cathay Pacific A330. I'm guessing this is the test aircraft that was reengined. The BBC did a Farnborough programme, in 1996 and recall them featuring Cathay Pacific and their A330 which was pre delivery display and flying programme. Time has flown by...
Jump to postArrived about 20 minutes ago. Looks quite impressive!
https://youtu.be/lQRe9JUS1Eo
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Side on shot. Looks groovy baby! 
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Hi folks.
A video of the takeoff earlier.
It's a mighty fine looking jet!
https://youtu.be/MulBhEwDqQ4
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I would say this is pretty much on the money! This video illustrates the tail nicely, captured at Cambridge Airport earlier today.
https://youtu.be/lRmBqycH3T8
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Great to see it make its first flight. Agree, this would be great for island hopping - coukd see it replacing twin otters on the Highland flights in Scotland and possibly also the Sky Bus flights operating to the Scilly Isles. There's a video if the first flight on YouTube and some air to air footag...
Jump to postAnd she's airborne! Fantastic news. Congratulations to Boeing.
Just love these first flights... If you've not watched the first flight if the 757 on YouTube, its well worth it!
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Apologies.
Source. https://mol.im/a/7863359#i-e402f7e0159ab949
Some other images showing what I think is possibly a small door, heavily charred but away from any large parts of the airframe.
https://mol.im/a/7863359#i-22655c5d882ecb2e
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Puncture holes on the fuselage that appears burnt. They appear above the windows of the airframe, too. 
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