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Re: New Book out by BA Pilot!

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll have to put "Hard Landing" and "Skygods" on my list too!

comorin

Re: New Book out by BA Pilot!

Sorry, but you are right, peterj324 - The Guardian article does not implicitly say that this is a new book. Should the mods delete the thread (since its incorrect) or change title and keep it since it may be of interest to a.netters?

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comorin

New Book out by BA Pilot!

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016 ... ot-careers BA F/O Mark Vanhoenacker has a book out "Skyfaring" that should be of great interest to aviation enthusiasts, praised to the skies for it's lyrical writing by the Guardian. It also talks about our very own Aviateur (Patrick Smith) whos...

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comorin

RE: The Rolling Stones

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KiwiRob" class="quote" target="_blank">KiwiRob</a> (<a href="#67" class="quote">Reply 67</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> We say yeah! &n...

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RE: Air Asia QZ8501 SUB To SIN Crash - Part 12

Until we hear from the NTSC, I'd like to add my 2 cents from FL300: A modern jet, flying in predictable weather, commanded by a top gun pilot ( arguably as competent as anyone here?), flies into the drink. What rare combination of events affected this ship to the exclusion of others nearby? Grateful...

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RE: Air Asia QZ8501 SUB To SIN Crash - Part 10

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyingturtle" class="quote" target="_blank">flyingturtle</a> (<a href="#203" class="quote">Reply 203</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I h...

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RE: Air Asia QZ8501 SUB To SIN Crash - Part 10

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/md80fanatic" class="quote" target="_blank">md80fanatic</a> (<a href="#194" class="quote">Reply 194</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank...

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RE: Air Asia QZ8501 SUB To SIN Crash - Part 10

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RickNRoll" class="quote" target="_blank">RickNRoll</a> (<a href="#189" class="quote">Reply 189</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I would b...

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RE: Air Asia QZ8501 SUB To SIN Crash - Part 6

PiHero, spot on with your comments and thanks for your patience. Mandala and other a.net greats, thank you for posting here and helping the rest of us make sense of this frightening event. I cannot imagine how busy you Mandala are as the man on the spot, and must be nice to see your own quotes in th...

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RE: Emirates To Increase JFK - 4 Daily

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AABB777" class="quote" target="_blank">AABB777</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Yes, <acronym tit...

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RE: Emirates To Increase JFK - 4 Daily

This makes for a beautiful <acronym title="Bangalore - Kempegowda International (Bengaluru International / Devanahalli) (BLR / VOBL), India">BLR</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> connection: EK565 <acronym title=...

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RE: Hunt For Replacement Of Indian PM’s VIP Plane

Should the <acronym title="Tropic Air (Belize)">PM</acronym>'s plane be a 4-holer given the country's proximity to the Himalayas? I am referring to all that complicated stuff about engine out -> drop in altitude -> oxygen etc. As for those of you suggesting 5- or 6- holers, remember you can always c...

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RE: Still Opening Doors For Women?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PHX787" class="quote" target="_blank">PHX787</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Well played, Sir!...

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RE: Still Opening Doors For Women?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Sir, ...

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RE: Indian Aviation Thread Part 107

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bjorn14" class="quote" target="_blank">bjorn14</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I flew 2 r/ts r...

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RE: Bad Week. Why?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vvbkumar" class="quote" target="_blank">vvbkumar</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> If I may: Cha...

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RE: Anyone Else Love Squareriggers?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PITingres" class="quote" target="_blank">PITingres</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank you for...

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RE: Anyone Else Love Squareriggers?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Max+Q" class="quote" target="_blank">Max Q</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Avid sailor an...

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comorin

RE: Hindustan Ambassador Going Out Of Production

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Superfly" class="quote" target="_blank">Superfly</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Sure! Tell th...

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RE: Hindustan Ambassador Going Out Of Production

Supe, The ultimate cool ride in Delhi is a white Ambassador with a red beacon on top. This means you can zip through traffic that the merely rich in their Benzes cannot. The red beacon is a privilege issued by the Home Ministry, and Delhi loves its class system! One more note: The Ambassador is a mo...

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RE: Bringing Serrano Ham To The US

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JJJ" class="quote" target="_blank">JJJ</a> (<a href="#41" class="quote">Reply 41</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank you for a most in...

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RE: Bringing Serrano Ham To The US

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JJJ" class="quote" target="_blank">JJJ</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank you, great to kno...

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RE: Bringing Serrano Ham To The US

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thanks! <im...

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comorin

RE: Bringing Serrano Ham To The US

Jamon Serrano? Too mainstream! Real men eat Jamon Iberico, pigs fed on acorns...

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comorin

RE: Google 2-person Car With NO Driver Controls!

Au contraire! This will not stand! An insult to the magical city on the Hudson, the city of dreams.

But this car is perfect for Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

I can see locals putting on their Google Glasses, hopping in and moseying over to the weekend farmers market for some fresh kale.

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comorin

RE: New Delhi Hotel Suggestions

1. Leela is good, but folks in the know stay at the IMPERIAL. Beautifully redone with a long history, colonial architecture. 2. Other tips: Get lots of rest, keep hydrated. Its late in the season, but you must have Langda mangoes. August is monsoon time up north, so the land will be green and less d...

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comorin

RE: Italians Create A New Cruise Ship Design For 2017

OA260 - I am really WORRIED about the windage on this ship! <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/scared.gif" width="25" height="15" border="0"/> . CAD be danged! Hope she doesn't capsize form a little puff abeam ... My keen engineering eye, honed by the...

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RE: Flashlight For Line Mx

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hawk21m" class="quote" target="_blank">hawk21m</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I r...

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RE: MH Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 63

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/David+L" class="quote" target="_blank">David L</a> (<a href="#47" class="quote">Reply 47</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> David L, you di...

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comorin

RE: Indian Aviation Thread Part 105

Here's hoping the Modi government starts the AI privatization ball rolling, Swamy or no Swamy.

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comorin

RE: Modi, Wins Indian Election

I have been lurking in India for the last two years, and was initially horrified by the stranglehold corruption has in almost every aspect of daily life. I wonder if Western societies had to go through similar process (Tammany Hall, etc) before moral indignation set in? There is little comfort that ...

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RE: Why Are So Many New LH Planes Unnamed?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AyostoLeon" class="quote" target="_blank">AyostoLeon</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> How about...

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RE: Why Are So Many New LH Planes Unnamed?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank you - just ...

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comorin

RE: Why Are So Many New LH Planes Unnamed?

So, is there a LH aircraft named "Reeperbahn" ?

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RE: MH Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 61

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/nupogodi" class="quote" target="_blank">nupogodi</a> (<a href="#304" class="quote">Reply 304</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I can push ...

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comorin

RE: MH Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 61

I can understand a shift in frequency in an analog device ( change in R,C or L) but not in a digital (clocked) device. Explanations welcome, with promise of absolution for past posting sins.

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comorin

RE: MH Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 61

I think it's time someone send out the Bat-Signal for tdscanuck...

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RE: Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 And Queen Victoria

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Bucket ...

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comorin

RE: Apartheid All Over Again Should The World Allow It

Yet another Israel thread? Time someone came up with a meme!

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RE: Air India To Join Star Alliance In July

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Gr8Circle" class="quote" target="_blank">Gr8Circle</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I think the...

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RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 57

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/nupogodi" class="quote" target="_blank">nupogodi</a> (<a href="#63" class="quote">Reply 63</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><i>The Monty H...

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RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 56

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Kaiarahi" class="quote" target="_blank">Kaiarahi</a> (<a href="#191" class="quote">Reply 191</a>):<br/><i>Quoting Pihero (Reply 187): I particul...

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RE: Indian Aviation Thread Part 105

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BLRAviation" class="quote" target="_blank">BLRAviation</a> (<a href="#160" class="quote">Reply 160</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank...

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comorin

RE: Our Thoughts For Hercules (SA7700)

Thank you for your selfless service, Sir.

RIP SA7700

2014

Comorin

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RE: Indian Aviation Thread Part 105

Some friends of mine are planning an <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>-MAS-<acronym title="Kolkata (Calcutta) - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (Dum Dum) (CCU / VECC), India">CCU</acronym>-<acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gandhi Inte...

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comorin

RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 54

Hey noobies, Pihero is perfectly aware of the plural of "scenario". It's a bit of an inside joke on a.net to refer to plurals with the suffix "-ii", and that started with the word "Airbii". I would also suggest that debating with aviation experts, without any demonstrated domain knowledge, may resul...

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comorin

RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 53

I would urge fellow nutters to read the excellent NY Times recap. I am doing this as a public service so that we don't recursively regurgitate conjecture (not that there's anything wrong with that): 1. Please read the excellent article first: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/world/asia/mal...

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comorin

RE: New Laptop. Any Suggestions?

Hi Wilco, I got myself a Thinkpad Yoga (256GB SSD, i7) around Thanksgiving. Pros: Haswell Chip runs very cool, saving my chromosomes for humanity. Haswell = long battery life. SSD means quick start and instant on from Sleep mode. Beautiful finish and legendary Thinkpad build quality. Touch Screen US...

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comorin

RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 50

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#223" class="quote">Reply 223</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Touche, mon ami...

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RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 47

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/canoecarrier" class="quote" target="_blank">canoecarrier</a> (<a href="#347" class="quote">Reply 347</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Agr...

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