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Jump to postA shape of things to come? Let's hope the 2 Minardis at the MEL Grand Prix have Ozjet titles.
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Regarding the level of "intoxication", ultimately the captain at his or her discretion, has the final say if you are fit to fly or not. Of course if you are totally wasted the CSO will make that decision.
Jump to postFrom a pax point of view there is a difference from the ordinary -400. On the <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> route pax are restricted on the ordinary-4...
Jump to postI flew behind Melanie Griffiths from LAX-MEL
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What's the bet that all major maintenance will be done by Air New Zealand at a cheaper rate? After all, ANZ will soon have a large A320 fleet and tons of spares?
Jump to postThe fire was in the bulk hold where most airlines put their dangerous goods cargo, luckily that Emirates choose to put their dangerous goods in the main hold.
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The aircraft landed before the curfew and was not allowed to use reverse thrust, or full reverse. High brake temperatures that caused the fire, may have been due to excessive barking in the absence of reverse thrust???
NBT, The -300 has shorter range than the -200. You can't call an aircraft that can fly non-stop from <acronym title="Toulouse - Blagnac (TLS / LFBO), France">TLS</acronym>-<acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym> a short range aircraft. It is classifi...
Jump to postGigneil, why is my statement about the 737-900 not logical? Of course they do not make a comparison because they are totally different categories. The 737-900 was designed for short to medium range and A330-200 for long range. I understand these aircraft are set up for domestic ops but that is besid...
Jump to postI've heard that the Australian designed Nomad has a poorly designed wing and bad slow flight handling characteristics. Not highly regarded by most pilots. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/344013/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href=...
Jump to postWhat other airlines in the world use A330's for only sectors around the 1 hours mark?
Jump to postSure profitable, but I wonder why? AN?
>> It makes perfect sense to fly them domestically as they are an ideally sized and economical aircraft, Qantas. It doesn't make sense to fly them domestically. They were never designed for this purpose. It makes more sense to fly the A330-300 domestic as are better suited for domestic operations. T...
Jump to post>>AJ: The A330-200s are strictly domestic aircraft with a high density seating configuration. How can you say that an aircraft with over 8,000Km to 11,850 kilometres of range is strictly domestic. I don't think so. Average sector lengths of the worlds A330-200 aircraft is 4000nm. The A330-200 was de...
Jump to postFrom various sources ZK-NBT, I also heard that the B767-200’s will be disappearing very soon also.
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One QF 747 classic is destined for the desert and another will be removed from service while it get it's D check performed at Avalon. I'm not sure how long the others will be around for.
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Cx flyboy,
I'm not sure of the registration as it was not painted on when I photographed it. The photos will hopefully appear on the A.net site.
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There is currently two photos of Mekong's 737-500 in the upload queue. I can email you guys some pics if you are interested?
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I can confirm that Mekong's 737-500 was at XNA, Northwest Arkansas Regional on the 15th of January where it received a new paint job. This would indicate to me that the are about to start up again. There are two photos of it, currently in the upload queue. It is quite a stunning scheme, green and wh...
Jump to postDefiantly not. The Qantas service is gone down hill big time since the Ansett collapse with the cause being a virtual monopoly. I'm a Qantas supporter, hence the name, and was disgusted at City flyer's service between MEL and SYD a few weeks ago. Row 57 does not add to the experience especially with...
Jump to postSorry Tsv you are correct, my mistake and apology Which variant will be used on domestic sectors? I heard that when the whole fleet is in service the -300 will be on domestic sectors for higher capacity and the -200, on international for it's better suitability. Can anyone confirm anything? QFTJT
Jump to postTsv,
"Staff freebee flights next Friday to Monday cover MEL - SYD - CNS - BNE - ADL - PER - SYD - BNE - MEL - SYD".
Tsv, these staff flights are not free, I don't know where you got that impression.
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The airlines will codeshare on flights to the US and within Australia as part of a five-year agreement that is expected to produce savings of up to $A402 million within three years. Air New Zealand will handle the commercial management - including pricing decisions - of all operations of both airlin...
Jump to postFor anyone who is interested, the Qantas pilot designed to fly the A330's are currently training with Dragonair, on their simulators. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/269816/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/269816/M/...
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Seeing my memory is not too selective, the Qantas Bangkok incident did not write-off the aircraft or kill anyone, un-like the Antarctic NZ DC-10 excursion, but let's not go there.
Cedarjet If the A320 is "miles better than the 737", why didn't AirNZ order them in the first place. Boeing767-300 "It is ironic how ANZ were relatively strong BEFORE the Ansett takeover and Ansett nearly killed both of them." "ANZ were forced into the sale of Ansett(lemon) to gain access to the Aus...
Jump to postNz767 I have not just heard about the Airbus order I found out about it last month. All the NZ 737's will be going where? To Freedom Air? I still think Air NZ choice of A320's is related to "suspected spares" crossing the Tasmen. Anyway at least now you can't blame the Ansett demise on fleet selecti...
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I have a uncle who works in Brunei which has connections to Prince Jefri. It is most probably a Gulfstream G-5.
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VirginFlyer, I fly PA-38-112 VH-FUO at Kyneton Municipal Airport (YKTN) located in central Victoria and really love it. I'm aware of a training school at Bankstown which operates Tomahawks can you tell me which one? <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="...
Jump to postThe Sultan bought his daughter a 30 million jet for her 21st birthday. The question is, what is it?
Jump to postThis may have been discussed before but I can find no records of it. I recently found that Air New Zealand has placed a major order with Airbus, to acquire 15 of the European planemaker's A320 jets and has taken options on a further 20 in a deal worth USD$400 million. Well with a stack of Ansett spa...
Jump to postI agree with QANTASforever.
1) KLM
2) QANTAS
This is stated on one of the, Qantas produced, airline history videos which were made in 1995
Funny, how all airlines that operate 747RR come from countries that are part of the British commonwealth, and, as we all know RR is British I'm sure this was a major aspect of their choice.
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The Qatnas 747-400ER engine choice came done to performance, and the GE engines perform better the the RR engines.
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Hi all I'm current doing a Physics project on "Why climb performance decreases with increasing altitude for light aircraft". Can somebody explain to me why, as you get higher you cannot climb as fast? I know that the air gets less dense as you ascend how does this affect engine performance and the w...
Jump to postExcellent article T prop, that Piper Warrior was literally a flying fuel tank strapped to a engine.
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You cannot judge a book by it cover, neither can you judge how safe an aircraft is by it's paint job. The safety of a aircraft depends on the maintenance and flight crew. Goldenshield, "the aircraft commander deems the aircraft safe to fly". If the aircraft is not airworthy, or is not safe to fly fo...
Jump to postBoeing did it for Qantas, because the normal 100 model would not make the range over the pacific, from Honolulu to Nadi. The shorter military 120 or 138 version made the range, so they decided on it
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Jhooper A Australian restricted licence or G.F.P.T (General Flying progress Test (optional)) allows you to fly any aircraft under 5,700kg MTOW, in a certain training area (quite big), with passengers, in day VFR conditions. Minimum requirements are: to be 16 years of age, pass a few theory exams, ha...
Jump to postHi, I'm 17 years old, with a Australian G.F.P.T or restricted licence with 80 hours, with approximately 50 of them in a PA-38-112 Tomahawh (VH-FUO) and the rest in C-150/152. I'm aiming to become a RAAF transport pilot flying 737BBJ's. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetic...
Jump to postNot only have the Y class PTV's being put in these aircraft but the First class PTV's screens have been doubled in size! I was on VH-OJR MEL-LAX (4K) in April, the new entertainment system on Qantas is fantastic, the new system features touch screen movie selection (18 movies), a personal phone (car...
Jump to postJust a quick information update on the former Ansett A320 and Olympic torch carrier, I've received a photos which is currently being uploaded , fingers crossed, of VH-HYN in storage at XNA in Arkansas. <br><center><a href="/open.file?id=156717" target="_blank"><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="AR...
Jump to postJust a quick information update on the former Ansett A320 and Olympic torch carrier, I've received a photos which is currently being uploaded , fingers crossed, of VH-HYN in storage at XNA in Arkansas. <br><center><a href="/open.file?id=156717" target="_blank"><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="AR...
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