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RE: Paying For Travel

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seb146" class="quote" target="_blank">seb146</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>My question: How do people do it? How d...

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RE: Brazil, Switzerland ... Want The Rafale?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flagon" class="quote" target="_blank">flagon</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>I am confused now, as the swiss air force ev...

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RE: US DoD Addicated To Oil - What To Do?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tommytoyz" class="quote" target="_blank">tommytoyz</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Whatever the case may be, this is the Ac...

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RE: New F-16XS

I can see why it was deleted, it is a bit small

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RE: Myth Busters: Flying V Formation Saves Fuel

well said, Doc. Any benefit gained from flying in formation would be lost as they'd have to wait in a marshalling area for the group to assemble over a period of possibly hours (which would of course also dramatically increase the duration of the flights, increasing fatigue life and upsetting passen...

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RE: The NoUFO Gun Thread

Laws vary wildly across Europe. In the Netherlands they're extremely strict. Not sure about hunting rifles, but for the normal guy (who doesn't have a hunting license) it comes down to: - apply for a permit to visit a gun club (yes, you need a police permit to VISIT one) - go and apply for membershi...

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RE: Avoiding Travel 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/flymia" class="quote" target="_blank">flymia</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>Visitors should get full consitutional right...

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RE: All The Reasons A Flight Can Be Canceled

Didn't lead to cancellation, but a 4 hour delay... Airline planning department forgot to schedule an aircraft for the flight and on the day I was flying there were 150 pax and some gate agents at the departure gate but no aircrew or aircraft. Took them 4 hours to rent an aircraft from a charter comp...

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RE: Knowing The Name Of The Captain Flying My Flig

yes, but that's when you're on board. Here's someone who wants to know before he even goes to the airport who will be the crew.
If you can't see the security implications of that...

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RE: AF Bans Employee With A Headscarf In IAD

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/directorguy" class="quote" target="_blank">directorguy</a> (<a href="#66" class="quote">Reply 66</a>):<br/><i>The Hijab however, is not an acces...

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RE: Knowing The Name Of The Captain Flying My Flig

I suspect a lot of people with less than honest intentions would just love to have such information... Any airline that discloses it to outsiders should be stripped of their business license, and airline employee doing it arrested and thrown in jail for life without parole for causing a major securi...

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RE: Outrageous Hospital/Doctor Bills!

Be happy you don't have vet bills to pay.
We were charged €600 for having our dog treated, policlinically, for an ear infection. 10 minutes work...

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RE: The Toothpaste Thread

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Airstud" class="quote" target="_blank">Airstud</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>My hygienist said she doesn't like th...

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RE: Any DC8's Used For Tankers?

Didn't Israel deploy a few of them as tankers? Or did they just offer it as a conversion kit on the commercial market but had no buyers?
I do remember reading about Elbit (I think it was) making something in the 1980s.

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RE: Brazil Prefers F-18 Over Rafale

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BrouAviation" class="quote" target="_blank">BrouAviation</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Forgive me my ignorance, but many ...

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RE: Riat -2011

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/scbriml" class="quote" target="_blank">scbriml</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>What are you expecting from an air show?</i>...

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RE: Payment By Bank Transfer - Common?

I would accept nothing else. Paypal I don't trust, I don't have a merchant account so can't accept creditcard payments, wire transfer is expensive and not secure, and checks are too insecure and slow (takes me days to find a bank that will even cash one, most banks here have stopped accepting them a...

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RE: AF Bans Employee With A Headscarf In IAD

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/XT6Wagon" class="quote" target="_blank">XT6Wagon</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>This seems kinda strange since there is mo...

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RE: Riat -2011

last was there 2 years ago. It was so much of a carnaval with relatively little aviation going on I decided to not waste the money on airfare and entry tickets again. And that goes for the friends I went with too (who saved me the hotel and rental car cost as I could sleep at their place <img ...

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RE: Will Nasa Ever Build A New Space Shuttle?

NASA has for decades done everything it could to kill Shuttle replacement programs, and with a 100% success rate. That's why the Shuttle made its last launch this weekend, rather than 15 years ago. We should and could have been operating VentureStar and/or HyperX type SSTOs by now. It was not retire...

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RE: Nikon D90: Recommendations For Lens & Flash?

For a flash, an SB800 (or whichever is the top model now) would be the thing to aim for. Expensive, but well worth it. For a lens, a 70-200 f/2.8 with a 2x <acronym title="Air Tanzania">TC</acronym> will be both more versatile (take off the <acronym title="Air Tanzania">TC</acronym> and you've a ver...

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RE: Jets Nay Be Able To Taxi Using Just APU By 2016

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SchorschNG" class="quote" target="_blank">SchorschNG</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Aircraft usually go 20-30kts, especial...

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RE: Planes That Make You Sick?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Zrs70" class="quote" target="_blank">Zrs70</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i>Ditto. Add to that the Shorts 330 and 360 plan...

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RE: How Do You Cancel A Booked Flight?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/YYZflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">YYZflyer</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> I couldn't figure it out, the website was...

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RE: Best Looking Aircraft A340 Or B707?

no contest, 707 all the way.
Now if there were more options (say all widebody airliners) the choice might have been different

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RE: Second Ford Class Carrier To Be Name JFK.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GDB" class="quote" target="_blank">GDB</a> (<a href="#66" class="quote">Reply 66</a>):<br/><i>If anything, there are going to be fewer carriers ...

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RE: Nikkor 600mm F/4.0G Vrii And 1.7x TC

According to Nikon's lens brochure the combination is compatible. Of course it would be far too long and heavy to use without a tripod, and maximum aperture would indeed drop significantly, to an f/7 or so. <acronym title="TACV C Verde Airlines">VR</acronym> should still work, but as <acronym title=...

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RE: Booked A Seat In Economy Confort

You booked economy tickets, you get economy seats. Aircraft configuration changes over time.
When I a few years ago booked economy on KLM and the aircraft configuration had me seated in a business class seat, I didn't get businessclass service, why should I?

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RE: Questions About Greek History

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lewis" class="quote" target="_blank">lewis</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>The problem with the public sector in Greece is ...

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RE: USA Made Products Sold At Wal-Mart.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AI121" class="quote" target="_blank">AI121</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Probably he is trying to point out that US still...

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RE: Iran And The Strait Of Hormuz

That Iranian action was also (directly or indirectly) instrumental in the construction of large oil terminals in Turkey and on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. While those can't (yet?) handle the entire flow of oil not going through the straits, they can at least take up part of the capacity lost ...

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RE: Area 51 Photos

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/474218" class="quote" target="_blank">474218</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>"Black" programs are programs that are not l...

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RE: Second Ford Class Carrier To Be Name JFK.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ZANL188" class="quote" target="_blank">ZANL188</a> (<a href="#59" class="quote">Reply 59</a>):<br/><i>FWIW IMHO: It's entirely possible, & i...

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RE: Previous Sigma 70-200 2.8....Thoughts?

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

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RE: Unusual KLM Boarding Procedure

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Viscount724" class="quote" target="_blank">Viscount724</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>And on flights to places like <acron...

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RE: Questions About Greek History

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MD11Engineer" class="quote" target="_blank">MD11Engineer</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Who was supporting the Gree...

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RE: Second Ford Class Carrier To Be Name JFK.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Confuscius" class="quote" target="_blank">Confuscius</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>If it's a Ford-class, it should be F...

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RE: How To Tell Between A MiG-29 And A Su-27?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ptrjong" class="quote" target="_blank">ptrjong</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Plus the Su is a lot more beautiful.</i></...

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RE: Which Combo Is Better?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dazbo5" class="quote" target="_blank">dazbo5</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I thought you were already using this equipmen...

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RE: IFE Soon To Be Obsolete?

I've never used the IFE systems and I've been flying for 35 years.
I've always brought my own entertainment. Whether it be books, a walkman, discman, magazines, or an iPod is irrelevant, people have been bringing it for decades and the IFE systems haven't gone away.

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RE: 2011 Medicinal Marijuana?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/XT6Wagon" class="quote" target="_blank">XT6Wagon</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Sorry, but your wrong. Marijuana is used i...

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RE: Unusual KLM Boarding Procedure

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Viscount724" class="quote" target="_blank">Viscount724</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Another issue I've found in Europe i...

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RE: How To Tell Between A MiG-29 And A Su-27?

Another thing to consider is that the Su is a lot more angles than is the MiG.
The MiG-29 has a lot more rounded lines and corners.

The intakes of the Su are deeper and set a lot further apart.

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RE: Area 51 Photos

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/474218" class="quote" target="_blank">474218</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>ither the B-2 ot the F-22 were "black programs...

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RE: Aircraft List Price - Do Airlines Pay These?

Of course it also depends on the numbers you'll be buying. If you want a single airframe with dirt standard fittings, you're not going to get much wiggle room in the price.
If you want a hundred with all the options however...

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RE: Tough Gun Laws- Good For Australia

It's mostly good because most Australians just ignore it from all I hear...

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RE: New Car Buying Decision - Fit, Soul, Cube, Fiesta?

Another vote for the Insight. Very nice car, and economical as well (check your local and state laws, there might be a tax incentive for hybrids, like a lower road tax). Other than that, I'd go with the Ford. Only one on your list that looks like a car <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/av...

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Looking For Info On The Boeing Skyfox

Project was shut down because of lack of customers.
Turboprops like the Tucano and PC7/9 are cheaper and do the same job.

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RE: Who Assigns Gates To Aircraft?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Shwartz" class="quote" target="_blank">Shwartz</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Most places that I've been where they use a ...

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RE: Mailing Times From Europe To USA?

with luck, days. More realistically, weeks.

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