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RE: All Seems Well With A.net These Days

Hello there, Though lots of bugs have been recently fixed, I still get the "No new photos have been added since your last visit x days ago" message everytime I open A.net front page. I've tried deleting cookies several times and of course I get the "100 new pictures" message; when I close and...

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RE: Dubai (DXB) Terminal Building Photography

I would suggest the upper floor, close to the escalators taking you down to the duty free shops; from there, you would be able to get a shot including both the terminal structure and the duty free area (don't forget to include the palm tree in your shot!). Otherwise, both the <acronym title="Emirate...

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RE: Deciding To Become An Air Traffic Controller

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RE: L1011 Ban In Nigeria?

Back to the topic, after reading about so much disrespect for others...

Isn't Hoda Airlines based in Nigeria and operating a L-1011?

Regards
MightyFalcon

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RE: Unconventional Taxi Procedures (funny)

Absolutely GREAT !

Thanks for sharing it.

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RE: Gulf Air's New Strategy Next Month

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RE: [View Photos] Link

Thanks Henrik,

The problem is now fixed. Apparently Norton Security was blocking the link.

Regards
MightyFalcon

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RE: [View Photos] Link

Hello Hepkat, Yesterday evening, I spent some time trying different settings again in both Windows and Norton Security, with no success. Eventually, I reset Norton Security to the default settings as a last resort solution (didn't think of it before!) and then put back my personal settings, step by ...

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RE: [View Photos] Link

Hello Hepkat, First of all, many thanks for taking the time to look into the issue and provide with some piece of advice. Not easy, as you said, when not having the <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym> with you. I do appreciate. I will look into it once...

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RE: [View Photos] Link

Any computer genius to help me out?

Thanks
MightyFalcon

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RE: [View Photos] Link

Thanks Johan for answering quickly.

Actually, I have no problem with any other link but this one; I have links from your site or even others opening in a new window without issue or warning from either Windows or Norton Security.

I think the problem may be elsewhere...

Regards
MightyFalcon

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[View Photos] Link

Though dealing with this issue for a few months now, I have been unable to solve a problem that seems to be related to my computer, not to the website: whenever I click on the [View photos] link on the home page, nothing happens. It's becoming annoying as I check every single day for new pict...

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RE: New Photo Selector Problems

Same problem here...

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RE: Interesting Flights From Dubai/Sharjah

"Visa-free entry"... Well, sorry to disappoint you Sven, but if this is paramount to you then you are in the wrong area! All the countries here require a visa. Cool down, though; being from Germany, you can get a visa upon arrival (before immigration desks) in the GCC countries you previously mentio...

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RE: How Do Paris' Orly And CDG Airports Compare?

As for the 2004 statistics: <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> : 50.9 millions (pax) +5.5% compared to 2003 <acronym title="Paris - Orly (ORY / LFPO), France">ORY</acronym> : 24.0 millions (pax) +7.0% compared to 2003 (Source: Aviatio...

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RE: How Low Is An Airliner Allowed In Normal Cruise?

As an IFR flight, a controller would not allow you to descent below MSA (Minimum Safety Altitude), which can vary along your flight path as terrain height does. The responsibilities are then different depending on if you are flying into controlled airspace (controller provides control, traffi...

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RE: New A380(8/900) Callsign

The term "heavy" refers (ATC wise) to wake turbulence and potential slow rate of climb. Therefore, the A380-800/-900 will make no exception and should be considered a "heavy" as well.

No need here for a special phraseology.

Regards
MightyFalcon

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RE: LCD Monitor Calibration

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the advice. I just had a quick look to the website to check what Spyder was; looks interesting though doesn't come cheap ($169).

Has anybody else here used this device?

Regards
MightyFalcon

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LCD Monitor Calibration

Hello Guys, I very recently replaced my old CRT with an <acronym title="Louis Trichardt (LCD / FALO / FALT), South Africa">LCD</acronym> 17" monitor; the new monitor looks much brighter and less contrasted than the old CRT and somehow gets me lost when using <acronym title="Ukraine International Air...

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RE: Monitor Geometry

Hello guys, Though a bit off topic, I have a question for you; I recently replaced my CRT with a <acronym title="Louis Trichardt (LCD / FALO / FALT), South Africa">LCD</acronym> monitor and I was wondering if I could use the same calibration software (provided on the add photo page) on the latter. M...

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RE: Snenca Pulls Out Of GENEX/7E7

AF is a long time GE customer; whatever Snecma is partner or not for a specific engine should not change anything in AF selection.

Just my 2 cents...

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MightyFalcon

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RE: Emirates Increasing Tehran, Muscat, And Beirut

Anytime BA!

As far as I know, only one... a Boeing 737-800.

Regards
MightyFalcon

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RE: Emirates Increasing Tehran, Muscat, And Beirut

As I previously said, I was on duty yesterday evening and indeed EK864 was an A310. I would say then that this could be seen as some kind of downgrade (type wise) but, considering the loads, the A310 might be a match. Dear <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>, thanks for enquiring about Oma...

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RE: Emirates Increasing Tehran, Muscat, And Beirut

Update regarding the <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>-MCT flights: definitely, some change occurred as EK862 was an A310-300 this morning instead of the usual A330-243. As I am on duty this evening, I will check the aircraft type on EK864. As fo...

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RE: Emirates Increasing Tehran, Muscat, And Beirut

Sorry guys, I have sent my last post a bit too fast: the types mentioned above were for the morning flights (EK862). The evening ones (EK864) are mostly operated with either A330-243 or B777-21H. The A310 is very unusually used for MCT flights, anyway. My apologies, once again. Regards MightyFalcon

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RE: Emirates Increasing Tehran, Muscat, And Beirut

Thanks <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> for the info! That said, I would like to mention that <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> has not come into MCT with the A310 for a long time. Usually: A330-243 on week days B777-21H during week-ends (Thursdays and Friday...

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How comfortable is everyone with RVSM?

I am more comfortable with RVSM (see Erj-145mech's post) than a twin-engined aircraft on a 207 mn (or 180) ETOPS leg. This might not be rational and far from me to re-start here a long argument about Etops. On the other hand, I don't think that the standard passengers are even aware of the vertical ...

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RE: Question For All You Fine ATC 's Here

Indeed, using a foreign language can definitely create some communication problems between pilots and controllers (grammar, accents, wording...) This is why ICAO has developed a standard phraseology which it recommends to use in any case. Phraseology not only brings clarity in r/t but safety as all ...

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RE: Sam, You Are The Man!

Definitely one amazing shot!

Kudos to Sam!

MightyFalcon

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RE: Airbus Planning A VIP A380

Indeed, HM the Sultan of Brunei would be a strong potential customer for a private version of the A380.

He was, as far as I remember, the first one to get a VVIP B747-400... So, what do you think the next step would be?

Regards
MightyFalcon

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RE: Oman Air Announces New 737-800 Order

Oman Air's goal is to compete directly with neither <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym> nor <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>. A couple of years ago, the management was looking for a faster international expansion which was subject to a governm...

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RE: Gulf Air And "slave Market"

I've been living in the Middle East for 8+ years now and I have to concur with Duke here; local tradition and culture both play an important part in a company's decision for hiring foreign women. On another side, the marital status definitely has an economical impact: most companies here not only ha...

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RE: Intermediate Stops On IFR Flight Plans

Without any doubt, Atcos would prefer two separate flight plans; when approaching, just advise the controller that you would like to perform a touch-and-go, or a missed approach, and fly back to your original airport. For the controller, it's then only a matter of "activating" your return leg's flig...

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RE: Iata Vs. Icao

Anytime Mike, We're dealing here with all the Gulf carriers of course (Emirates, Gulf Air, Qatar Airways, Egypt Air, Saudia, Etihad, Al Arabia, Yemenia... not to forget Oman Air). In addition to these, we have some others from the neighboring countries (India, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.....

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RE: Iata Vs. Icao

Air traffic Control Agencies (or Administrations and related departments) are strictly using ICAO designators for airlines as well as airports but I guess they are the only ones. It may be due to the fact that the international organization is making reference in this very specific domain. ATC servi...

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RE: Airway Question

Good point! I forgot to mention the U routes which are called Upper routes, as previously mentioned. These routes are exclusively used in upper airspace which limits might be different from a country to another one. For instance here in Oman, we have a handful of U routes, all of them being exclusiv...

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RE: Airway Question

Hello MEA321, The letters are no longer indicating anything, the reason being that there are now too many of them. The letters used to designate a color (A for amber, B for blue...). This system as well is no longer in use therefore, B450 for instance is now called Bravo 450. I don't know if this is...

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RE: EK, Huge Delays To Hong Kong... Why?

Most airports in the UAE have lately experienced thick fog (vis<200m and ceiling below minima) at night, leading to their closure during several hours. Neither the aircraft nor the runways (mainly ILS Cat.II) here are equipped for such bad a weather; the cost would be prohibitive as this kind of wea...

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RE: Tribute To The Caravelle.

I flew the Air France and Air Inter (the then French domestic airline) Caravelles many times when I was a kid... <center><a href="/open.file/488207/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/488207/M/" target="_blank">Vie...

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RE: Flight Controller Killed

MD-11 forever, Being an Atco myself, I think I am in a position to say what is going to happen. I say it again, there is no standard yet about TCAS use. That said, it doesn't relieve any Atco from his responsibility of providing safety and separation between traffic. That's what our job is...

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RE: Flight Controller Killed

A near-miss or a mid-air collision is never a one-mistake consequence but always a chain of mistakes, technical failures or inadequate SOPs. As Russophile mentioned above, there is no ICAO standards (so far) concerning the use of TCAS therefore, pilots' reaction could be different from a country to ...

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RE: ATC Procedures With A Stuck Microphone?

On the controllers' side, there nothing much we can do but to try to get a pilot either on the stuck frequency or ask the fellow controller working on another sector to ask one of his, to make a general call on guard asking everybody else to check their radio. If this doesn't work, we'll try to get ...

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RE: Oman Air Flight ZRH-DXB...

Hello Florian, Oman Air (WY) actually has a codesharing agreement with Swiss (LX) on the 3-weekly Muscat (MCT) to Zurich (<acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym>) flights, all of them via Dubai (<acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirat...

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RE: I'm Leaving Switzerland...next Stop.....

One excellent photographer lost for Zurich... Plenty of excellent pictures from Shanghai coming !

All the best for you in China, Andrew !

Regards
MightyFalcon

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RE: How Is Vietnam Airlines?

I flew <acronym title="Vietnam Airlines">VN</acronym> last year using ATR72, Fk100 and A320 on domestic flights and received a good service on board. I am expecting the B777 one to be at least as good, if not better. Crews are very friendly and thoughtful: the Vietnamese tradition at its best ! This...

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RE: Dumbest Thing You've Ever Done As A Pilot

The dumbest thing..? While training for my PPL, I had to fly to a small controlled aerodrome in southern France (Avignon, for those who know). It was a 60-minute-cross country flight and although a beautiful winter day, the wind was strong. The latest Avignon METAR I read before departure was showin...

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RE: Sri Lankan Quitting Oman?

As per today, <acronym title="Sri Lankan Airlines">UL</acronym> is still flying to/via Muscat. I heard that rumor too but I don't know how true/wrong it is. Let's say that they may face stiff competition from Oman Air (<acronym title="Omaha - Eppley Airfield (OMA / KOMA), USA - Nebraska">OMA</acrony...

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RE: West Bound Planes Higher Than East Bound?

Hello guys, There seems to be a lot of confusion here so, if you don't mind, I'll try to clear it up. There are two kinds of vertical separation these days: CVSM (Conventional Vertical Separation Minima) and RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minima) and in both case, the semi-circular ...

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RE: Sick Of Airbus Vs. Boeing Flamebait Threads

Comparing Boeing and Airbus products could be enlightening and constructive when done honestly and cleverly. Unfortunately, most posts related to an Airbus/Boeing comparison turn out a totally different way. I agree with you guys, this site shouldn't be a place for flamebait but one where people can...

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RE: Coolscan 4 And Winxp

I had the same issue a few months ago; Nikon's website doesn't provide you with any driver's update but as Dufo said, you can get it from <a href="http://Adaptec.com" target=_blank>http://Adaptec.com</a>. It worked fine for me. Another solution, if you want to avoid the download, is to borrow the in...

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