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- Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:55 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Germanwings A320 Crashed Enroute BCN-DUS! Part 2
- Replies: 256
- Views: 99384
RE: Germanwings A320 Crashed Enroute BCN-DUS! Part 2
Has anyone released any atc audio yet? The pictures of the crash site are quite shocking.
Jump to post- Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:56 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Angelina Jolie Aircraft Is Grounded
- Replies: 19
- Views: 20850
Angelina Jolie Aircraft Is Grounded
Loosely related, did you see that Brad Pitt has bought a Spitfire? Damn him!!
Jump to post- Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:01 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Study Says Too Much Reliance On Automation
- Replies: 166
- Views: 13802
RE: Study Says Too Much Reliance On Automation
Skimmed that article earlier today. I'd believe it. I remember a decade ago a multi instructor telling me that airline pilots he knew had a hard time handling a Piper Seminole after being in jets for a while, just like with anything else, once you get used to the automation the rust kicks in.
Jump to post- Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:55 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Little Red's Reason For Reducing LHR-MAN
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11583
RE: Little Red's Reason For Reducing LHR-MAN
From an admittedly long distance, Little Red probably suffers from half arsed marketing. Even a google search for the name has weak results. Honestly this is probably only a stopgap measure until they can get a deal going with the new <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional ...
Jump to post- Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:55 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: RUMOR: WS Order 767?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22087
RE: RUMOR: WS Order 767?
Well the <acronym title="WestJet (Canada)">WS</acronym> announcement of <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym> service direct from <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> via a stop in <acro...
Jump to post- Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Are There Any BAC 1-11's Still In Service?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15793
RE: Are There Any BAC 1-11's Still In Service?
From a Google search.
http://www.businessjetaccess.com/jet...raft_charter/bac_1-11_charter.html
I think Airliner World had an article about an enthusiast charter on this one a year or so ago.
- Tue May 21, 2013 12:22 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: The Next New Design For Boeing Is...?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 42739
RE: The Next New Design For Boeing Is...?
Don't forget that the single pilot design requires cockpit accomodations for the dog.........old joke. Although I'd be willing to bet there will be some sort of <acronym title="Transaer (Ireland) and Trans Asian Airlines (Kazakhstan)">T7</acronym> NEO along the lines of the 747-8. But I guess thats ...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:23 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Jetairfly (Tui)'s Use Of E190
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7811
RE: Jetairfly (Tui)'s Use Of E190
As axelesgg says, they used to have the F100 as well, there is even a cockpit video program featuring a flight in it to Nador. Air Canada also uses the E jets to do vacation charters, since they are well suited/designed for short to mid length thin routes.
Jump to post- Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:26 am
- Forum: Site Related
- Topic: Free iPhone And Android Apps Now Available
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1867
RE: Free IPhone And Android Apps Now Available
Thak you for creating an official A.net app. On my Samsung Galaxy <acronym title="Sahara Airlines (India)">S2</acronym> X it loads reliably, but only shows on half the screen but I can scroll and the images look good. It would be nice to have the option to set a particular image as wallpaper from wi...
Jump to post- Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:39 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Leg In Aisle Of WN Flight Breaks FA's Leg....
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4433
RE: Leg In Aisle Of WN Flight Breaks FA's Leg....
I agree that it sucks that anyone got hurt, however since the injury happened in the workplace, one would hope that the company and their private/government insurance would cover treatment and lost wages, since that is the purpose of insurance in the first place. I doubt it was the intention of the ...
Jump to post- Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:54 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: BOO Has Been Approved As EK's Emergency Airport
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15540
RE: BOO Has Been Approved As EK's Emergency Airport
So maybe Bodo has to widen 1 or 2 taxiways to allow access to a remote stand and call in some mutual aid (city?) firefighters to stand by during an emergency landing, the cost of which will probably be billed to <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>. In exchange <acronym titl...
Jump to post- Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:53 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Allegiant Unhappy With Las Vegas Airport Costs
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11290
RE: Allegiant Unhappy With Las Vegas Airport Costs
I would assume that every airline pays the same $12.06 per passenger, (since <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> is my home airport $12.06 seems like a bargain) so from a competitive standpoint this can't hurt <acronym titl...
Jump to post- Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:50 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What's The Beef If US Becomes AA?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 19060
What's The Beef If US Becomes AA?
FWIW I worked with/for a <acronym title="VASP (Brazil)">VP</acronym> of tech for a major Texas based company who is big time STAR affiliated and has a major preference for US over <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> and <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>, so in ...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:01 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Manhattan Airport:Legitmate Vision Or Nasty Troll?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7478
RE: Manhattan Airport:Legitmate Vision Or Nasty Troll?
For us plane lovers this would be sweet revenge after all of the troubles around the world with people protesting against/blocking/closing urban aviation developments. Of course Central Park will start developing this right after the mayor of Chicago apologizes and re-opens Meigs.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:40 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Chartering A Plane From An Airline
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15612
RE: Chartering A Plane From An Airline
Its an interesting thing to read about since, even though I will probably never do it myself, I too am curious about the answer. Short of e-mailing every airline and charter operator who owns the sort of gear you are interested in or contacting a few travel agencies I'd have no idea where to start. ...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:48 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 6 Year Old Totals Dads Airplane!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14633
RE: 6 Year Old Totals Dads Airplane!
There is no way to program a delay in a squat switch on GA aircraft (generally speaking), they are wired in series with the lever, so the second the contact makes the lock pins pop out and the gear motor starts running.
Jump to post- Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:11 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Hangar In PRG Airport On Fire, ATR Plane Burned!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23890
RE: Hangar In PRG Airport On Fire, ATR Plane Burned!
Things certainly look grim in the photo. Hopefully all people affected recover quickly. I would have thought that a newer hanger as that looks to be would have had a foam suppression system to stop things from getting out of hand, but of course that is hindsight talking. One only has to look at the ...
Jump to post- Wed May 23, 2012 1:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: (VERY) Hard Landing In CLT?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20289
RE: (VERY) Hard Landing In CLT?
Sky King? Isn't that the airline on YouTube with the crazy landing in Honduras with the ex US Airways 737? <a href="http://youtu.be/CJoXMcehrYo" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/CJoXMcehrYo</a> Must have a lot of bored ex navy guys flying for them. <acronym title="Spanair (Spain)">JK</acronym> ...
Jump to post- Sat May 12, 2012 1:19 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SK To Buy 60+ New Aircraft For 40 - 45 Billion NOK
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19263
RE: SK To Buy 60+ New Aircraft For 40 - 45 Billion NOK
Not that it would happen, but can you imagine how sexy a 777 would look in the SK colours? Not that the 787 or A330 don't look good in almost any livery.
Jump to post- Thu May 03, 2012 12:11 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) To Create 1000 Jobs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9766
RE: Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) To Create 1000 Jobs
Probably the best type of aviation business to pursue right now (training and <acronym title="Masterton (- Hood) (MRO / NZMS), New Zealand">MRO</acronym>). Hope it works out for him and everyone involved. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width=...
Jump to post- Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:16 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Bolivia's AeroSur Ceases Operations
- Replies: 106
- Views: 21749
RE: Bolivia's AeroSur Ceases Operations
Sad to hear of the demise of an airline that had the boldest liveries in the skies in the last decade. Best of luck to all of the affected employees.
Jump to post- Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turboprop Resurgence In The US?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 18639
RE: Turboprop Resurgence In The US?
I think I've heard the idea of a ~ 100 seat Q400 concept being kicked around in fantasy land, not sure if it'll ever amount to anything. A little over a year ago I was flying back from <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> to <acronym title="Buf...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:57 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Canada Locks Out Pilots
- Replies: 178
- Views: 25667
RE: Air Canada Locks Out Pilots
My opinion, since everyone is entitled to one, is this: There are a lot of <acronym title="WestJet (Canada)">WS</acronym> vs <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> people in this thread, you probably all dislike each other and there is no way around this fact. Based on this, at least half of the w...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:41 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Anyone Fly With Cubana?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4402
RE: Anyone Fly With Cubana?
It may or may not have changed, but I was under the impression that Cubana flights to <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> were flown by TACA Airbus aircraft? Probably nothing to worry about as far as the aircraft is concern...
Jump to post- Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:24 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Barbados-based REDjet Suspends Service
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
RE: Barbados-based REDjet Suspends Service
I feel bad for the employees, its never good when anyone loses their job. But since we are on an enthusiasts forum, can we discuss what might have led REDjet to success? Would another older cheap to acquire jet like the 737-300/400 have worked better, or should they have downscaled and tried F100s? ...
Jump to post- Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:19 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: V-tail 737
- Replies: 30
- Views: 31488
RE: V-tail 737
Real or not it looks pretty darned cool. I like how the inlet sides of the engines are all distorted too, or maybe its just my eyes playing tricks on me?
Jump to post- Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Canada Locks Out Pilots
- Replies: 178
- Views: 25667
RE: Air Canada Locks Out Pilots
Don't get me started on the level of taxes levied on air travellers in this country. Not only are they almost always the largest part of your fare, but they are fixed so the airline could sell you your seats for 1 penny and the trip can still cost you a grand. In Canada air travel prices are as bad ...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: PIA Buys 6 A310 From Airbus
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17194
RE: PIA Buys 6 A310 From Airbus
Haven't been on an A310 before or since my honeymoon 5 years ago, but in <acronym title="Air Transat (Canada)">TS</acronym> service it was a comfortable and quiet ride, both in front and in the back since I was able to upgrade to club class on the way down, but it was sold out on the way back. Still...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Australia Suspended All Flights
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17889
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:47 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Australia Suspended All Flights
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17889
RE: Air Australia Suspended All Flights
Pity, their livery was pretty sharp IMHO. <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Air-Australia/Airbus-A320-212/2057025/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Air-Australia/Airbus-A320-212/2057025/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br/><im...
Jump to post- Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:44 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Finnair In Red, Plans For Privatization
- Replies: 69
- Views: 14604
RE: Finnair In Red, Plans For Privatization
Sadly enough 30M euros loss isn't all that bad these days. I would have thought that the flyBE Nordic programme would have taken care of the short haul product for <acronym title="Finnair (Finland)">AY</acronym>. As for the rest, things have become too "interesting" lately for a layman to guess how ...
Jump to post- Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:23 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Pics: Lufthansa's First 747-8 Takes Flight
- Replies: 97
- Views: 40862
RE: Pics: Lufthansa's First 747-8 Takes Flight
Certainly longer looking, I like it. Its definitely the A346 of the 747 line. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> I hope they bring it to <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ /...
Jump to post- Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:25 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Westjet Poised To Add Smaller A/C To Fleet
- Replies: 172
- Views: 24938
RE: Westjet Poised To Add Smaller A/C To Fleet
WS are hardly the underdog anymore and are no longer a "low cost" option having comfortably settled into a duopoly position with <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> and other regional operators in Canada. That being said, IMHO they would benefit by operating a sub fleet of Q400s for routes like...
Jump to post- Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:43 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Photos Of Tenerife 747s Before The Crash
- Replies: 49
- Views: 42383
RE: Photos Of Tenerife 747s Before The Crash
Slightly off topic, but would the other aircraft in the images would be a Braathens 737 and a Sata leased from Swissair DC-8? How many aircraft in total were diverted to TFE that day?
Jump to post- Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:14 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Was There A Clipper Los Angeles?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2087
RE: Was There A Clipper Los Angeles?
So the model in my link is correct, but the aircraft must have been renamed at some point, because the photos in the DB here for that reg show it being called Clipper Panama in the early 90s.
Jump to post- Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:07 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Was There A Clipper Los Angeles?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2087
RE: Was There A Clipper Los Angeles?
Well Google shoed me this: <a href="http://www.airplanereplicas.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=668" target="_blank">http://www.airplanereplicas.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=668</a> But a check of the reg here shows that it was called Clipper Panama. I wonder if there was a confli...
Jump to post- Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:02 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Quite A Freakish Landing!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 21627
RE: Quite A Freakish Landing!
The damaged RJ @ LCY was a Swiss aircraft though wasn't it?
Jump to post- Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:37 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Quite A Freakish Landing!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 21627
RE: Quite A Freakish Landing!
I nominate the Aibus pilot to be nicknamed Thumper, and the ARJ pilot to be nicknamed Flipper (for the porpoise action). By the definition the Airbus landing was a good one in that they were probably able to keep using the plane, the <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</a...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:26 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Flybe Nordic Announce New Routes
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12765
RE: Flybe Nordic Announce New Routes
Pretty good stuff. How long until FlyBE has to re-brand to reflect their more euro/Scandinavian presence? The ATR looks great in the FlyBE colours IMHO.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:52 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: UA Flight Returns To Gate Because Of Plane Book
- Replies: 116
- Views: 33175
RE: UA Flight Returns To Gate Because Of Plane Book
I don't know about the rest of you, but the guy who got singled out for wearing gaudy aviation related clothing while reading plane porn sounds like the sort of guy I wish I'd get seated next to. Better him than some vapid celebrity smut reading commoner. I will continue to bring my copy of Airliner...
Jump to post- Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:10 pm
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Viking Aviation Tupolev- 204 DVD Released!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10953
RE: Viking Aviation Tupolev- 204 DVD Released!
I have every title that has been released in this Viking series so far and I have to say that the production quality is excellent in all of them. I jumped when they issued the Tu204 DVD though, since like you say there just aren't many videos around with modern Russian equipment in them. Hopefully t...
Jump to post- Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:03 pm
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Itvv Videos.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11994
RE: Itvv Videos.
I must have at least one DVD from just about most major Aviation hobby video companies. Mostly they are WAR/Just Planes, but I also have almost every ITVV title as well as stuff from Airutopia, Avion, Airline Hobby etc. I also have every DVD that Viking has issued up to this point and the video qual...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:08 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
- Replies: 125
- Views: 17399
RE: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
I feel kind of bad adding this one, I mean who doesn't like a 707. But Montana Austria? <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Montana-Austria/Boeing-707-138B/1659742/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Montana-Austria/Boeing-707-13...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:36 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
- Replies: 125
- Views: 17399
RE: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
I think the airline that T8KE0FF is thinking of is Baltia.
Jump to post- Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
- Replies: 125
- Views: 17399
RE: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
Hehe I remember reading articles about Smint Air, I guess they ran out of breath before they could get their plans finalized and the whole thing went up in smoke. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> Also I'm sur...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:55 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
- Replies: 125
- Views: 17399
RE: 1time And Other Horrible Names For An Airline
Well here are some that I've come up with, maybe not too horrible, but some are certainly odd when translated to English First you have <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym> Airways. They'll never be great with a name like that. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:06 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Question About The Boeing 757 Fuselage
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12012
RE: Question About The Boeing 757 Fuselage
Check out the 7th page of this document from Boeing. <a href="http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/753sec2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/acaps/753sec2.pdf</a> It lists the external width dimension as 12' 4" and the external height as 13' 2" it does not sho...
Jump to post- Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:05 pm
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Cool Lego A380
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21381
RE: Cool Lego A380
Hmm the 787 seems to be around $200 on E-bay as well, although there are only 4 listed. The new unopened ones are pricey but there is a used one that claims to be missing some pieces that is only $10 ($30 shipping though) at the time I'm writing this. The A380 is, I assume somebodys handiwork rather...
Jump to post- Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:45 pm
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Cool Lego A380
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21381
RE: Cool Lego A380
Well I guess it is hard to make a sleek smooth tube when all you have are square pieces, they do look pretty neat though. Probably not exactly cheap either I would assume.
Jump to post- Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:49 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Crosswinds And The 737 Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4822
RE: Crosswinds And The 737 Question
Well using this handy online gizmo: <a href="http://www.csgnetwork.com/avxwindfactor.html" target="_blank">http://www.csgnetwork.com/avxwindfactor.html</a> The headwind factor would be about 15 kts and the X-wind would be about 12 kts, assuming a rwy heading of 330 and a wind from 290. Although the ...
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