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- Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:13 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A380 Wing Snaps Before Reaching Load Limit
- Replies: 191
- Views: 37277
RE: A380 Wing Snaps Before Reaching Load Limit
Source is ATI, as mentioned, although it is citing the Airbus chief of engineering.
Jump to post- Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:05 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A380 Wing Snaps Before Reaching Load Limit
- Replies: 191
- Views: 37277
A380 Wing Snaps Before Reaching Load Limit
This has just popped up on ATI:
"The wing of the Airbus A380 static test specimen has suffered a structural failure below the ultimate load target during trials in Toulouse, but the European manufacturer is confident it will not need to modify production aircraft."
- Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:22 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Anyone Ever Been To The British Museum?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3860
RE: Anyone Ever Been To The British Museum?
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Jump to post- Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:05 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A380 At CYEG?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2784
A380 At CYEG?
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Jump to post- Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Which Major Airlines Dont Belong To An Alliance?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9396
RE: Which Major Airlines Dont Belong To An Alliance?
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Jump to post- Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Boeing Website Shows Garuda As 787 Customer?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3442
RE: Boeing Website Shows Garuda As 787 Customer?
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Jump to post- Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:29 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Flight 93 The Movie, You Gonna See It?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2862
RE: Flight 93 The Movie, You Gonna See It?
If it had happened somewhere else, outside the USA, I bet there wouldn't have been all this hand-wringing going on. Hollywood didn't seem to feel it needed to give any 'emotional space' regarding the Asian tsunami, as long as it included an American hero: <B>Tsunami feature film planned</B> Wednesda...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:46 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Cubana To Buy Three TU-204
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8496
RE: Cubana To Buy Three TU-204
It's a bit old this story...Tupolev said six months ago that Cubana was planning to take Tu-204-100s or -300s and then, in November, specifically said that Cubana had signed a preliminary agreement to take two passenger Tu-204-100s and a freighter in 2007.
Jump to post- Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:21 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Icao Annexures?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4256
RE: Icao Annexures?
Chicago Convention: http://www.icao.int/cgi/goto_m.pl?/icaonet/dcs/7300.html
Jump to post- Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:10 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Aer Lingus Long-haul Decision - It's...
- Replies: 187
- Views: 20260
Aer Lingus Long-haul Decision - It's...
...a pair of A330s. Delivery to take place in 2007.
[Edited 2006-02-09 16:26:07]
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:04 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SAS Back In Black - Positive Result For 2005
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4952
RE: SAS Back In Black - Positive Result For 2005
Come on, don't believe the spin - buried in the full document is the minor issue of Scandinavian Airlines making an operating loss in Sweden, Denmark, and on the international services. Only SAS Braathens is making much of an improvement. Lindegaard says that the mainline airline biz is still unprof...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:13 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Spanish Firm Thinking About Buying BAA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2333
RE: Spanish Firm Thinking About Buying BAA
BAA shares up 15% today...that's an extra billion squid the Spaniards would have to fork out if they want LHR.
Jump to post- Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:17 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Pics: One Big Freeezzzzing Bird! (A380)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 19903
RE: Pics: One Big Freeezzzzing Bird! (A380)
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Jump to post- Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:14 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Spanish Firm Thinking About Buying BAA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2333
Spanish Firm Thinking About Buying BAA
A.net asleep this morning? No mention of the Spanish plot to take over BAA?
Viva, El Heathrow!
- Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:33 am
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Does Anyone Else Do Contract Building?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6099
RE: Does Anyone Else Do Contract Building?
Often something I've thought about. I've just finished a DC-3 as a commemorative gift, and I'm almost reluctant just to give it away. I've also put together a BOAC Concorde and LOT Il-62.
Jump to post- Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:22 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Explain This One To Your Boss....
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3291
RE: Explain This One To Your Boss....
That's what you get for not fitting your house with TCAS.
Jump to post- Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:46 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Icelandair Chooses Trent 1000 For 787
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4820
RE: Icelandair Chooses Trent 1000 For 787
ANA 50, Air NZ 4, Northwest 18, LOT 7, LCAL 6, Icelandair 2 = 87.
But LCAL ain't an airline customer...
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- Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:02 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why Did NW Stop Using The DC-10-40
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13925
- Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:55 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Gulf Air To Replace 9 767s At $900 Mln
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12055
RE: Gulf Air To Replace 9 767s At $900 Mln
Not really new, IMHO. Gulf Air has been talking about replacing the 767s for ages.
Jump to post- Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:01 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: "Sama" : A New Saudi LCC
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6754
RE: "Sama" : A New Saudi LCC
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Jump to post- Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:32 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: How Do Air Berlin Succeed?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5202
RE: How Do Air Berlin Succeed?
Don't forget that Air Berlin has a strong holiday charter operation running alongside its low-cost shuttles.
Jump to post- Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:14 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Li-2 (Russian-build DC3) Sightseeing Flight 13 May
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3312
RE: Li-2 (Russian-build DC3) Sightseeing Flight 13 May
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Jump to post- Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:40 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Your Own Radar System At Home!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11801
RE: Your Own Radar System At Home!
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Jump to post- Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:46 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Your Own Radar System At Home!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11801
RE: Your Own Radar System At Home!
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Jump to post- Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:54 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Was 9/11 A Part Of A Conspiracy?
- Replies: 123
- Views: 5209
Was 9/11 A Part Of A Conspiracy?
I think I'm more scared of the people walking around who've been so brainwashed, who are so gullible as to believe their own warped no-evidence theories, and who are not able to listen to reasoned argument, than I'll ever be of the cover-up merchants and men in dark suits working for 'the Guvverment...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:27 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Accident Report?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3314
RE: Accident Report?
It's an <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 damaged during a test flight. The aircraft was N980DC and the incident occurred as it touched down hard on runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, 2 May 1980, during an early-morning landing. There was a crew of seven on board who were testing the...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:21 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Where's Sol Campbell Gone?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2283
- Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:30 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Was 9/11 A Part Of A Conspiracy?
- Replies: 123
- Views: 5209
Was 9/11 A Part Of A Conspiracy?
Well, there's a handy phone number so you can ring up the "distinguished expert" Mr Fetzer and tell him that he's talking out of his arse.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
James Fetzer
218 724-2706
- Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:02 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OS To Iraq, Erbil, Who Ll Be The Next
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5204
RE: OS To Iraq, Erbil, Who Ll Be The Next
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Jump to post- Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:44 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 16 Year Old's Solo Flight
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6254
RE: 16 Year Old's Solo Flight
Well done.
Although I've had to rethink my threshold for being impressed by young achievers after being informed this week that Mozart was writing his first symphonies at about 7.
- Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:06 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Egyptair To Order A Further 7 A330s
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7732
RE: Egyptair To Order A Further 7 A330s
So...all you insiders with the "17 January" information. Where is it?
Jump to post- Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:50 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Iraqi Airbus Fleet... New Orders?!?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9979
RE: Iraqi Airbus Fleet... New Orders?!?
That Iraqi Airways order has been on the books for years. Airbus says it's still current, but they're kidding themselves.
Jump to post- Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Journalists And Knowledge About A/c Models
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1758
RE: Journalists And Knowledge About A/c Models
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Jump to post- Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Qatar Airways To BHX!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7206
RE: Qatar Airways To BHX!
If the CEO's quote is genuine (and it seems to be) then I'm sure Qatar will be announcing a <acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdon) (BHX / EGBB), United Kingdom">BHX</acronym> service as per the story. I just find it amazing that neither of their press offices (which are usually on the b...
Jump to post- Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:41 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Qatar Airways To BHX!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7206
RE: Qatar Airways To BHX!
Hold your horses...Qatar's communications office in Doha, and its PR office in London, have both denied this story today. Not sure what's going on, but they're claiming there's no plan to serve <acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdon) (BHX / EGBB), United Kingdom">BHX</acronym>.<br><br>[E...
Jump to post- Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:59 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: TAM To Order 25 E195s To Replace F100s
- Replies: 88
- Views: 7269
RE: TAM To Order 25 E195s To Replace F100s
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Jump to post- Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:00 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Arabesk Alliance To Be Launched Without Oman Air
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5831
RE: Arabesk Alliance To Be Launched Without Oman Air
This is quite old...Flight International reported in December that Oman Air was pulling out.
Jump to post- Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:07 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Munich: The Movie
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1741
RE: Munich: The Movie
Haven't seen it yet - but I've heard that the movie skips a crucial piece of the story, by missing out the Lillehammer fiasco when the Mossad team killed an innocent Moroccan guy instead of their primary target. Someone who's watched the film - is this included? It was an important chapter in the po...
Jump to post- Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A380 Journalism At Its Worst.
- Replies: 109
- Views: 16057
RE: A380 Journalism At Its Worst.
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Jump to post- Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:43 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Ryanair Surprise "Big Bang" Announcement 25/01/06?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 19921
Ryanair Surprise "Big Bang" Announcement 25/01/06?
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Jump to post- Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:47 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Andy Kaufman....genius Or Just Too Strange?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6940
RE: Andy Kaufman....genius Or Just Too Strange?
Can't make out what people see in him beyond an irritating squeaky voice and a spaced-out appearance. Is that all it takes to be proclaimed as a comic genius? Maybe I just don't get the joke.
Jump to post- Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:38 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Opinions My New Idea ( Safety )
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2887
RE: Opinions My New Idea ( Safety )
Thought this might be of interest: Tests highlight safety potential of wrist anti-sleep device London (17Nov03) Research into wrist-worn alerting devices to waken pilots who might accidentally fall asleep on the flight deck has shown that they can potentially inhibit unintentional sleep but that sev...
Jump to post- Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:16 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Heathrow Terminal Planned?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4263
RE: New Heathrow Terminal Planned?
BAA already has eyes on London Heathrow Terminal 6, although it's still going under its current name of Paris Charles de Gaulle 
- Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:52 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: ILS Vs TLS: Discuss
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5901
RE: ILS Vs TLS: Discuss
TLS was developed and marketed by Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation (ANPC) as an alternative approach concept for regions where terrain or other factors meant ILS was difficult to install. It has the benefit of not requiring additional avionics on the aircraft, but can only handle a li...
Jump to post- Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Could Tupolev Ever Break Into North America
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4386
RE: Could Tupolev Ever Break Into North America
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Jump to post- Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:48 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Could Tupolev Ever Break Into North America
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4386
RE: Could Tupolev Ever Break Into North America
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Jump to post- Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:01 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why It Took Airbus Until Jan 17 To Count Orders
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5489
RE: Why It Took Airbus Until Jan 17 To Count Orders
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Jump to post- Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:56 pm
- Forum: Aviation Hobby
- Topic: Radio-controlled Etihad A380 Crash
- Replies: 18
- Views: 23642
RE: Radio-controlled Etihad A380 Crash
OK - it's official. Quite a spectacular shot... <a href="http://airteamimages.com/imageFiles/uploads/20418_800.jpg" target=_blank><a href="http://airteamimages.com/imageFiles/uploads/20418_800.jpg" target=_blank><img border=0 src="http://airteamimages.com/imageFiles/uploads/20418_800.jpg" width=650 ...
Jump to post- Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:37 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: First Concorde Commercial Flight 30 Years Ago
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16363
RE: First Concorde Commercial Flight 30 Years Ago
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Jump to post- Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:23 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why It Took Airbus Until Jan 17 To Count Orders
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5489
RE: Why It Took Airbus Until Jan 17 To Count Orders
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