Re: Airbus A380 used for a dance music event at National Air & Space Museum of France

There was a fair amount of duct tape on it when I saw F-WWDD in 2019....

Re: Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, TX

That is why I said in 10, 20, 30 years. If inaction leads to more shootings in schools, and you have entire generations traumatized by regular school shootings, it may start to move the pendulum. Heck, it could be 40 years. My point was, never say never. I would expect the opposite. With every shoo...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Which oligarchs and generals are going to take the fall for what all of them have been doing? Which politician or General took the fall for the Vietnam blunder? none Which politician or General took the fall for the Iraq blunder? none It does indeed seem that failed military aggression has any nota...

Re: Don't :Look up and the realness of it.

Was a silly movie and it's exactly that, a movie. Except movies often reflect truth and many are important windows through time and barometers of the general social climate. That silly movie certainly got a lot of people talking. Lots of movies get people talking, and they forget about it before th...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

Huh, do we live in the same country/reality? No need to play coy - we all know those EU/Japan/Australia-style systems are not present here. Lack of "universal" care doesn't not equal no care. Any women in the US who wants pre and post natal care can get it. Even the poor can get it via Me...

Re: Don't :Look up and the realness of it.

Happened for real in the UK a couple of weeks ago, whatever your view on the activist and her point it was bad interviewing and journalism, from a man who noted he's been a journalist for 50 years. Indeed but not in a positive sense. He is often compared usually for his faux pas to the comic creati...

Re: What do Russians think of Putin now?

It probably is hard to underestimate the power of a narrative of nationalistic greatness and the "us against them" mindset. It's very comfortable to go along with this and not question anything, almost in a religious way. And even those who don't agree with Putin's poliltics will likely be...

Re: South Carolina planning a firing squad execution

We should absolutely bring back public executions in the US. In my opinion, this is the only way we will stop violent crimes from occurring. The sheer humiliation of the experience for the perpetrator should provide adequate deterrence and it also has a way of bringing communities together in solid...

Re: Favorite Quotes

"it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it." - Douglas Adams

Re: French presidential election : 1st round on Sunday, April 10th 2022

It is remarkable that an open admiration for Putin doesn't seem to affect electoral success.
It's like this all over Europe

Re: Updated: Brussels Airlines New Livery

DY789 wrote:

nordikcam wrote:

DY789 wrote:

Anyone know when their A330's will start to get the repaint?

OO-SFX got the new colors and is flying !

Oh really?! I must've missed that, thanks

Re: Condor launch new livery

Brilliant scheme!
It screams "Holiday!"
Great out of the box thinking.

And who even needs titles and a tail logo if this is your colour scheme.

Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Results are in: https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/media-releases/paths-laid-out-for-the-biggest-prize-in-world-football The Netherlands probably can't complain, although there still is a fair chance they'll find a way to not make it through their group. My country, Belgium, d...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Civil Aviation Related *Discussion* Thread

https://jalopnik.com/russia-may-commit-largest-theft-of-aircraft-in-history-1848712419 Things are going to get interesting. 400 A/C with a $10B valuation may be in limbo. Excerpt: "“I’m afraid that we are going to witness the largest sort of theft of aircraft in the history of commercial civil...

Re: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at the Oscars

Had it been a non celebrity, he'd of been arrested on assault. Only if that non celebrity had slapped a celebrity. 2 celebrities slapping each other, 2 non celebrities slapping each other, you won't find many getting arrested. People slap and get slapped all the time. I have been slapped once, unfa...

Re: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at the Oscars

Maybe if we had more slaps dished out when people were out of line, we would have better behaved citizens in general. Nothing wrong with the 5 point attitude correction plan Well, I kind of agree here. A slap isn't really an assault, is it. It doesn't inflict any damage and basically only hurts the...

Re: The Lia Thomas Trans Swimming Controversy

Seb, how about we stop talking about 'male' and 'female' sports and use chromosome qualification instead? If you have XX chromosomes you compete in the XX category and if you have XY chromosomes you compete in the XY category. Would that make you happy? My youngest daughter is not a full XX, it's c...

Re: The Lia Thomas Trans Swimming Controversy

Ifs/ands/buts are well beyond the basic biological reality. And nobody was talking about cancers that affect both sexes, that's completely immaterial to the discussion. As you may remember, the discussion is about differences in cardiovascular capacity and therefore athletic ability for swimmers. T...

Re: The Happiest Place on Earth

This kind of survey really grinds my gears as they interpret those questions without a cross-sectional cultural lens. Middle class Japanese and Koreans may not like how many hours they work, but in my experience are certainly happier about retirement prospects and health security than Americans. Th...

Re: The Happiest Place on Earth

This kind of survey really grinds my gears as they interpret those questions without a cross-sectional cultural lens. Middle class Japanese and Koreans may not like how many hours they work, but in my experience are certainly happier about retirement prospects and health security than Americans. Th...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Russia would never allow entry into NATO or the E.U. That is the red line that triggered this whole damn mess. Giving up Crimea as well as the disputed eastern territories and promising to remain neutral like Finland is the only thing Putin would accept. That to me is the only way out of this. But ...

Re: Who are your LEAST favorite sport teams?

Any team that has Memphis Depay.

Re: Updated: Russia invasion Ukraine begun

Putin moves is brilliant while being completely immoral at the same time. I fail to see anything brilliant there. He's more then even a posterboy for NATO. So clearly illustrating what can happen if you're near Russia and aren't a member. Does he want a pro-russian government in Ukraine? Good luck ...

Re: A330-300 first revenue flight, 28 years ago today.

Ironically, Air Inter must be one of very few major airlines where the A330 wasn't a success. 5 ordered, only 4 delivered and all gone by 1997. Still a good looker though! 6077191 Air Inter was gone by April 1st, 1997; only one IT A330 (MSN 59) was gone by then, all left after IT disappeared. Well,...

Re: A330-300 first revenue flight, 28 years ago today.

Ironically, Air Inter must be one of very few major airlines where the A330 wasn't a success.
5 ordered, only 4 delivered and all gone by 1997.
Still a good looker though!

Re: 20 years of the Euro

Unlike Sweden, both are nowhere near ready to adopt the currency; Sweden is, except for ERM2 membership, but that's voluntary so no EU institution can force Sweden to enter (and technically, that also extends to all members without an opt-out). Don't think anybody wants Sweden in Euro's, their beer...

Re: Elfstedentocht

You have to be a Dutchman to really understand mass hysteria: Elfstedentocht . 200km skating on natural ice: which is held both as a speed skating competition (with 300 contestants) and a leisure tour (with 16,000 skaters). The last one was 25 years ago today. Watch it 'live', from 05.07am till 5.3...

Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Always fun to see what "exotic" nations are going to qualify. For Mali, it would be their first WC, but I doubt they'll survive the last round of qualifying. I hope Canada will make it as well, for their 2nd world cup ever. I'm a bit of a Jonathan David fan. It looks like there'll be very ...

Re: No aircraft seen on Google Map images of Paine Field?

Google removes airplanes from google maps Not just airplanes. They remove all moving objects. This by comparing 2 photos shot at a different time. Objects that don't appear on both are filtered out. So you'll see planes in long term storage, but not active ones. Not all over the world, they do this...

Re: Silly daft jokes.

What does a snail say when it's on top of a turtle?


YYYIIIIIHHAAAAAAAAA!

Re: The appeal of raising children

I've always hated kids. Then I got 2 of my own. The moment I started thinking that maybe it was time, we got pregnant. Back in 2008. It freaked me out. Today, I say I hate most kids. And I tell eveybody it's well worth to have them ;) I love and adore mine and (most of) their friends. But I still se...

Re: YouGov Poll Finds 66% Of Southern Republicans In Favor Of Seceding From USA

The irony of a Republican Country being closer to Iran and Saudi Arabia in terms of freedom than those countries of the west is so priceless I would love to see it! This clip pretty much encapsulates the truth that when these bitter enemies get to know each other they realise they have far more in ...

Re: Deadly storms, rain with flooding in Europe

The village of Jalhay in the Ardennes got 271mm of rain over 48 hours. That's the highest ever measured in Belgium. 100 is the normal average for the month of July. In Spa it was 217mm. Spa is well known for it's source of mineral water and of course the Formula 1 racetrack of Francourchamps (which ...

Re: Deadly storms, rain with flooding in Europe

And while I was typing my previous reply, the autorities managed to repaid the dyke. see the message of 16:10 on this newspaper's timeline https://www.bd.nl/dossier-watersnood/live-gat-in-dijk-julianakanaal-bij-bunde-gedicht-evacuatie-ziekenhuis-venlo-versneld~a01fd4dc/ Good! All in all, the qualit...

Re: Deadly storms, rain with flooding in Europe

2 months worth of rainfall in 24 hours is extreme! The terrain in the Ardennes and the affected part of the Eiffel is a plateau with fairly deep cut and narrow valleys. The rivers in those valleys usually are small and rather fast flowing. The villages along those rivers are the ones that got hit ha...