Re: Air China pilots depressurize plane accidentally to smoke in cockpit

As an aside, does (either officially / unofficially) a crew (or cleaning crew) do anything if they smell cigarette smoke when they take over? Given how it seems to hang around, I can't imagine the next flightcrew wouldn't notice.

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread Part 183

LamboAston wrote:

Was the CX197 A359 inaugural supposed to be today or tomorrow? The flight departed on the 26th but will arrive here today (27th) but is being operated by a A343.

RE: Daallo Airlines A321 Lands With Hole In Fuselage

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ER757" class="quote" target="_blank">ER757</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i> were they people who saw a body fall out of t...

RE: A350 Production And Delivery Thread Part 13

Off-topic a bit, but wouldn't it make sense to outfit the entire aircraft as economy, then refit when the business seats are ready? Seems odd that an AN124 can be chartered to replace an engine cowl to keep an A380 in service, but it's acceptable to delay into service an entire aircraft for months j...

RE: TGV Train Derails Near French City Of Strasbourg

This was one of the record holders - saw it in Paris a few years ago <center><table align="center" border="0" width="602" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=160553&filename=1447628271F6bMtQ.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/160553/14476...

RE: VIA Rail Canada's "Canadian"

Yes, did this a few years ago, Vancouver all the way to Toronto, non-stop.

Loved it, was a great time and had managed a cheap 'section' with all meals paid for - definitely a great trip.

Would recommend splitting it in two or three bits in hindsight.

RE: Emirates Wants To Fly The A380 Into SEA But...

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/panamair" class="quote" target="_blank">panamair</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i>Happens at <acronym title="Dubai - Inter...

RE: Airbus London To NY In One Hour

Mach 4.5 = 5500 km per hour = 1530 metres per second Allowing half hour to accelerate then the other to decelerate (1800 s + 1800 s) So from 0 to 1530 m/s in 1800 s is only 0.85 ms-2 So compared to g (9.8 ms-2) that's only 1/10 gravity. Compared to acceleration at takeoff of 0 to 150 knots or 78 ms-...

RE: Aircraft Flap Found In La Réunion (RUN) Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#198" class="quote">Reply 198</a>):<br/><i>If it's the right flaperon, it follows tha...

RE: A350 Production And Delivery Thread Part 8

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#46" class="quote">Reply 46</a>):<br/><i> Quoting N14AZ (Reply 45): I didn't know...

RE: Emirates Would Buy 100 A380neo

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Boeing778X" class="quote" target="_blank">Boeing778X</a> (<a href="#51" class="quote">Reply 51</a>):<br/><i>165 orders as of now, 140 of which a...

RE: How Would You Feel If You Saw This On Your Plane?

Wow,

That's quite a shock.

Seriously. Running shoes. Who wears those casually these days....

Oh right, you were referring to the gap the floor? Not very professional.

RE: IOS8 Release Day

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Notaxonrotax" class="quote" target="_blank">Notaxonrotax</a> (<a href="#42" class="quote">Reply 42</a>):<br/><i>Now click another artist....chec...

RE: Beluga Celebrates 20th Anniversary

So do we know much about how they're crewed? I.e., how many crews, and are they all ex airline / cargo pilots?

Flying intra-europe must mean getting home for dinnertime most days so a pretty good job I'd guess - quite a bit of competition to fly these ....?

Etihad B787 & A380 With New Tail Liveries

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> No - cameras ...

Etihad B787 & A380 With New Tail Liveries

Did the factory tour today and it was easily recognizable -- very striking.
I like it.

In And Out Burger, Sunday 27 Th 630pm

How many of the 20-odd people outside and on the grass were members here?(forgetting the 50 inside the restaurant there for the cuisine)

Just curious - first time there - remembered reading someone mentioning it before on here .....

RE: Successful Test Flight For Taranis Stealth Drone

Looks like Woomera - check out google earth - the runway markings look identical.

A350 Test Flight Official Thread Part 11

Please forgive my French - this is what I was able to get... Deriere moi, le petit dernier de l'avioneur airbus le 350. Il n'y a que deux au monde. Il est en face de test pour le moment pour obtenir sa certification, alors, celui-la arrive de La Paz en bolivia ou il a ete teste en tres haute altitud...

RE: A.Net Meet And BBQ 2014

Perhaps there could be two separate, ones, one in Europe and one in North America, each in their respective summers - having to cross the Atlantic would no doubt put a lot of people off attending. And for me, that would provide an excellent excuse to visit both Vancouver and Toulouse in the same year.

RE: What Are You Hearing About France Lately?

In <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> we usually hear nothing unless there's some big rugby event, and then it's a quick story of the town an ex-all black has headed off to. For some reason the hospitalising of Mr Hollande's wife did make it to the media here, but probably just as a novel...

RE: TGV Trip Report: Paris-CDG-->Bordeaux

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JMGRIFFIN" class="quote" target="_blank">JMGRIFFIN</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table borde...

RE: OZ 777 Crash At SFO Part 4

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/awthompson" class="quote" target="_blank">awthompson</a> (<a href="#45" class="quote">Reply 45</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> No-one as...

RE: 50th Paris Air Show 2013 | June 17 - 23

Intending to be there Sunday 23rd if anyone else is around that day - is it wise to get a place in the grandstand / tribune?

1st 737 Lands At Troll Research Statn. Antarctica

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B777LRF" class="quote" target="_blank">B777LRF</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Very cool (pun intended). Believe the Kiwi's...