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luisinho

RE: Airports Where Foreign Carriers Are #1?

Hi folcks, Here in Faro (LPFR) there's a total Ryanair dominance... it's shamefull that this airport is the second busiest airport in Portugal, and TAP only has 2 daily flights to Lisbon, nothing more. God Bless Ryanair! Cheers <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/sm...

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luisinho

RE: Passenger Spots A Fuel Leak On LO Flight To NY

hiii Planesmart

Was the airline that you flew to Spain Dan-Air London? They have a terrible reputation for maintenance within the Comet Fleet...

Cheers

Luis

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luisinho

Altitude Callouts

Hii folcks! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> I was making so updates to my Flight simulator panels, to make them more realistic <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/stirthepot.gif" alt="stirthepot" border=0> , and one thing that bothered me is...

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luisinho

RE: Real World Routes

hiii Thanks again... eheh <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/thumbsup.gif" alt="thumbsup" border=0> I noticed that about the Concorde immediately after posting.... sorry ehehe!!!! Thank you very much!!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/bouncy.gif" alt="bouncy" border=0...

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luisinho

RE: Real World Routes

Hi Viscount724 <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/bigthumbsup.gif" alt="bigthumbsup" border=0> Thanks for your precious documents... The North Atlantic Operacions manual is a great document, also the JOINT NORTH ATLANTIC AIRSPACE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. I'm printing them righ...

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luisinho

Real World Routes

HI folks <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> One of my hobbies, is flying Flight simulator. Generally i use the FSflightPlanner to generate the route that i was going to use. But in real world, the things are a bit different... specially on north Atlantic routi...

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luisinho

The New Lisbon (OTA) Airport, My Analysis.

Hi folks!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> I was watching the Portuguese minister of transportation on <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym> about the construction of the new airport and the privatization of the other 2 airports in Portuga...

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luisinho

RE: What's Happening To MEA

hiii <img border=0 src="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" border=0> Thanks all, and also you Raffik, my sincere condolences to the families of the dead. I agree with you... the beirut airport was one of the best airports of the middle east, if no...

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luisinho

What's Happening To MEA

Hii folcks <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> Everyday i tune the news i became more and more disturbed with the situation in the middle-east, more exactly on lebbanon. With this violent scalation by the israeli army the and with the menace of a total conflit on th...

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luisinho

RE: Busted At ORD Watching Planes

Hiii FOLCKS!!!! Reading all this stuff i got one ideia!!!! Why not creating a special T-Shirt with the signs AIRLINERS.NET in huge caracteres on the back and on the front. They could use the caracters on the wheels of the 747 on the headline of this page, i belive it's the official logo. Then sell t...

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luisinho

Rolls Royce Dart And Vickers Viscount

Hi Folcks <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> I'm a flight simulator addict, and recently i installed the Vickers Viscount 700 and 800 from Rick Pipper. The model didn't have prop reverse, but i belive like the NAMC <acronym title="Proteus Airlines (France)">YS</acron...

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luisinho

RE: AF Emergency Landing IKT

ouchhhh!!!

I think i'll prefer a A340 to a 777 any day....

Remember... 4 engines 4 long haull!!!

Cheersss!!!

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luisinho

RE: Famous People Killed In Air Crashes

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luisinho

RE: Famous People Killed In Air Crashes

Hii folcks The portuguese Prime minister Francisco Sá Carneiro, his Wife Snu Abecassis; the minister of defense Adelino Amaro da Costa and his wife and also the first secretary Patricio Gouveia and the two pilots Jorge Albuquerque and Alfredo da Costa on 4th December 1980. This is just the portugues...

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luisinho

Airlines And Aircraft Operating To Faro (LPFR)

Hi Folcks!!!! <img border=0 src="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" border=0> i was searching on A.net database fotos from Faro aiport, south Portugal, in the good old 60's when the airport opened to trafic. But unfortunately the first foto is fro...

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luisinho

RE: Old Routes... When The Jets Were True Jets!

hiii folksss!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> Thank you so much... thanks thanks thanks <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> Thanks ODAFZ for the link, thanks Wassch71 for the detail, and FLyssC for the explanations, and stirl...

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luisinho

Old Routes... When The Jets Were True Jets!

hi folks!!! <img border=0 src="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" border=0>D i was surfing on the foto's database and i found some fotos the made me became curious. This fotos from a Comet 4 in Tokyo Haneda, a B707-400, all from BOAC; some air f...

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luisinho

TAP Air Portugal Changes Name And Livery

Hiii Folcks!! ;DD TAP Air portugal is changing their corporate image, and consequently changed their name and livery. From now on, TAP AIR PORTUGAL will have their old fashioned name that is only TAP, from TRANSPORTES AEREOS PORTUGUESES. The english Air Portugal expression was abolished. Also, with ...

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luisinho

The Aviator.... The Film!

Hiii Folcks!!!! What an year for the comercial aviation.... First the roll out of the Airbus A380, now this fantastic film! In portugal the film is not in exibition, i don't know if someone saw it in the states. The moovie is more concentrated on the 20-40 history only or it talks also about the Con...

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luisinho

RE: A380 Rolls Out Today...and Is My Birthday! UAU!

Thanks Questair....

what a fantastic pic...!!!!

I would love to drive the tug on the moment of the official roll out from the stand!!! Buáááááá´! :~

Eehehe

LUIS

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luisinho

A380 Rolls Out Today...and Is My Birthday! UAU!

hii Folcks.... The airbus A380 is rolling out today... and today is my birthday!!! I borned on 18th January 1979 at 19:00 <acronym title="Westerland / Sylt (GWT / EDXW), Germany">GWT</acronym>. I'm very happy that this day is connected forever with the world greatest airliner, and above all, the gre...

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luisinho

RE: 7E7 Means 787...?

hi folks!! As i know, the biggest market boing wants to hit is the asian, ANA ordered some 7E7. In Asia, the 8 number as a special meaning, of perfection, also looks like a pregnant woman, looks like fertility, prosperity. That was the reason why airbus changed the name of the big airbus to A380, be...

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luisinho

RE: L1011 Getting In Trouble!

The aircraft of YES involved was this one: <acronym title="Continental Micronesia (USA)">CS</acronym>-<acronym title="Timimoun (TMX / DAUT), Algeria">TMX</acronym> <br><table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open...

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luisinho

L1011 Getting In Trouble!

Hii Folcks!!!! As you know, two portuguese Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar from Air Luxor that are leased to LUZAIR, had some problems with compressor stalls and aborted takeoffs, with blowing tires... and etc... one in amesterdam and other on caribbean. Now same problem again with another L-1011-500 fr...

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luisinho

RE: TAP And Portugalia Code Share

hii leskova!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> I read about the <acronym title="Page - Municipal (PGA), USA - Arizona">PGA</acronym> entering to Skyteam on Takeoff magazine. Everybody of aeronautical world were in portugal only talk about that! This is a fragment of ...

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luisinho

TAP And Portugalia Code Share

Hii FOLCKS!!!!!!! I was thinking about this and i found this very strange. TAP joined Star Alliance, Iberia joined ONE WORLD and Portugalia joined SkyTEAM, and so... why they continue to code share the majority of flights leaving from FARO (<acronym title="Faro (FAO / LPFR), Portugal">FAO</acronym>/...

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luisinho

RE: A380 AirForce One

hii folcks!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> i was reading around here... and i'm not pleased with what i'm reading!!! What the hell is this? America Vs Europe? My country is better then yours??!!! That's enough!!! Stop acting like childs for once... All ...

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luisinho

RE: A380 AirForce One

please please please... Blackbird1331, use a MERLIN XI V12 engine!!!! I love that sound... That engine was very effective on DC-4 Argonaut that BOAC used in the past. The aircraft had extra range, but in the begining the inside engines exausted near the cabin, because there was no crossflow exaust f...

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luisinho

RE: A380 AirForce One

Hii folcks!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> Portugal also has a tradition in aircraft used for transportation of the Portuguese president or prime minister We had a few aircraft... First we used a Douglas DC-3 to carry the high individualities <br><table...

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luisinho

Long Haul Routes!

Hii FOLKS <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> As you all know, i'm an FS2004 superfreak... and i love to fly as real as it gets. After a lot of short haul routes in europe and USA, and a lot of atlantic crossings, i got bored and turned to ASIA routes. Now wit...

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luisinho

RE: Lockheed Super Constellation Atlantic Routes

Hiii

And about my question about the Convair CV990 Coronado?

Anybody knows???

Cheers

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luisinho

RE: Lockheed Super Constellation Atlantic Routes

hiiii FOLCKS <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> here is one foto of the DC-4 with those Rolls Royce Merlin V12 engines! If one spitfire has one engine... this aircraft sounds like 4 spitfires taking off at the same time... LOL <img src="/discussions/gra...

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luisinho

RE: Lockheed Super Constellation Atlantic Routes

humm this thread is getting interesting.... hummmm <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> And what about the south atlantic routes with the Convairs 990? Swissair operated a route from Zurich to Rio de Janeiro via Lisbon, but... from Lisbon to Rio, the CV990 as not enough...

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luisinho

RE: Lockheed Super Constellation Atlantic Routes

hiiii folckssssssss <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> Thank you so much for your comments... i loved it!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> I already made my first connie voyage from amesterdam to New york via Shannon. Just ...

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luisinho

Lockheed Super Constellation Atlantic Routes

Hiii FOLCKS!!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> Has you know i'm a flight simulator freak.... <img src="/discussions/graphics/nut.gif" ALT="Nuts"> eeheh Now i have my new fabulous Lockheed L-1049G superconstellation, L-1049 and L-749 Constellation. V...

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luisinho

RE: Euro 04 Final

hiii folks...... Well... Greece won... Congrats to Greece... But let me say that what they played was not football!!!! The first time of the game it looked like restling... and on second, after the goal... that was only defending... that is the way they won all the games. The advantage of Greece was...

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luisinho

RE: Euro 04 Final

F.U.C.K. Greece!!!!

GO PORTUGAL...EAT THEM ALIVE

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luisinho

RE: 500 7E7 Orders Before First Flight

Hiii folcks!! I was seeing the pictures... and the airplane there looks more a smaller version of the 777 then a completely new aircraft. Perhaps... the final 7E7 will be a smaller version of the 777 with a new nose, and a lot of composite materials.... , and not an inovative new design. Let's wait ...

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luisinho

RE: Monarch A321 Made A Tailstrike In Faro

:D hiiii guys here is a link to a portuguese forum where are some fotographs posted of the tail strike. I'm sorry but the language is portuguese... but the pictures are good. LINK: http://forum.aviacao.net/viewtopic.php?t=2784 CHEERS <img border=0 src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" AL...

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luisinho

Monarch A321 Made A Tailstrike In Faro

Yesterday 14th June, an Airbus A321 from Monarch made a tailstrike on landing at FARO airport, <acronym title="Faro (FAO / LPFR), Portugal">FAO</acronym>/LPFR, in south Portugal. The aircraft was full pax, and when was going to land, instead of the nose goes down, he went up and the tail hitted the ...

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luisinho

RE: 7E7 Questions, Real Anwsers Needed.

Hii folcks!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> I agree with 727200er, in farnbourough boeing will need to create sensation, to give an ideia that the 7E7 project is moving, and there are people interested on the plane... and nothing better then Farnbourough...

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luisinho

RE: Northwest A320 Replacements?

hii folcks!!! Reading all this posts... and this is not the only one... i get the ideia that some Boeing fans, unhappy with boeing's performance in market just came to this places to spread confusion saying that the X airline is not happy with this airbus, or that one is going to replace their new a...

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luisinho

TAP Worker Robbed 50000 Euros In Clocks From A/C

hii folcks!!! Today was discovered that 2 workers from TAP air portugal, that loaded and unloaded the aircrats, stealed from a flight that arrived from GENEVE in Oporto or Porto (francisco sá carneiro airport) with a box with Swiss rist watches with a very high value. The watches are made in gold, a...

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luisinho

RE: Jet Fuel

hii KALB here in portugal, in alentejo we have a station that produces methanol or a similar type of gas produced from PIG SHIT! Very alternative... and very productive. Another interesting thing is the BioDiesel, it's a diesel produced from Korn, very ecological... used on Buses on the citys of Por...

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luisinho

RE: What Is He Doing!

Yap folcks... he was just testing the reverse!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/wink.gif" ALT="Big grin"> But... sometimes when the aircraft goes a bit overspeed during taxi, they use reverses to slow down. In some airplanes like the Cessna Citation X, the manufacturer, recomends that above 2...

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luisinho

RE: TAP A310's

hiii After a good serch i found this fotos of Oporto! <br><table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/545019/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/545019/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br>...

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luisinho

RE: TAP A310's

Hii AirPortugal <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> you are wright in some things but wrong in others! First... about the deployment of passengers... not that is not true that the passengers will deplaned on airports and the aircraft send to an airbase... no that's not ...

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luisinho

RE: TAP A310's

hiii EK413 <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> Well, i belive that portugal is too far away from prepared. The portuguese airports are small and unprepared, with the exception of Faro Airport, that is very prepared, because in summer we receive huge traffic. The airport...

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luisinho

RE: Who Would Not Feel Confident Flying In A L1011?

hii Folcks! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> If you wanna fly L-1011 just came to Portugal! We still fly a lot of L-1011. Three airlines... at least on charter flights. They are Air Luxor, Euro-Atlantic and Yes. See here some fotos! <br><table align=center ...

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luisinho

RE: A332 Wet Dreams

My good....

After reading this i need a drink! I'm very traumatised....

I've heard something related with dogs.... but airlineres never....

eheh

Cheers

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