Now the tea supplies are being interrupted. Time for the UK to send a full armada.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68284391
Did Emirates have a big hub in the 1990's and early 2000's. It's not just the Emirates hub. Dubai is peppered in tourist spots such as the mall, the fountains, the aquarium and many others. And being Dubai they're mostly all totally huge and extravagant. There's also many resorts with beaches, how ...
Jump to postthe airport investigation said the head up display in the cockpit might have marginally prevented the A350 pilots from spotting the dash8. this is one factor that we haven't discussed so far, interesting. It's actually been discussed a lot. Much further back in the thread. Quite insightful comments...
Jump to postThis thread has now inspired me to dust off another classic... Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. It's still available on Steam. I was on it last night reliving my childhood.
Building something with a high nausea rating and seeing the riders making a total mess of the footpath near the ride exit took me back.
Lately I've been tinkering around with PS1 emulators on my laptop and have ended up completing Nuclear Strike again. The graphics are terrible, the cut scene acting is terrible... but the nostalgia! I've also been working on getting Flight Unlimited 2 working on a modern system. I'm getting there. I...
Jump to postInteresting to see the movements right now. Each aircraft seems to be firewalling the speed in the TLV area. For example, I can see ET405, a 787, doing 360 knots at around 6000 feet on departure. While an El Al 737 is approaching at around 350 knots and 5000 feet. Other aircraft are similar high spe...
Jump to postI'm sure I remember an article from a long while ago of an unfortunate fella who had very recently completed his training as a BA 747 FO then all of a sudden due to covid found himself as the captain of a van delivering groceries for Ocado. I do hope he found his way back to flying. EDIT: This isn't...
Jump to postThen there is King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands who took flying commercial to the extreme and actually flew as a pilot for KLM.
Jump to postbhxdtw wrote:Novice question but... what did the APU actually do for Sullys plane?
It seems like designing a version of the A320 MLG dedicated to AI for rough runways proved unnecessary. The standard MLG is more than sufficient, even for unprepared terrain like fields. Who's to say this Ural set of legs isn't still in need of a big repair? They'll make sure it's enough to get to ...
Jump to postSee if the coinstar accepts it, you may get lucky. It'll be like a vanilla trip to Las Vegas slots.
Jump to postI’ve often thought about this as well. They for sure chose the 767 for its size. It’s crazy to see the impact span almost the entire length of the face of the building. With that said, as we all know, there are aircraft even much larger than the 767 and I wonder what would have happened say if it w...
Jump to postExactly! For the 747, we were told to never open 3L or 3R during refuelling or when the plane was full of fuel as we would most likely not be able to close it. I remember that well. Sorry, just to deviate from the topic very briefly... but what's the story with 3L/3R on a 747 and refueling? I alway...
Jump to postOn the B747, open nbr 3 door during refuelling, and you may not be able to close it again. The man in the street will not know the difference between different aircraft. Exactly! For the 747, we were told to never open 3L or 3R during refuelling or when the plane was full of fuel as we would most l...
Jump to postTo me it looks like a plane missing a wing. LJ : how do you know there is no target with you on a 300 seats widebody ? Exactly. Only recently we saw Russia's best friend Belarus force a Ryanair 737 to land to get at one passenger. I wouldn't put anything past those two countries doing whatever it t...
Jump to postleftcoast8 wrote:They flew LTN-MCO on A300s right?
The other day I saw a Chinese A330 landing at MAN. Can't remember which airline though.
Jump to postJust read on the bbc that putins plane was seen leaving about 3hrs ago. Leaders are at the front, He’s running, his time’s up I think. Visions of Gaddafi being beaten won’t be far from his mind I hope. Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk His IL96 last seen heading northwest toward Lake Valdai w...
Jump to postHow many 16 year-old third graders do you know? I'm referring to the numerous school shootings that you're trying to justify. Link to me ever doing this? Thanks in advance. Maybe justify was the wrong word, but you certainly make excuses in every school shooting thread of why drastic changes to gun...
Jump to postI guarantee this "birthday party" is not what you probably think it is. And all those many many very young kids have been drug running and gang banging in their 3rd grade locker halls? How many 16 year-old third graders do you know? I'm referring to the numerous school shootings that you'...
Jump to postIf you aren’t involved in drugs or gangs you chances of being shot in the US are very near zero. Use common sense…don’t go hang out at overcrowded clubs in sketchy parts of town at midnight and you’ll be fine. Ah yes, primary schools and birthday parties... the usual cesspools of drug-dealing gangs...
Jump to postRibeye or a decent sirloin, quite rare with peppercorn sauce.
Or on a hot day (we do occasionally get those in the UK) a salad with a rare steak cooked in cajun seasoning.
LabQuest wrote:And the Europeans rejoiced.
Where are the usual users posting in defence of guns? Usually they've swarmed the thread by now with their usual catchphrases.
Jump to postscbriml wrote:Footage of the drone collision has now been released.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-64974825
Ohhhhh, forgive me. I should have researched first. I see that planes can pass UNDER it. Wow. That's some structure. I'll have to find a way to add it to my flight simulator. You may also be interested in the North Terminal bridge at Gatwick. It has seen both BA and Virgin 747s pass underneath. htt...
Jump to postNot sure why we discuss every mass shooting. Why not have a single 'thoughts and prayers' thread. Someone did start one for mass killings in the US, I think. I don't know why people did not just use that. That was me, that thread is now locked. No idea why it wasn't carried on with, would have been...
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Foals - Into the Surf
Yazoo - Only You
Aesma wrote:They believe in "faith healing", plenty of people die as a result, and what do they conclude ?
Not sure why we discuss every mass shooting. Why not have a single 'thoughts and prayers' thread. I did actually start a US Mass Shooting thread a while back, as it was actually getting tedious seeing so many active threads from the many shootings. It was used for a while, seems to have been forgot...
Jump to postGoodbye wrote:johns624 wrote:They know who she is, they are just insinuating that she isn't important.
Amazingly, not everyone on this site is from the USA - I'm not American, and genuinely have not heard of this person.
I saw all of them live in Birmingham a few years ago, was an incredible show. They still had so much energy and sounded great.
Christine even performed Songbird live during the show, which was our wedding song.
Swift has done a great job of creating a wholesome, approachable, vanilla image that appeals to middle and upper middle class teen girls from the cul-de-sack. This is a massive fan base and they’ve never had a hero represent them in pop music them the way Swift has. The average white kid with boy p...
Jump to postUgh. I came to a.net because I didn't want to keep seeing today's headline on BBC about the Thai nursery massacre (37 dead, mostly young kids). I find it so especially awful when it's kids involved.
What is wrong with the World?
The Marella Celebration, which was built in 1984 has headed to the scrapyard at Aliaga, Turkey to be broken up after being laid up since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. This ship had been sailing for Marella since 2005 and still had like 5 years of service left with a minor cruise...
Jump to postSo why is it being scrapped?. Similar to the airline industry, for the cruise industry, the COVID downturn has triggered a purge of older vessels that represent excess capacity in the current market. Newer ships coming online can carry more passengers at higher profit. So the scrap rate is high rig...
Jump to postTake plenty of money, everything is extortionate. Here in the UK at least.
Although that still doesn't stop me wandering the market clutching a huge beer, scoffing a hog roast and chugging some mulled wine. My favourite time of year.
My first ever flight was a round trip LGW to PMI in the late 90s on a Britannia 762, I was about 10 years old. I still remember looking at it out the windows of the gate lounge, it looked amazing and graceful in that blue and white pinstripe livery. Quite a sporty takeoff too! Since then I've had a ...
Jump to postAirstud wrote:Can you name a subway system that's entirely 100% underground; with nothing even in open air, let alone over bridges?
I did actually start such a thread after one of the shootings, and a few threads merged into it. However, I've now noticed that the thread has been locked with no explanation.
Jump to postSeeing as it's shootin' season again (did it really ever end?), I think it's time to just dust off the United States Mass Shooting thread. Saves the non-av forum being cluttered with a thread for each shooting.
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1459909
Kiwirob wrote:Thoughts and prayers will solve this problem, but it appears god isn't listening.
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/25/texas-school-shooting-one-classroom All of the fatalities came from one classroom. I couldn't even begin to imagine the horror those kids went through when he started pulling the trigger in that room. Absolutely heartbreaking. The United States is an absolute joke, ...
Jump to postBut he didn’t do the job he was paid to do, protect the customers. Kinda blows up the whole good guy with a gun. Hope the supermarket withholds any payments to his family seeing he failed to do his job. The kid was wearing body armour. He came prepared, the security guard had no chance. If the secu...
Jump to postOf course the great thing about this country, casinterest, is that if you don't want a gun, you don't have to buy one. You aren't taking mine, though. If some gun-toting person doesn't want their life, they don't have to have it. But while taking their own life they don't have to take casinterest's...
Jump to postIt's incredible how many accidents/incidents are caught on camera these days. Even a 737 suddenly nose diving in the middle of China just happens to be caught on at least two cameras.
Jump to postI was taken aback at first with initial shock, but now I look forward to seeing the Jailbird at our favourite holiday destinations.
Jump to postHe was a clean comic, which is really hard in the comedy world. RIP. He sure and he was funny. I remember first seeing him as the McDonalds employee in Coming to America. RIP. It was McDowell's. See... McDonald's has the golden arches, while McDowell's has the golden arcs. McDonald's is home of the...
Jump to postHe was one of the all time greats. One of my recollections of him actually comes from a very popular British sitcom, Only Fools and Horses; the grandfather (played by the late Lennard Pearce), used to insist on calling him Sidney Potter (pronounced "Potta", in a good London accent!). &quo...
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