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RE: Swiss Could Keep A340 A Little Bit Longer

Can somebody please tell Swiss to stop operate the a343 from <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym>? That airplane needs the whole <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym> TMA just to clear to mountains after t/o, in order to proc...

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RE: Violence At Air France Headquarters

France. Need to say more?
Shame those unions still live in 1990.....

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RE: Who's Next To Cease Operation?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/okapi" class="quote" target="_blank">okapi</a> (<a href="#38" class="quote">Reply 38</a>):<br/><i>Strike of SNPL-pilots, the biggest airline pil...

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RE: Who's Next To Cease Operation?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N62NA" class="quote" target="_blank">N62NA</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i>Quoting Amsterdam (Reply 7): Air France Well, ...

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RE: Rumor: KLM Profit Covering Bad AF Performance?

And still not a single french comment.... <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/duck.gif" width="35" height="20" border="0"/> On a more constructive base: KLM knows how to operate more efficiently then <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> at the mome...

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RE: Why Do Some Planes Divert And Others Don't?

I think this is one of the most difficult questions you can ask here on the board.... Every case stands on itsself. I all comes down to decision making in the cockpit based on a wide variaty of know and unknown factors. Think about weather, fuel status, aircraft status etc... the obvious things. But...

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RE: Your Career In Aviation.

Flying the 747-400 for a year and a half now....

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RE: Airlines And The Beer Brand They Serve

KL serves Heineken....

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RE: How Pilots Become "Heavy" Plane Pilot?

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RE: Why No Winglets On The A380

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RE: Why No Winglets On The A380

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RE: New Tri Jet Please?

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RE: Interflug IL-62 Lands On A Field

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RE: Is The Use Of Tomtom (or Similar)allowed Inflight?

Hahahahaha, have u ever tried TomTom inflight? The whole program goes ballistic, because you are going waaaaaaaay faster than the speed the TomTom is made for, plus you hop from road to forest to sea.... We did it once, for fun, while flying from the Netherlands to Denmark. The whole system didnt kn...

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RE: Is This A320 Dirty, Or Patchwork, Or Both?

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RE: Is This A320 Dirty, Or Patchwork, Or Both?

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RE: Is This A320 Dirty, Or Patchwork, Or Both?

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RE: SXM Low, Low, Low Landing

Yeah, yeah, we all know its spectacular....

Ugh...
Still waiting till someone breaks the fence with the main wheels...

lol

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What If? B6 Moving to IWA from PHX.....

Dont think IWA would have the infrastructure to support full commercial operations. Runways enough though, with instrument approaches only on 30C but enough possibilities for sidestep manouvres (common at IWA), it maybe work... In the future... Maybe in the near future we will see some low cost airl...

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RE: Largest Narrow Body

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RE: What Is This Irritating Thing (Indentify This A/C)?

The G registration followed by numbers is because of the fact that it is an ultra-light. Here in the netherlands we normaly have <acronym title="Polynesian Airlines (Samoa)">PH</acronym>-XXX, but for gliders, ultra-lights, micro-lights etc.... its <acronym title="Polynesian Airlines (Samoa)">PH</acr...

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RE: NW 757 Getting Tossed In The Wind Like A Kite

Every landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Every landing wich lets you use the plane again is a great landing.

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RE: A340 RTO Gone Wrong Video.

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RE: What Is Wrong With AA?

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RE: What Makes Airlines Change A/C Type?

Well if an airline, for example easyjet, can get a bunch of A319's almost for free, I think the choice is simple.... Otherwise they would never have gone with the A319, due to the fact they recently upgraded their fleet to 737-700's. It's a economical nightmare te switch from an boeing dominated fle...

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RE: AC Emergency Landing

Why does 99% of the media not know the difference between a real "emergency landing" and a "precautionary landing"? For example: they have specialist for subjects like economics, woman (yes, our newspaper has a "woman" addition) etc., but they don't have a clue what they are writing about aviation.....

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RE: James Wallace: Latest 'Ugly' Boeing Jet Debuts

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RE: James Wallace: Latest 'Ugly' Boeing Jet Debuts

Find it rather adorable....
A real "mother" Boeing

ok, just beeing sentimental, but it serves it`s purpose: trasport of bulk loads.

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RE: "my Dad Was The Pilot On That Flight..."

Indeed, most of these comments are genuine. My father is a pilot himself flying for Transavia and I do hear a lot about his trips. It`s always nice to see a pic of my father (just simply put his logbook next to the date of a pic and voilà) and let him know about it. But sometimes the comments that a...

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RE: 787 Livery Limitation By Boeing?

Looks where gonna see some retro engines again...
NICE!!!!!

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RE: "Heavy-Heavy" Callsign For The A380?

The disignation "Heavy" is only used on intial contact With ATC units.
So it would be:

Initial contact:
"Schiphol Tower, Singapore 380 HEAVY Holding point rwy 24, ready for departure"

while further contacts would be without the "heavy":
"singapore 380 passing 2000'"

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RE: Scott Crossfield Plane Missing

Turns me sad to know one of the greatest in aviation has died....
He was always one of my sources of inspiration.
R.I.P mr. Crossfield

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RE: Why Do Pax Do This? (Photo)

It all could go a lot faster: <img src="http://aerocontact.com/medias/img/head290306b.jpg" width="160" height="120" border=0> just kiddin`, but my point may be clear. If all the pax would just remain seated untill a F/A says it`s ok, it will be a lot more efficient (and prevent a lot of irritation).

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RE: Cockpit Jump Seat Rides Still Allowed In Europe?

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RE: Airline Slogans

Transavia Airlines: The Spirit in the Sky
(before it went Transavia.com..... )

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RE: Here's What A 757 With A 737 Nose Looks Like..

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RE: 16 Year Old's Solo Flight

Hmm I Soloed at 14, but that was in a Glider....
My first motorized solo will be oktober/november this year.
First I have to go trough some ground school (KLM Flight Academy)
Just a nice little thing to look forward to

Cheers

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787 Final Tail Shape

I was comparing early 7e7/787 images with the latest 787 images the other day. Now I saw, to my disappointment, that the tail has gotten a rather "classic" look after all.... It started with a really refreshing, almost organic tail. What happened to this particular design? Was it impractical? I can`...

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RE: Female Captain And First Officer

How sexy could it be? <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/hypnotized.gif" alt="hypnotized" border=0> No, seriously, I think there should be more female pilots. It`s good for the image of the airline. For example: with Transavia.com there are quite a lot female pilots, which have a po...

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RE: Is KL Next With BBJ Premium Service?

Nope they will use -900`s.....
KL does not have -700`s

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RE: Picture Of Second A380

The ultimate anti-climax.............

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RE: 757 Over The Atlantic-- Who's Next?

Just heard a nice one: <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> is planning a route across the atlantic with their 737-900 fleet. This will be in a verry high bussines standard configuration (with less seats than on a normal -900) I tought the route would be <acronym title="Amsterdam -...

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RE: Is Aviation Your Favourite Hobby?

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RE: Your Favourite Aircraft Sound?

Definitly the 737-200.... (ow man one of my first memories.....)

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RE: Favorite Plane

1) Boeing
2) 737-200 (I think my first memories from my early days are with a 737-200)
3) Transavia Airlines

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RE: Did They Open Yet LHR T2 Viewing Area?

I have been at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> for spotting purposes 1 time in my life (during a school trip, i had the chance to go there with a friend) First we have searched for ages to find a good spot... When we finally found a good spot (Yes, the c...

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Camera On A Budget

I have a little dilemma: My old Canon EOS 650 has broken down after many years of good service. There is a problem with the shutter, which will cost about €150 to fix. Now I was looking for a while for a digital camera, but I haven’t the faintest idea which one is good for the job. With my small bud...

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RE: Most Common Airplane At Your Airport?

At <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> definitly the 737`s of KLM and Transavia. A close second is the 747 of KLM (man they have so much of them....) and other airlines (mostly from the far east) As third I would say the <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (U...

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RE: B747 Pilots Into A340, Upgraded Or Degraded?

definitly a downgrade.....
The 747 is still THE KING of the skies
The A340 is still just a princess....

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RE: Best Livery On An Aircraft

The best looking aircraft with the best looking livery ever flown with.... I my eyes there isn`t a livery that is close to the L1011 of Royal Jordanian. When I was very young(5 or 6 years) they used to come to <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>..... <br><ce...

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