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Speedbirdie

RE: Best Ansett Memories And If She Was Around Today.

I flew Ansett back when I was 17 for the first and only time. It was the worst flight I have ever experienced as when we were descending into <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym> my ears practically exploded causing severe pain like I have never f...

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RE: David Bowie Dies At The Age Of 69

Devastated. Absolutely Devastated. RIP My Goblin King.. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" border=...

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RE: BA 777 G-YMME MX Issue?

Very odd... Does no one have any info on this? I thought this was the 'place' to go to!

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Speedbirdie

RE: The Core Truths Of A-Net Part 2

People don't understand why when they type in a youtube link, it won't work when it looks like this

https://

Don't even get me started on 7700 squawk threads....

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Speedbirdie

RE: Fog Warning For LHR And LGW

oo its pea soup out there...

*filler*

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Speedbirdie

RE: VS251 Squawking 7700

I really do not see why we have to have a thread everytime an aeroplane squawks 7700..

Just my 2c.. or 2p in this country...

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Speedbirdie

RE: 748 D-ABYA Diverting To UK - Probably MAN

Wheel well fire indication.

Had the same problem 3 days ago and squawked 7700 and returned to FRA.

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RE: Women On A.net?

<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="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>Your description intrigues me......

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Speedbirdie

RE: TK10 LAX - IST Diverted To LGW?

Well it squawked 7700 a few hours ago and is now back in the air well en route to IST.

Who knows..

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RE: Scared Passenger Refused To Take Off.

Define normal these days... I am an <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> and have been for 10 years. 2 years ago I was in an accident whilst working on board and have barely flown since. I have had all types of counselling, you name it, and nothing seems to work. My anxiety as a passe...

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Speedbirdie

Aircraft Graveyard Help!

Evening all! This year, again, I shall be having a holiday in Vegas, this time staying for 8 days. I am determined this year to drag myself away from the frozen Daiquiris for one day and visit an aeroplane graveyard. Can anyone please tell me the nearest and bestest one? I understand I will be spend...

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Speedbirdie

RE: Up To Six People Dead After Incident In Glasgow

Such sad news, right before Christmas.

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RE: Women On A.net?

I'm a girl... Well when I checked in the shower an hour ago I still was. I don't post as much anymore. I joined the site when I was 23 and now at 34, I seem to have more of a life now than I did back then. Not saying people on here don't have lives of course! Priorities change when you get older eh....

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RE: New Easyjet Livery Revealed In Full

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TWA772LR" class="quote" target="_blank">TWA772LR</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> That awkward mo...

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Speedbirdie

RE: London Airspace Closed

Well a second aircraft just departed.
Things looking up?

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RE: London Airspace Closed

Well an aircraft just took off...

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Speedbirdie

RE: BA 747 Forced To Return To Heathrow

Considering it never squawked an emergency code, I don't see this as an emergency.

Slow news day and the British Media getting their pants in a twist....

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RE: Oops: 757F In-flight Opening Of Cargo Door

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

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RE: Oops: 757F In-flight Opening Of Cargo Door

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mwhcvt" class="quote" target="_blank">mwhcvt</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Airfleets doesn't l...

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Speedbirdie

RE: Turbulence On The Concorde

Didn't concorde suffer more than a few engine surges in their time? I have heard a lot of crew say that they suffered them. They were more common for concorde because of their speed vs height?

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Speedbirdie

RE: #1: Speedbird 787 LHR-PHL, AA/US PHL-TPA-MIA-SXM

Lovely report James, thank you for sharing! Just one picky point! Mixed fleet crew for <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> do not operate the <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> route. All 787 and 380 routes are operated with crew wh...

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Speedbirdie

RE: We Lost One Of Our Own Too Soon - RIP JKW777

If only I knew how to post the picture of the first night Justin and I met along with a few other 'old school' a.netters.
RIP JKW.. x

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Speedbirdie

RE: TriStar L-1011 Last Passenger Operators & Flights?

Thank you for this thread, you've made my morning! <acronym title="Colgan Air (USA)">9L</acronym>-LDC used to fly for Sudan Airways back in the day to <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>. I used to beg my managers to go and meet the aircraft just to go on it...

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RE: BA Punctuality Problems With A380.

The BA268 <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> is fondly known amongst us <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> staff these days as the BA26late.. Very fit...

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RE: Chat Room

Is it down? Or is my PC broke?

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RE: What If Your GF Got A Tattoo Without You Approval?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/thunderboltdrgn" class="quote" target="_blank">thunderboltdrgn</a> (<a href="#112" class="quote">Reply 112</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></tabl...

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RE: What If Your GF Got A Tattoo Without You Approval?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dc9northwest" class="quote" target="_blank">dc9northwest</a> (<a href="#107" class="quote">Reply 107</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Erm...

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RE: What If Your GF Got A Tattoo Without You Approval?

Dude needs to calm down. I woke up this morning and thought to myself 'I am going to get a tattoo today' So I did. I haven't told my boyfriend yet because do you know why? It is <acronym title="Midwest Airlines (Egypt) and Aerotransportes Mas (Mexico)">MY</acronym> body. Cut her some slack and let h...

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Speedbirdie

RE: Actress Ellen Page Is Out Of The Closet

Gosh isn't she pretty....

I may just turn for this one..

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RE: Gears-up 763 Landing In Saudi Arabia

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cat3land" class="quote" target="_blank">cat3land</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Cabin crew didn't control...</i></font><...

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RE: Why Is BI's 787 Brunei-London Stopping In DXB?

I'm not sure I understand this thread. Just because they have a new aeroplane, it doesn't mean they should axe the <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> leg. The <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> ...

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Speedbirdie

RE: Lighting Problems At LHR Terminal 5

It gets really noticeable from 5pm onwards at the moment.
I hope the work starts soon.. There might actually be some talent for me to stare at..
:D

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RE: Hurricane Jude And UK Air Travel

Here at the end of 27R it is blowing a gale!

They also have been taking off on 27R all morning which hasn't been the norm all week (starting on 27L)
and have also failed to do a runway change at 1500 as which is the norm.
Any idea why the changes fellow avgeeks?

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RE: Delays Into Heathrow Due Weather

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyingthe757" class="quote" target="_blank">flyingthe757</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I would...

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RE: Chat Room

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

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RE: Fear-of-flying UK Boy Stranded In Abu Dhabi... Fin

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/type-rated" class="quote" target="_blank">type-rated</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>Now what I would like to know is wha...

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RE: What Has Happened To A.net?

I have just spent a good 10 minutes reading this with a smile! Ah the good old days, when Pilot Kaz and I were massive attention whores for being females. Oh how we loved the attention. These days, she tends to pick me up at the airport at 6am from a flight or we hang out at each others houses drink...

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RE: Fear-of-flying UK Boy Stranded In Abu Dhabi... Fin

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/type-rated" class="quote" target="_blank">type-rated</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Are you a...

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RE: Exhibitionist Spotted @ YVR

Did you call the police?

-filler-

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RE: A Painful Toilet Incident!

Considering all you men seem to have the worst aim when it comes to using a toilet, it really is not difficult to just put the damn thing that you have just pissed all over down and then wash your hands. It saves us women having to touch your disgustiness (yes I just made that word up) even more. It...

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RE: Parked B787s, Where Are They?

Looks like the QR 787 at LHR has gone back to the BA hangar..

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RE: Parked B787s, Where Are They?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ba9216c" class="quote" target="_blank">ba9216c</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thankyou for yo...

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RE: Parked B787s, Where Are They?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/blueflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">blueflyer</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Have just b...

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RE: What's Happening At LHR - Diversions!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gulfstream650" class="quote" target="_blank">gulfstream650</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Und...

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RE: What's Happening At LHR - Diversions!

I was told it was a police helicopter. A little girl went missing in Colnbrook last night and as Colnbrook is under the 09L arrivals I was told this was what was diverting the aircraft. Fortunately she was found safe and well. I could be wrong however but this is what my neighbours were saying (as t...

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RE: Aircraft With 20 Pax Onboard Crashes In Kazakstan

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Alias1024" class="quote" target="_blank">Alias1024</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Oh yes. I d...

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RE: Air New Zealand - An Unexpected Briefing

Am I the only one who didn't enjoy this whatsoever? I didn't learn anything at all by watching this. I thought it was just a story and at the end I was waiting for the punch line.
One was not amused!

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RE: IPhone 5 Announcing 12th September/In Stores 21st?

Cor, he could have dressed a little better to present this no?

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RE: IPhone 5 Announcing 12th September/In Stores 21st?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/OA260" class="quote" target="_blank">OA260</a> (<a href="#95" class="quote">Reply 95</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> -pant pant pant- he...

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RE: IPhone 5 Announcing 12th September/In Stores 21st?

After reading all of the above posts I've decided to issue tampons to everyone as I am actually interested about the iPhone coming out.... Does anyone have any info about the time this new iPhone will be screened? I'm in the UK and not sure for how much longer I can contain myself.. Will it be telev...

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