Unclear how it would be a piece of junk? I take it you had it inspected?
Jump to postSigh, I am not going to convince you as I said, but I will note that I wrote that ministering has a secular definition, but aside from it not being used all that often that way, its root is from the 14th century [the Inquisition ramped-up in the 15th century] and has a primarily religious connotatio...
Jump to post"Clint Henry, senior pastor at Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho, a church attended by many of the group's members, reiterated that point, saying the group's intentions were "upright and pure." "The intention was simply to go down and try to be an aid in ministering to children that h...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/falstaff" class="quote" target="_blank">falstaff</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>I think that some of you hate religion s...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Captaink" class="quote" target="_blank">Captaink</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Isn't that the USA ???</i></font></td></tr...
Jump to postFrom the looks of it, the ringleader is in huge financial trouble at home, with multiple legal rulings against her and other ongoing ones, while the others were simple naive and blinded by religious zeal. Now, whether the ringleader is simply a massive religious-nut hypocrite or is a massive religio...
Jump to postThey seem like they are sincere, but woefully naive and unprepared for the reality of Haiti. Some news reports are saying one of the older children thought they were going to a summer camp. A lot of the religious do-gooding seems really unprofessional and totally out of synch with what's best societ...
Jump to postIt is a lovely gesture, but in a country with a complete lack of infrastructure, you would likely be a burden on the professional aid workers as you would need food and shelter as well, not to mention all the possibilities for tropical infections you could get and then would need treatment for. As o...
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Jump to postIf you can't get a Russian tourist visa, none of the Aeroflot/Aeroflot-Don flights will be of help as they go through Moscow...although you could take a connecting flight to some other destination through <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym> as long as it was fro...
Jump to postIf one looks at TBS's website, it does show some carriers still operating and the British Foreign Office has mentioned that British citizens should leave while some flights are still operating.
Jump to postLol, it isn't so easy; the pictures are mostly on film, not digital!
Jump to postI got the Egyptair/PAS tickets from a hotel concierge (Movenpick), and there was some guy to meet me at the airport who brought me up to the ticket counter and I was issued the tickets. The flights on PAS were lovely actually!
Jump to postThanks for the kudos, the conference was a youth NATO one, so we were responsible for the airfare! I am actually (and surprisingly) gainfully employed now, and will take out the grad student info! Aside from being a Mileage Plus hound, I worked in Russia for two years before grad school and accumula...
Jump to postI just got back from a trip and took another early deliver <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> 777-200 (<acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</ac...
Jump to postHello guys, thanks for the support. It was a mileage ticket so I took the only route that had award availability. I had to go back through <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym> also as a result. At <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), U...
Jump to postThe following first-half report is about a trip I made in July 2006 to a conference in Aalborg, Denmark. Due to ridiculously high flight prices in economy class, I decided to use United frequent flier miles, but of course, only first class seats were available on any Star Alliance combination, and t...
Jump to postThey do make me special, that is the point of paying for them, duh...Swiss sells them on purpose to make you feel that way.
Jump to postActually they wouldn't let me pay the fee as they said it really was for full F <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), NEW: Swiss International Airlines (Switzerland)">LX</acronym> pax or Gold HON Circle members. Irrespective of whether that is stupid given that they are a star alliance member...
Jump to postI know it is inside, I was there, they have showers, a restaurant area, etc. I had to press a button for a door to open and someone came and checked my ticket first. The arrivals lounge shouldn't have a star alliance sign if they don't accept star alliance passengers, that is all. Why bother being a...
Jump to postThere have been those two recent incidents, one in which engine maintenance on A340s was missed for months, and the other where people in row 17 kept passing out due to some oxygen problem. I assume those were addressed...
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Jump to postThe point is most people have been on a flight with a totally bogus delay...
Jump to postSwiss is a known troublemaker in this regard, I was told last year that the Star Gold sign literally means that <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), NEW: Swiss International Airlines (Switzerland)">LX</acronym> is a member of Star Alliance and the fact that I was on an F class flight with Un...
Jump to postS7 Sibir just started A310 flights from DME last week, so I wonder if it is a political move by local airline cronies?
Jump to postI don't believe that is true, as I was at <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> recently and the guy in front of me said he was 17 and the <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA</acronym> was like, oh, ok and he went on th...
Jump to post"are losing their quality"?!?!?!?!?!?! Ummmmm, they lost their quality years ago. The last time I flew transatlantic on Delta (in '04) the CRT's were in terrible condition then and they had just replaced the pneumatic headphones with regular ones...
Jump to postWhile the <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-96 is derivative; it is of the <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-86, not the A340. The <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-86 could perhaps be considered derivative in idea from the A300, b...
Jump to postwww.infinity.ru should do the trick for you; I have used them in the past with no problems. Have a nice trip!
Jump to postIf LH does indeed dispose of them, I would imagine a carrier in the Former Soviet Union would love to snap them up to replace IL-86s in charter config.
Jump to postWell, considering we are are genetically very similar to many monkeys, what should the TSA have noticed?
Jump to postI fondly remember flying on a <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> 747-238 (ex-Qantas) from <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> back in '9...
Jump to postIt is also always amusing to be on an aircraft that doesn't have signage in the language of the operator or origin country. I remember being on an ex-Air France 737-200 ADV operated by Aerosvit (<acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym>-<acronym title="Kiev - Borispol...
Jump to posthttp://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/07/30/041.html
Article from today's Moscow Times (in English)
Airlines operating Russian or Ukrainian origin aircraft that meet noise regulations (usually Tu-154M and IL-96) are more than welcome to operate them into the UK...
Jump to postShouldn't the title of the thread be, "Some Guy in Sweden Wants......," rather than Sweden as a whole country wishing to ban alcohol?
Jump to postWhat history is tarnished? They have no relationship to Aeroflot so there is no need to use the plural in referring to them...
Jump to postAnd of course there aren't any airport employees anywhere that use outlets to recharge their own electronic devices (the ones who aren't too busy rifling through your luggage)?
Jump to postParroting others here, your first mistake was to have any positive expecations on a USair flight. If you have no expectations, you cannot be disapointed!
Jump to postThe venerable <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-86 has only had one in-flight crash resulting from an uncommanded stabilizer deflection in 2002. The <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-96 has had no in-flight crashes. Three <acronym title="Istanbul Airline...
Jump to postGo ahead and use a free one by all means! I have done it countless times as well and no one has ever said anything other than to ask if it was ok to use the other plug. The only caution I would give is that the 2348320948 times that a vacuum has been plugged into the outlet usually means it is in pr...
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Jump to postYep; there are also recent photos of SU 767s at IAD in the database...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.s7.ru/en/about_us/news/2007/06/2007_06_29_Oneworld.html" target=_blank>http://www.s7.ru/en/about_us/news/2007/06/2007_06_29_Oneworld.html</a> Apparently, Sibir <acronym title="Siberia Airlines (Russian Federation)">S7</acronym> (formerly Siberia Airlines) is opening negotiations ...
Jump to postIt's funny that the jetstairs are painted with the Russian flag as it is where Putin and his entourage landed for the talks at Kennebunkport.
Jump to postAlso, the <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-86 and <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-96 have the vents on the seatbacks. I also personally can't stand not having them and have been stuck on the ramp many times wishing they were there despite their germ-y...
Jump to postI wonder if the LH general director in MOW got as many death threats as the BA guy initially did when moving to DME?
Jump to postThere are some small pics on cnn.com showing Air Force One (yes, I know it is only Air Force One when the President is aboard) and the presidential <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-96 taking off. Other than that, someone must have gotten some photos!? I am surprised the local...
Jump to postWow, it really is a slave ship! It must be a madhouse at boarding time; absolute bedlam! I bet lots of people feel gypped considering what they paid for the ticket...If there are lots of little kids it must be like the Indians are off the reservation...
Jump to posthttp://www.russian-aviation.net/forums/
Is the correct web address; sorry, I wasn't paying attention!