Hi all I recently purchased Simualter 98 and am having a few probs. Aprt from help anyone got any ideas where I can learn how to operate this or at least start getting some basic skills. I appologise to those who feel this is not a subject one should place within this forum but you guys seem to know...
Jump to postI have flown the following Airline and Aircra British World Airlines Super VC10 Alitalia B727 Britania Airlines B757 British Airways B7472 Air 2000 B757 American Airlines B767er British Airlines B757 Monarch Airlines A300.600 JAL B7474 Qantus BAE 146 Qantus B737 Iberia A320 Phillipine Airlines B7472...
Jump to postWhere did you see it Brize Norton???? The RAF have now all the VC10 that are still ariworthy. Nearly all have been configured as inflight refuelers. I believe one is still used for VIP transport. The UK Government has just sent out a tender for their replacement as from 2005, though this maybe broug...
Jump to postTo my knowledge Concorde is a very expensive aircraft to both maintain and fly. One of the reason for this is parts are not made in the amounts one normally expect of an aircraft type, economies of scale etc. Originally BA and Air France had 7 Concorde a piece, sadly Air France now only has six as t...
Jump to postIf I am flying transatlantic it has to be BA. Far East Singapore Ailines or Cathay Pacific. Europe BA.
Jump to postHaving flown many Airlines and I can honestly say quite a few are in competition for this Title. ALAS the worst to date has to be Guruda Indonesia. It took them 82 hours to get me back from Bali to london which included taking off in a DC10 on three engines and landing with two! In addition to this ...
Jump to postThe majority of Tridents went to the CAAC in China. These have recently been retired. I am unsure whther any of these were the Tridents u speak of
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joseph
Both RR and GE have had some problems with the engines used on the 777 but when it comes to feul efficientcy and general reliability I feel the RR wins hands down
Jump to postThe following figures include existing aricraft as well as those confirmed orders.
BA 747 = 84
JAL 747 = 83
UAL 747 = 78
SIN 474 = 54
UAL 777 = 52
BA 777 = 23
ANA 777 = 17
SIN 777 = 14
I recently flew Singapore Airlines to Singapore and then onto Bangkok. The service was excellent and proved to be one of the best I have ever recieved. My only critisism would be they use British Midland as their handling agent at LHR and they proved to be sultry to say the least. I will be flying s...
Jump to postNot an easy question but for the prettiest my vote goes for the clean lines of the VC10. Concorde would come a close second.
As far as uglyest, well the Tupolov ??? with the engines mounted above the wing takes some beating. Sorry I cannot remember the exact name!
Does anyone have alist of the top 30 Airlines measured by fleet size available. If not any idea where I can obtain this information?