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RE: EWR Belly Landing W/ Evac.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/planespotting" class="quote" target="_blank">planespotting</a> (<a href="#31" class="quote">Reply 31</a>):<br/><i>So you burn off as much fuel a...

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RE: EWR Belly Landing W/ Evac.

My goodness I hope this isn't correct: <i>"The aircraft entered a holding at 5000 feet, the crew reported they had about 50 minutes of fuel, . . . . The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 22L and landed without nose gear on runway 22L at 18:28L (23:28Z) about 45 minutes after abortin...

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RE: Alleged Big DL Announcement Coming Monday

Probably just another new livery systemwide. They haven't done that in a couple of years now, they're due. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/duck.gif" width="35" height="20" border="0"/> Drew <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-foru...

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RE: Virgin America - What's Going On?

I fly <acronym title="ACES (Colombia)">VX</acronym> quite a bit, and their site is sometimes buggy, but it seems to be a hit-and-miss thing. I've had to call customer service to change a flight - but I've never been unable to check-in or purchase flights. If the site is acting up that badly, go over...

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RE: Parent Company Of World & North American Bankrupt

Can't say I'm surprised - or saddened - by this news. They really screwed all of us at ATA. For the sake of their employees, I hope they get their stuff together. I just wish they would have restructured <acronym title="American Trans Air (USA)">TZ</acronym> and kept the airline alive - and perhaps ...

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RE: Hilarious BusinessWeek Cover On The CO/UA Merger

Interesting that they claim <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>/CO is the "worlds largest airline." I thought Delta was largest? Or is <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>/CO bigger in some other category (pax carried, fleet, daily departures, etc)? BTW - those are Fli...

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RE: WSJ - Delta Weighing US Airways Deal

Not to be off topic - but if <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and US merge, which name will the "new" carrier keep? I'm guessing <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>, and the US brand would disappear? That's how they did it with the <acronym title="America West ...

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RE: Farewell Salmon-Thirty-Salmon!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GuitrThree" class="quote" target="_blank">GuitrThree</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>Nice plane, yes. But really?</i></fo...

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RE: Why Planes Fly.It's Not What You Think!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Gingersnap" class="quote" target="_blank">Gingersnap</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Agreed. There's no way that video show...

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RE: Farewell Salmon-Thirty-Salmon!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wedgetail737" class="quote" target="_blank">wedgetail737</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Alaska Airlines ...

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andrewuber

Farewell Salmon-Thirty-Salmon!

One of the coolest and most elaborate special liveries is now gone. N792AS, the former "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" has now been repainted in normal Alaska livery. It is truly sad to see the Salmon go, but the hand-painted livery was starting to show it's age. Alaska has many great special liveries - but ...

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RE: First LH 744 Retired

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ZKEOJ" class="quote" target="_blank">ZKEOJ</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i>Was that list price?</i></font></td></tr></tab...

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RE: First LH 744 Retired

Considering the cost in 1989 was between $52-$58 million (let's estimate high at $60 million green), with 120,000 flight hours - the cost of ownership (without maintenance and all other costs obviously) was a mere $500 per flight hour. Amazing. I am surprised that these frames don't have any value o...

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RE: Stratolaunch And World's Biggest Plane

If they do get this thing flying, I'm sure Tim Clark will want to order 200 of them....

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andrewuber

Small Fire At Boeing Plant In Everett - 1 Injured

Just saw this on the news here in Seattle, hopefully it wasn't too bad and the injured worker makes a full and quick recovery:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45644037/ns/local_news-seattle_wa/

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andrewuber

RE: Alaska And Their Relationship With Other Carriers

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DL747400" class="quote" target="_blank">DL747400</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> If you're hin...

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RE: ZA001 To Be Decommissioned Today

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ADent" class="quote" target="_blank">ADent</a> (<a href="#50" class="quote">Reply 50</a>):<br/><i>If the only further use is Museum, they should...

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RE: ZA001 To Be Decommissioned Today

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vfw614" class="quote" target="_blank">vfw614</a> (<a href="#43" class="quote">Reply 43</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> They never planne...

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ZA001 To Be Decommissioned Today

The fist 787, ZA001, is heading to Palmdale today to be parked permanently. She will have her engines removed and will be in "long term storage" there until there's room for her at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Sad day for a great airplane that surely has changed commercial aviation forever. Full...

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andrewuber

RE: LAX Diversions Tonight.

It is VERY windy out here at <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>. West remotes are getting pounded pretty badly, we are working on birds at <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United Kingdom)">T3</acronym> and still getting bounced around pretty har...

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RE: American Files To Reject 24 Aircraft Leases

The F100's are all receiving regular maintenance checks and are airworthy, they are parked in a neat little row in ROW.

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I Need An Embraer 170 Model Built Asap!

I can't go into all the details on the forum, but I need a model (or several) custom painted for a venture I'm working on. I've looked on the web at custom work and while the prices don't bother me - the 1 to 6 month wait time is a no-go. We need at least one model for a presentation in 2 weeks! SO ...

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RE: Images Fine In PhotoShop, But Purple On Web

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/stevemchey" class="quote" target="_blank">stevemchey</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>The question is why you are working wi...

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andrewuber

RE: Images Fine In PhotoShop, But Purple On Web

Thanks again Steve. There is no difference in the appearance of the images from <acronym title="Lacsa (Costa Rica)">LR</acronym> to <acronym title="Ukraine International Airlines">PS</acronym> that I can see, but I'm not sure how to dig into this either... <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%...

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andrewuber

RE: Images Fine In PhotoShop, But Purple On Web

Thanks for the reply Steve - I tried unchecking "ICC Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1" and it actually save the purple in the image. If I open that file in any program it's now purple.

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andrewuber

Images Fine In PhotoShop, But Purple On Web

This has only recently happened, but I think I've screwed something up with Windows or with Adobe Gamma - pics are looking great in RAW, I process them in LightRoom and then send them to Adobe Elements 4 or CS5, and they look great there too. No purple hue or cast. Save the image as a JPG, it even l...

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andrewuber

RE: AirTran Reservations After 8/30/2011

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wjcandee" class="quote" target="_blank">wjcandee</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Because it is absurdly-far-in-advance?</i>...

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andrewuber

RE: Five-Word Story #2 - Keep The Story Goin'!

Now we need some Immodium...

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RE: ‘flydubai’ – The Airline That Hijacked My Username

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/thediplomat" class="quote" target="_blank">thediplomat</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><center><t...

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andrewuber

RE: AZ 747-100 Pic; Engine Failure?

In all other images of this aircraft - several in flight and several taxiing, the doors are closed.

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RE: AZ 747-100 Pic; Engine Failure?

Another pic of this same exact aircraft with it's #4 engine's "sucker plates" closed while the inboard engines are open (and it has a bit of left rudder going on). <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Alitalia/Boeing-747-143/1129612/L/" target="...

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andrewuber

RE: Regional Jets Models In 1/200 Scale

I have the Q400 in 1/200, it's all metal and right on par with Gemini Jets 1/200 models. It doesn't have a brand on it, I picked it up at the Alaska / Horizon company store here in Seattle. Incidentally - they are open to the public and offer all Alaska branded Gemini Jets 1/200 models for $30. So f...

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RE: This One Caught Me Eye....photographer's Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dlowwa" class="quote" target="_blank">dlowwa</a> (<a href="#50" class="quote">Reply 50</a>):<br/><i>I've also been asked to pass along that some...

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andrewuber

RE: This One Caught Me Eye....photographer's Choice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EZEIZA" class="quote" target="_blank">EZEIZA</a> (<a href="#36" class="quote">Reply 36</a>):<br/><i>You have to admit something just doesn't see...

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andrewuber

RE: This One Caught Me Eye....photographer's Choice

With all due respect, I don't see much difference between this and the dozen or so Russian fighters and Iranian cargo planes that make top of <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym> every month. A side-on shot of a ratty 747 seems to just take the cake - y...

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RE: F-15C: How To Stretch Before Flight Photos...

Outstanding shots as always Suresh! Thanks for posting!

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andrewuber

RE: Second Photo!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/photopilot" class="quote" target="_blank">photopilot</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> This is tru...

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RE: Similar Pics On Top Of 24

I wasn't wanting to start a firestorm - nor was I throwing any photographer under a bus. At first look I actually thought the same pic was uploaded twice by mistake (it's happened here before, no big deal). But as I later mentioned - they are both amazing shots! Glad to see the data corrected, one o...

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andrewuber

Similar Pics On Top Of 24

There are some incredibly minor differences, but I would dare say that these are most likely the same ship number, not two different ones as the data describes: <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/KLM-Asia/Boeing-747-406M/1711264/L/" target="_b...

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andrewuber

RE: Window Seats Without Windows?

*ALWAYS* use SeatGuru before you fly! Always! And yes, lots of aircraft have "window-less" window seats. It's just a design limitation for fuselage joints or ducts / wiring in the walls.

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andrewuber

Polish AF Tu-154 Crash In Smolensk

MSNBC is reporting 132 were aboard - 87 dead - no survivors...... Obviously still a lot of confusion at this point. <i>Russian news agencies reported at least 87 people died in the crash near Smolensk airport in western Russia, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They reported 132 people were a...

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RE: Is Anybody Hiring?

We are hiring aircraft cleaners (exterior polish) in the following cities: <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>, <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>, LAS, <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Wort...

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andrewuber

RE: Canon 20D Battery Grip Issues

Gary - I had the same problem with my 20D grip too. Random shut-offs and it would insist that the batteries were nearly dead even though they were fully charged. To make matters worse - the gears that connect the release wheel to the screw that holds the grip to the camera base broke. I ended up spe...

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RE: Facebook Pulls "Kill Obama" Poll

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RE: Welcome To Texas

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RE: Welcome To Texas

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RE: Welcome To Texas

I have lived in Dallas for 2.5 years now. Moved here by request of ATA, and then they folded one year later. There are many things I like about the area. I live in Frisco, and everything is convenient. Lots of shopping, restaurants (of all cultures), things to do, etc. There is no state income tax h...

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andrewuber

RE: Indonesia - Hercules Down In E Java, Fatalities

Story on MSNBC reports witnesess saying the aircraft "broke into two pieces" before plunging into four houses. Sounds eerily like the firefighting C-130 crash in California a few years ago.

Hopefully there are more survivors. RIP to those lost.

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andrewuber

RE: SFO Spotting - Rent A Boat For Better Shots?

If you plan to do this - also plan on the tide. From the shores of Burlingame, the Bay seems to be extremely shallow and when the tide is out, you can see mud and seaweed several hundred feet from shore. You can also see birds running around on the muck. It would suck to get stuck out there (althoug...

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andrewuber

RE: Attention Kont Spotters

Count me in as a KONT spotter!!

OK seriously, looking forward to those pics Charlie. Have you taken a dump yet?

Drew

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