Yeah I see definite flexing of the front part of the fuselage. However stop looking for tiny bits of flex on the fuselage and just behold the wing flex!!! That's what's awesome about the video! <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/eek.gif" width="15" height="...
Jump to postYup it arrived about 10-15 mins ahead of schedule into <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym>. I saw it arrive but didn't see it leave as I had another place to be shortly after the scheduled departure time so had to leave when I realised it wasn't going to...
Jump to postHello a-netters, I have a question that I hope some of you on here may be able to answer. My mother recently came back from her annual holiday to Lanzarote. Every year she flies with Ryanair and opts for seat 2 D, E or F (which is the front row on the starboard side of the aircraft). However, when f...
Jump to postHey guys, Hope I can just ask a quick question regarding the search for MH370 that will not detract from the more advanced discussion taking place. For quite some time now I have noted that many nations have taken part in this multinational search for the missing B777. A nation that however has not ...
Jump to postHey all, Just read of @flightradar24s twitter feed that armed men in military uniform has stormed Simferopol airport with an inbound AtlasJet flight turning back to <acronym title="Istanbul - Ataturk (Yesilkoy) (IST / LTBA), Turkey">IST</acronym>. An Aeroflot flight took off safely after the inciden...
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/HansHubers" class="quote" target="_blank">HansHubers</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I imagine...
Jump to postInteresting to see that everyone supposes that he will be buying new from manufacturer, which to be fair is what is hinted at in the article. Would he not be better looking at second hand planes to start with? I mean could he not get a good deal on some not too high hours A330s and B763s to get the ...
Jump to postHey guys, I came here to ask a question about a possible market for Ireland (and by Ireland I mean <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym>) to <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> direct flights and relaised that...
Jump to postThanks all for your insignt, very interesting. I always duobted VS200/201 was a money spinner for Virgin unless they could get those <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), Chi...
Jump to postHey a.netters, Right, I'll come out now and confess. I am a MASSIVE fan of Virgin Atlantic, their product and their brand and I have always wondered something. With so much choice on the UK to Australia route what with <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> / <acronym title="Qantas (Australia...
Jump to postJust as I was starting to actually come round to the new livery on the A330s, I see this picture. It really does look bad, I used to have so much admiration and respect for Iberia soi this is heartbreaking!
Jump to postFor anyone else interested in late night diversions at <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym> due to weather: EI679 <acronym title="Budapest - Ferenc Liszt (Ferihegy) (BUD / LHBP), Hungary">BUD</acronym>-<acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Irelan...
Jump to postHello all and Merry Christmas to all Irish aviation enthusiasts from Edinburgh. I just wanted to ask a quick question about Dublin airport and Christmas opening (or lack thereof). Does Aer Lingus get any sort of financial compensation for their base being closed on Christams Day or does this closure...
Jump to postThanks guys for your replies! I guess I forgot to take into account the special steep approach that would make an emergency landing very difficult at <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acronym>. The AIP for <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY...
Jump to postHey guys, I just have a quick question to those who know a lot more than me about the procedures at London City Airport. Does anyone know what the standard plan is if an aircraft on take-off from London City were to suffer an engine out scenario? I take it the plan would be return to London City and...
Jump to postI can't offer much insight but I am please <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> have decided to put the B777 back on the <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> routing. I was very surprised when <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> ...
Jump to postSeems as if Barack and Michelle Obama will travel on Air Force 1 with Bill and Hillary Clinton and George and Laura Bush. Bush Sr is too ill to fly. Also too ill to fly is HM Queen Elizabeth II who is giving the funeral a miss on medical advice.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CPH-R" class="quote" target="_blank">CPH-R</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>IIRC Elizabeth <acronym title="Business Air (U...
Jump to postVery nice piloting there, shame he/she didn't get it down!! Safety of passengers always comes first though. I always thought the distinction between a rejected landing and a go around was if the go around was begun after the "Minimum" call from the GPWS it was a rejected landing. Or is the minimum p...
Jump to postI'm lost for words!! Does this mean I'm going to have to rethink my ongoing Ryanair boycott?? EasyJet won't be pleased if I do!!
Jump to postI had my very first flight into <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> yesterday and got held at <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym> for 45 minutes awaiting a landing slot and upon arrival at a point northwest of Lo...
Jump to postI think LOT, and indeed any other airline which finds itself out of pocket due to faults by Boeing or any of Boeing's suppliers should sue Boeing if they see fit. It's not fair if they have a product that is not fit for purpose and they are having to spend copious amounts of money leasing aircraft t...
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/mfc" class="quote" target="_blank">mfc</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Those lamps are necessary and the road they illumi...
Jump to postAs a very outspoken critic of <acronym title="Molde - Aro (MOL / ENML), Norway">MOL</acronym> and Ryanair who is now into year 2 of a boycott of Ryanair flights I'd like to say I hope they throw the book at the passenger. Only getting a caution for such a mindless attack on someone who was only doin...
Jump to postIt would be nice for Edinburgh to have some sort of Middle East connection but I doubt it will be announced in the foreseeable future. Apparently Alex Salmond raised the issue during a visit to UAE and Qatar in the summer of 2012 and <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> said...
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/SoJo" class="quote" target="_blank">SoJo</a> (<a href="#68" class="quote">Reply 68</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> There are many possib...
Jump to postSo is there any definite answer to whether Mr Snowden is on AFL150 to Cuba today (June 24th)? As I am writing this FlightAware has the flight just entering US airspace from Canada over Lake Erie into Ohio. I have to say that if Aeroflot/Russia manage to transport Mr Snowden to Cuba right over the Am...
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/prchan" class="quote" target="_blank">prchan</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thanks for those ci...
Jump to postJust mucking about with a few routes from Sao Jose dos Campos to <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> and there would need to be 2 stops. It could only be done with one intermediate stop if we were to say the aircraft could have a range of 3000nm...
Jump to postUnless something has changed since the beginning of the year <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> has announced that there will be <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> training flights shortly after taking delivery of the A380 but they WILL NOT be passenger carrying flights and wil...
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/vfw614" class="quote" target="_blank">vfw614</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>or is an Islander based there for air ambulanc...
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/BommerJan" class="quote" target="_blank">BommerJan</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I think they ...
Jump to postYup GSM used their 767's when they had that run. Maybe it's just a figment of my imagination but did MON not have the contract for a very short while running either A300-600 or A330s down to the Falklands?
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/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i>When <acronym title="Adria Airways (Slovenia...
Jump to postI'm sure that for all but long-haul flights to North/South America and the Far East/ Oceania the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) could give him use for on of the A319CJ or Dassault Falcon's they have if there was nothing better on offer. Otherwise I'm sure a trip down to CIA would keep FR 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/phxa340" class="quote" target="_blank">phxa340</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Well I do admire ...
Jump to postThanks for your replies, seems that taxes (as I suspected is a big reason), similar to many biz jets using the Manx register. However I thought the location of the leasing agency would not have had a massive influence as many ILFC leased aircraft (to quote just one example) operate under the registe...
Jump to postFrom a personal perspective, and I have no analytical experience in this area, it could well be the ever increasing fees that Ryanair are introducing. For instance every June I travel <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym>-<acronym title="Tenerife Sur - Rei...
Jump to postHello all, This is something that has been bugging me for quite some time. I have seen a number of airlines now, notably Transaero, Alitalia and Air One but I am sure other do as well, use the Irish register to register their planes. Why is it that companies in Russia and Italy and elsewhere use thi...
Jump to postWhat I heard, though I don't know where was that there is nothing to stop Airbus or Embraer from selling planes to Cuba even if the plane was 99.9% US made as the company doing the deal is European. The problem then is that the US government could put pressure on those suppliers supplying Airbus or ...
Jump to postI have heard a lot about this LOT 787 stuck at <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> but is there other 787s also stuck at outstations? It wouldn't be so obvious if a <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> plane was stuck at an airpor...
Jump to postJust if anyone is interested there was an article in the London Evening Standard of 8th February on the Boeing 787 grounding and it's impact on London's pride and joy British Airways who seem to still be hopeful of getting I think 3 or 4 deliveries by December 2013. Thomson Airways who are bracing t...
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/sweair" class="quote" target="_blank">sweair</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Totally agree there...
Jump to postYup, not really a military expert but from my studies of oral history from the conflict in the north of Ireland I think the accurate range of an assault rifle like that is 500-600m and that's in trained hands. I wonder if the pilots of the jet even realised they were under fire!?
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/by738" class="quote" target="_blank">by738</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Sorry, I stand corr...
Jump to postWell with Aer Lingus you'd get their lovely Iriush charm all the way to your destination unless it's crew supplied by Viregin of course. Then again I have heard only glowing reports from <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> cabin crew! Though as I said in the previo...
Jump to postVery interesting story there about the travel agency in NYC, I guess if it benefits all involved nobody will want to say very much about it. Though whilst on <acronym title="Ethiopian Airlines">ET</acronym>'s website yesterday (anyone who saw my internet search history would get me committed to the ...
Jump to postThanks guys for your answers, I guess I underestimated the business demand from natural resources and NGOs for travel to those politically volatile destinations. I guess life is a constant learning experience.
Jump to postHey guys, I guess I am going through one of those times when I have far too much time on my hands and am looking into the operations of European airlines like <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>, <acronym title="OLD: Sabena (Belgium), NEW: SN Brussels Airlines (Belgium)">SN</acronym> and <...
Jump to postDoes this mean that Red Wings themselves are non-operational as I was under the impression that Tu-204s were the only type they had! Hope to see them back in the air again soon, they ain't bad planes! Also do Cubana not have a few?
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