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AirPacific747

Re: Euros 2020 thread

Sorry England - you may win against Ukraine, but it’s coming home

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

Denmark in the semi finals

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Re: UK warship attracts Russian attention off Crimea coast.

I wonder at what point we are going to see a Russian plane accidentally or on purpose get shot down (in this area) by a NATO warship? Never unless the Russian plane shoots first. It's not worth it. It's always the weaker side that plays these games. They know that the stronger side will never retal...

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

OMG, England beat Germany 2-0 in normal time. :faint: When Muller was through, I thought here's the equaliser... Well done.. you'll most likely beat Ukraine too.. and hopefull we'll beat the Czech and then we'll see you in the semi finals :D So many injuries in the match between Sweden and Ukraine,...

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Re: UK warship attracts Russian attention off Crimea coast.

dfwjim1 wrote:
I wonder at what point we are going to see a Russian plane accidentally or on purpose get shot down (in this area) by a NATO warship?

Never unless the Russian plane shoots first. It's not worth it.

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AirPacific747

Re: Euros 2020 thread

Incredible comeback for Croatia.. So many croatian fans I saw in Copenhagen today. Not so many Spanish fans for some reason. Lots of ex-Yu citizens in neighboring Germany, Sweden, etc. while Spain just played the first two group matches at home. Crazy match though. Lots of drama both ways. Indeed. ...

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AirPacific747

Re: Euros 2020 thread

Incredible comeback for Croatia.. So many croatian fans I saw in Copenhagen today. Not so many Spanish fans for some reason.

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

Congrats to our “zuiderburen” (southern neighbors)! Belgium had a fight with Portugal but won! Looked indeed like a literal physical fight a few times especially towards the end. For the most part a boring match. Only the last 15 minutes or so was exciting. CR7 disappointed.. is it because the Port...

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AirPacific747

Re: Euros 2020 thread

As Dutch citizen, I now move to the F1 topic, more fun there. Also, that was freaking stupid from de Ligt :@! As a Danish citizen, I'm kinda happy we have to face the Czech Republic instead. At least for now :D Take it as a compliment. Edit: But apparently our coach would have preferred The Netherl...

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

Dutchy wrote:
marcelh wrote:
Deserved 0-2 win for Czech Republic. Wijnaldum and Memphis were just spectators in their own match.
At least I can support Denmark

Deserved? No, sorry.

Why not? Two great goals IMO.

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

Denmark 4 Wales 0

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Re: UK warship attracts Russian attention off Crimea coast.

https://m.vz.ru/news/2021/6/24/1105725.html Yeah, go on believing your propaganda, oh sorry, I meant to say media. As I said, more info is surfacing about the incident. The Russian Coast Guard ship clearly had contact and clearly gage a warning, and fired warning shots. The British clearly tried a ...

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

Dutchy wrote:
AirPacific747 wrote:
Danish DYNAMITE is back fantastic match! 4-1 Denmark Russia so far

nice win and second place, they are through to the 1/8 finals. Good for them.

20 year old Damsgaard did an amazing job. What a talent.

Also Christensens goal was fantastic

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Re: Euros 2020 thread

Danish DYNAMITE is back fantastic match! 4-1 Denmark Russia so far

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Re: Cristiano Ronaldo snub wipes billions off Coca-Cola's market value

You’re right, but it’s not easy to quit..

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AirPacific747

Re: Euros 2020 thread

THS214 wrote:
Now the Finnish team applauded when Danes came to the field. So proud of being a Finn!

Good sportsmanship!

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AirPacific747

Re: CoVid Vaccine Experience

Male, mid 30s here. Just had the J&J vaccine by actively applying for it as it is not available in the official vaccination program. By doing that, I had to consult a doctor who told me of the risks involved. Apparently around 20% don't "pass" the doctor consultation and will not be of...

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Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

Honestly surprised this move came from a social democrat led government. Everyone would have expected such a move from the far right, but not the soc dems.. The Social Democratic Party of Denmark has moved so far to the right in terms of immigration policies that they ressemble any other right wing...

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Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

We didn't. We began deporting rejected asylum seekers from peaceful areas of Syria back to Syria, and parliament approved of plans to process asylum seekers at new asylum centres that will be located outside Denmark (Rwanda as it looks right now). It is still possible to apply for asylum. Honestly ...

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Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

Denmark just ended Asylum Seeker last May. And there are some more countries in Europe that will end it too. I bet Finland, Poland, Romania and Czech Republic has already ended too. Any other countries in Europe in your opinion that also end Asylum Seeker or is just these 5? We didn't. We began dep...

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Re: Comlux 787 Direct from ICN to EZE today

Is this the longest 787 flight ever? Must be close anyway. It’s almost on the exact opposite sides of the planet. Last week the same aircraft did PPT-CPH nonstop too. It’s still airborne after close to 20 hours in the air at the time of posting this. The reg is P4-787 for anyone using FR24. What’s ...

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AirPacific747

Re: Iran's Largest Warship Sinks After Fire in Gulf of Oman

readytotaxi wrote:
Almost 40yrs old after delivery, who is going to sell them another?

Russia?

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Re: Airbus Beluga flying between CPH and SVG today

Thanks for the replies

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Re: Airbus Beluga flying between CPH and SVG today

SASViking wrote:
AirPacific747 wrote:
Does anyone know the reason for this flight?

Testing of the auto-land system. Operated TLS-CPH and did several trials at CPH this morning/noon, before continuing for further trials at SVG

Is it the first time the Beluga has been in CPH?

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Airbus Beluga flying between CPH and SVG today

Does anyone know the reason for this flight?

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Re: China and biological warfare story

There’s so much doubt that it should be fully investigated. Also if China had nothing to hide, why did they wait over a year before they let WHO experts in?

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Re: Do you need a visa to fly to Russia as a crew member (pilot)?

https://www.starvisaservices.co.uk/visa ... ssian-visa

https://www.passportvisasexpress.com/vi ... _crew_visa

AirPacific747

Re: Do you have a tablet?

Got a Lenovo tab M7 for the kids to watch youtube. Fantastic value for the price you pay and the frame is even made out of metal, and not plastic. I only had an ipad through work. Dont want to buy one for private purposes as I dont see the need for it either. I have the latest macbook pro with the M...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

It's a well known argument against bitcoin. However, try to compare it to how much electricity banks around the world are wasting. Crypto use electricity on a whole different level. It is the actual "mining" process, which is basically brute force code breaking to hit upon the "passw...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

The solution to this could be a project called Holochain. In a way it’s a technology beyond blockchain. They’ve even patented their technology as a defensive measure. How do you get all the bitcoin evangelists and speculators to switch over? That's the million dollar question :-D I suppose if the p...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

Crypto energy usage is in another league Indeed. It's so far beyond reasonable in this age of carbon offsetting that I'd personally support legislation against any proof of work type model for crypto. It would be difficult to enforce, but at least you could legislate the datacenters out of the PoW ...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

When ordinary citizens start investing, it is time to sell. The crypto hype reminds me of something that happened 92 years ago. For the German speakers: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienstm%C3%A4dchenhausse Haha, I was actually looking for that famous quote from an economist who sold all his stock...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

It's a well known argument against bitcoin. However, try to compare it to how much electricity banks around the world are wasting. Gonna zero in on this for a second: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-consumption-transaction-comparison-visa/ https://www.bbc.com/news/technolo...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

When ordinary citizens start investing, it is time to sell. The crypto hype reminds me of something that happened 92 years ago. You're underestimating the dissatisfaction in the population with the established banking system. You could also say that, when Paypal, Tesla, Visa and other large corpora...

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Re: I'm in Crypto Now

Wishing I had invested just last summer.. could have had a 10x return in just a year... Personally I'm skeptical of the whole thing - the prices of most of the cryptos have proven super easy to manipulate in the past, and the whole "mining" gimmick wastes a ton of electricity It's a well k...

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Re: CoVid Vaccine Experience

Still waiting and I'm gonna have to wait till July/august, because im in the very last group in the population that is being offered a vaccine, plus the fact that the Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine has been discontinued here and maybe the J&J vaccine will not be used either.. so it's a long wait fo...

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AirPacific747

Aeroflot 777-300ER in CPH today (why?)

As the title says.

What is the 777 doing on this route from SVO to CPH?

Sputnik V delivery? (Which I doubt since it’s not approved in Denmark)

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AirPacific747

Re: Countries and Continents you have been to

Includes a few countries I've only flown to as a pilot, such as Russia (Kaliningrad) and Uzbekistan.

Edit: Oops I forgot to mark Mexico

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Re: Are things once again heating up in the Ukraine ?

Yesterday on FlightRadar24, it was possible to track a US drone over Ukraine. I'm assuming this is a deliberate move from the US army to let the russians know that they're being watched?

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Re: What is everyone’s home internet speed?

1000/1000mb/s fiber net here in Denmark. roughly 35 eur per month

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Re: Comlux 787 Direct from ICN to EZE today

https://twitter.com/epineyro_ok/status/ ... 1966648325

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Re: Comlux 787 Direct from ICN to EZE today

The pax may stay in these destinations for a month—third or fourth home. I know bizjets that sit for months at an airport, crew goes home. The Nice ramp is booked all summer with planes that rarely move. Look at the time spent at Male and Gan last month. Interesting. Thanks. I’m curious to know mor...

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Re: Comlux 787 Direct from ICN to EZE today

GalaxyFlyer wrote:
Private charters, that is what Comlux does. Passenger moves or deadheads.

Makes sense, but look at the flights it’s done during the past two weeks. The plane doesn’t return to most of the destinations it visited like you would expect if it was going to pick up the passengers for the return flight.

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AirPacific747

Comlux 787 Direct from ICN to EZE today

Is this the longest 787 flight ever? Must be close anyway. It’s almost on the exact opposite sides of the planet. Last week the same aircraft did PPT-CPH nonstop too. It’s still airborne after close to 20 hours in the air at the time of posting this. The reg is P4-787 for anyone using FR24. What’s t...

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AirPacific747

Re: Honolulu woman sentenced after intentionally severing FAA communication lines

ushermittwoch wrote:
Can't read it, being located in Europe. But the author should know that the plural of aircraft is aircraft.

I just changed my VPN location to the US and it worked

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Re: Norwegian Ends Plans to Fly Longhaul

Sad to see that we still have the odd dinosaur gleefully trolling the demise of a competitor. Perhaps it comforts some to know that several thousand people have no jobs to return to. The reality is that Norwegian had just about pulled everything together and were looking at a strong and likely prof...

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Re: Norwegian Ends Plans to Fly Longhaul

As a now former DY 787 pilot, I’m saddened by this news although it wasn’t surprising. It was the best flying job I’ve had so far during my career. Great atmosphere in the company, nice colleagues, and every time we landed somewhere, it was like a small vacation for 2-3 days. Truly my dream job. Ho...

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Re: Norwegian Ends Plans to Fly Longhaul

Even though they didn't make it to MSP with scheduled flights (though at one point in better times there was talk of them coming here) at least they diverted here once. Haha there was so much crap floating around internally and obviously externally as well. There was a rumor of direct flights from ...

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AirPacific747

Re: Norwegian Ends Plans to Fly Longhaul

As a now former DY 787 pilot, I’m saddened by this news although it wasn’t surprising. It was the best flying job I’ve had so far during my career.

Great atmosphere in the company, nice colleagues, and every time we landed somewhere, it was like a small vacation for 2-3 days. Truly my dream job.

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Re: Is Deplatforming Conservatives Strenthening Them?

He should have been blocked from social media before he took office even. He broke the Twitter guidelines almost on a daily basis and even the laws as well by spreading hate and threatening with violence such as nuclear war (during his presidency). I don’t know what took them so long but this isn’t ...

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