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Well I hope you're right.
I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that last summer was a massive fuck-up. A total uncontrolled and ill-thought out mess that kicked off a covid-sprial that most of Europe is still neck deep in all these months later.
The EU is in a mess with their vaccination program and whilst he UK is ahead of the game loads of adults won't be properly vaccinated come July and August and they'll be going to countries where vaccination may not be very advanced either. That's without the prospect of some other vaccine side-stepping strain appearing.
If I had to guess I would say that the ski season is a pointer towards the desperate state of a lot of countries and their need for tourism. I suspect the dice are going to be rolled.
From a purely selfish perspective I would love to see a successful summer tourism season not that I'd go away, I rarely do in summer as I want to enjoy every minute of the UK summer. A successful summer would mean to me that normality is back and my big winter away is likely to happen because despite the flight being in December I'm still only 50/50 it will happen.
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Bloke who runs a business on the industrial estate down the road from me has decided to buy an old Japan Airlines Boeing 727 to use as a meeting room. It got delivered on the weekend, so I decided to take a detour on my run this morning to have a look.
Wasn't quite as impressive as I'd hoped.
Wasn't quite as impressive as I'd hoped.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
They should have kept the wings on...
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What was it like inside? Already kitted out as an office, or still bare?
strung out
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Didn't get close enough to see, but I think it still needs to be done up as it's been sitting up at Cotswold Airport for god knows how long
The day a Boeing 727 travelled down the M5 to Bristol
The craft set off from Cotswold Airport on the back of a truck this morning
Found some more pictures of the interior on the Pytch website: PYTCHAir
And this one from when it was first in service:
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That looks fucking ace . I'd be inclined to do business with any businessman who had an office like that 
It's amazing how good those seemly tiny narrowbodies can be made to look inside when instead of being crammed with economy seats they're kitted out as flying suites/ luxury business jets. The Sultan of Oman's Vickers VC10 on exhibit at Brooklands Museum is lush inside, even in its dated 1970s fittings.
It's amazing how good those seemly tiny narrowbodies can be made to look inside when instead of being crammed with economy seats they're kitted out as flying suites/ luxury business jets. The Sultan of Oman's Vickers VC10 on exhibit at Brooklands Museum is lush inside, even in its dated 1970s fittings.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I wonder if they soon start to have all sorts of problems with damp and condensation though. An aeroplane is designed with an assumption that there's going to be continuous forced ventilation and so on.
I know that railway vehicles have to be kept in warm storage (in some cases with heating plugged in and running) when stored for long periods of time. Wouldn't be surprised if similar applies to an aeroplane body.
I know that railway vehicles have to be kept in warm storage (in some cases with heating plugged in and running) when stored for long periods of time. Wouldn't be surprised if similar applies to an aeroplane body.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
If you haven’t followed RAF Luton you are in for a treat. Especially on their aircraft recognition skills which are similar to Les Dawson’s piano playing....Wrong aircraft. Shame, the only wrong fact in an otherwise 100% accurate report
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You could have kept that penis out of the shot, though.
Naughty neighbours!
Gutter for scale.
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
There's an An-22 joke in there somewhere.
gosub
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Mysterious High-Altitude Flight Corridor Was Opened Up Between Area 51 And The Pacific
The restricted strip of airspace bridged the Nevada Test and Training Range with the Pacific Ocean during a few-hour window last Saturday evening.
www.thedrive.com
Think its most likely for the hypersonic ARRW missile tests
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Do you think this is the tremendous new weapon that Trump, in one of his many pearls of wisdom, bragged about at a press conference much to the displeasure of the Pentagon?Mysterious High-Altitude Flight Corridor Was Opened Up Between Area 51 And The Pacific
The restricted strip of airspace bridged the Nevada Test and Training Range with the Pacific Ocean during a few-hour window last Saturday evening.
Think its most likely for the hypersonic ARRW missile tests
gosub
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MACH 8 missiles are most definitely next seasons must have accessory
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Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
How does that get around Newton's third law of motion? Or are they jets at the wing tips?
2hats
Dust.
Gas jets at the wing tips so no unbalanced torque.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I’ve got a horrible feeling the rotor blade we can see is the only one and the other end just has a counter weight. A more mad flying machine from a lunatic age.
Lancman
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And an extremely low-friction rotor head bearing.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Adl'A C-130H 100' above the Sahara in Mali. Full marks for the Sea Shepherd helmet.
