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pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
On Sunday I'm off on me holidays!
We're taking my niece and her husband to Europe (from Brazil). Neither has ever been abroad and he's never been on a plane. They are very excited. It's going to be a lot more fun than a normal 12 hour economy flight
I should add some technical stuff, TAP Air Portugal A330-900 Neo.
We're taking my niece and her husband to Europe (from Brazil). Neither has ever been abroad and he's never been on a plane. They are very excited. It's going to be a lot more fun than a normal 12 hour economy flight
I should add some technical stuff, TAP Air Portugal A330-900 Neo.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
On Sunday I'm off on me holidays!
We're taking my niece and her husband to Europe (from Brazil). Neither has ever been abroad and he's never been on a plane. They are very excited. It's going to be a lot more fun than a normal 12 hour economy flight
I should add some technical stuff, TAP Air Portugal A330-900 Neo.
12 hours on TAP and 'FUN' are not words you often hear in the same post
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
it'll be fine....won't it?12 hours on TAP and 'FUN' are not words you often hear in the same post
I did pay a little extra for the slightly better economy seats. I've never had a problem with TAP to Brazil and Sao Tome, so fingers crossed. They did cancel a connection flight to GVA so we now have 8 hours in Lisbon at breakfast time.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
Thank you for the warning, I shall decline VIP boarding if offered.
I've actually had shorter than planned connections at Lisbon when I've been taken between planes by minibus.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Had the same in Mumbai, was walked up the rear steps of the next plane and was the only passenger on board for around 10 mins, was quite weird...
Peter Norf
ropes!
All-black airline crew to fly from UK to mark Black History Month
Crew will include amputee ex-serviceman and cabin manager who began her career at age of 59
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The idea here is that you add an opinion or a relevant comment rather than just posting up a link with no explanation.All-black airline crew to fly from UK to mark Black History Month
Crew will include amputee ex-serviceman and cabin manager who began her career at age of 59www.theguardian.com
petee
no gods, no malarkey
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I posted this in the Bandwidth thread in General, but probably worth an airing here too. I guess a fair amount of today’s active airports sit on the site of former airports/ air bases from the WWII era, which in many cases would have invariably been subject to heavy bombardment by enemy forces.
But whereas we regularly hear about WWII bombs still being unearthed regularly during excavations all over Europe, I hadn’t previously heard about a buried bomb exploding randomly on its own, as it happened at this Japanese airport a mere minute after a plane had taxied by it
But whereas we regularly hear about WWII bombs still being unearthed regularly during excavations all over Europe, I hadn’t previously heard about a buried bomb exploding randomly on its own, as it happened at this Japanese airport a mere minute after a plane had taxied by it
Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off
A bomb, probably dropped in WW2, goes off at an airport, about a minute after a passenger plane passed by.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Boeing goes from bad to worse
amp.theguardian.com
Commercial aviation is a funny industry. In any other sector the main competitor would be licking its lips at the prospect of their rival conceding much of the market to them. But it seems the supply chain for parts is so stretched and the demand for planes so massive, Airbus will not reap any benefits from Boeing’s woes as they’re at full capacity and already having to turn away some new orders.
Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs amid worker strike and crisis over plane safety | Boeing | The Guardian
Embattled US aerospace giant also announces plans to delay first delivery of 777X commercial jetliner by a year
Commercial aviation is a funny industry. In any other sector the main competitor would be licking its lips at the prospect of their rival conceding much of the market to them. But it seems the supply chain for parts is so stretched and the demand for planes so massive, Airbus will not reap any benefits from Boeing’s woes as they’re at full capacity and already having to turn away some new orders.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
You can't park th...oh too late.
is that a comedy ejection seat hole directly above the plane?
petee
no gods, no malarkey
Boeing Workers Vote Down Deal, Continue Strike
IAM members voted by 64% to reject the contract.
substack.perfectunion.us
More than a month after 33,000 Boeing machinists in Washington went on strike, they just voted to stay on the picket line.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
That's the River Ems at the west end of 09/27 at Gutersloh. The very same body of water that old mate drove the Harrier GR5 into earlier in this thread.
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Do/ did military airfields have the same level of landing aids (ASL lights, beacons and whatnot) as those at civilian airports, or did you have to rely mostly on visual approachs & manual skills? Never thought of it before, but I guess by their very nature air bases would want to make themselves as inconspicuous as possible, the exact opposite of a civilian airfield… I’d imagine at the least you military pilots must have been trained to a greater degree of unaided landings?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
It depends on the size and importance of the aerodrome. The larger ones have to be handle civlian movements so they have everything (and more!). There are also more austere enviroments which have nothing!
Generally, in tactical jets, every approach and landing was flown manually (wx permitting) so we got A LOT of practice at it. It might be different these days.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
That's what dreams are made of.
