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by earthman
15 Dec 2004, 22:41
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: KLM 737 ran of the runway
Replies: 60
Views: 11144

KLM has such characteristic livery, a plane with such colors but without the KLM logo will only draw more attention. "Huh, a KLM plane with the logo missing? Let's take a closer look!"
by earthman
15 Dec 2004, 22:39
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: How to prevent birdstrikes?
Replies: 9
Views: 2013

The other day I saw on discovery a bit about bird strikes. It turns out that the most danger comes from flocking birds; big chance of suffering multiple simulatneous birdstrikes. Birds of prey are solitary birds, not posing that big a danger to aircraft. These bulbs will thus not reduce the danger o...
by earthman
06 Dec 2004, 10:05
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Putin's aircraft hit flocks of birds nearing Mumbai
Replies: 14
Views: 2497

LX-LGX wrote:I wonder if Putin still is an airline lover -like we all do:
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https://www.aviation24.be/postt7202.html
Well, a few weeks ago (or was it last week?) he had a delay when flying to Holland, as his plane couldn't land due to fog.
by earthman
06 Dec 2004, 09:50
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Polonia Bankrupt?
Replies: 48
Views: 10520

LOT, Ryanair, Sky Europe

Air Polonia used to offer domestic flights inside poland, but was forced out of that market by LOT, who cut the prices on domestic flights just to get rid of competition. (I'm sure they were flying below cost price). They could have something to do with this. On the other hand, this morning I read o...