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- 07 Jan 2012, 18:42
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Saudi Cargo suspending two Euro routes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3243
Re: Saudi Cargo suspending two Euro routes
Maybe not the correct thread, but did not feel like opening new one, on this one. . Rumour has it SV will start CGO flts to FRA later this year.. Don't have anything as proof to post here yet, whether it will be their own M1F's, or the 74F 's of Southern, Air Atlanta or Evergreen (that one was groun...
- 07 Jan 2012, 15:01
- Forum: Contrail spotting
- Topic: Contrail spotting January 2012
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16252
Re: Contrail spotting January 2012
Moeder's Mooiste strikes again nice pic
- 07 Jan 2012, 09:54
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Carbon tax: higher prices for tickets and controversy
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8118
Re: Carbon tax: higher prices for tickets and controversy
Not sure, but I heard that the fuel for airliners in Belgium is acijnzen-free. Good thing they left that untouched and didn't invent some back-cliquet tax-system on that, as with regular fuel for consumers in Belgium. That would end up in a massacre when one sees the rising oil prices . Outta look u...
- 07 Jan 2012, 09:40
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Charleroi Airport (CRL) latest news 2012
- Replies: 202
- Views: 68231
Re: Charleroi Airport (CRL) latest news 2012
.crlhub wrote:FR signs a long term contract with CRL for 10 years
That's great news for all involved there. Hard work pays off, good show:)
- 06 Jan 2012, 21:38
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Carbon tax: higher prices for tickets and controversy
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8118
Re: Carbon tax: higher prices for tickets and controversy
The money, of course, goes to save lazy south-european countries with holes in their pockets. . Not this time ;) . Carbon tax touted as Single European Sky finance source . http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/view_news.asp?ID=4717 . The European Commission late last month decided on how it planned ...
- 05 Jan 2012, 11:21
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Carbon tax: higher prices for tickets and controversy
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8118
Re: Carbon tax: higher prices for tickets and controversy
That is like a tax on breathing.
- 05 Jan 2012, 11:17
- Forum: Website related
- Topic: Airports IATA codes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9334
Re: Airports IATA codes
.airazurxtror wrote: I suggest that the unusual destinations be given in full, with the three-letter code given as a bonus.
Always handy and thoughtful/considerate of the poster.
- 05 Jan 2012, 11:08
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: The top 11 flying machines of 2011
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1318
Re: The top 11 flying machines of 2011
that's a UFO to me that ;) . Glad to find wasn't alone to recognise a flying saucer in that one ;) All that's missing is a text in that pic "I WANT TO BELIEVE" haha j/k.. Rise of the machines. I don't see a human flying that thing in the conventional way, only fly by wire, forever. . Sure...
- 04 Jan 2012, 11:06
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: The top 11 flying machines of 2011
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1318
The top 11 flying machines of 2011
The top 11 flying machines of 2011 (images)
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My 2011 Fav: Pic 7/ X-47B
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My 2011 Fav: Pic 7/ X-47B
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- 03 Jan 2012, 19:27
- Forum: Contrail spotting
- Topic: contrail spotting beginner - needs advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16416
Re: contrail spotting beginner - needs advice
V nice first pic
- 31 Dec 2011, 17:22
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: sound barrier
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4529
Re: sound barrier
Cool, one learns every day Didn't know about that DC-8, but when I saw the ALT it was more logical
- 31 Dec 2011, 10:40
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: Why a name on the ticket ?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10227
Re: Why a name on the ticket ?
Below package-for-airports is an interesting one for this kind of routines. Wonder how it will evolve. . Via Reuters: "Software developed for closed-circuit television systems can identify individuals and track them across entire networks of cameras." Joel Flynn reports. . http://www.youtu...
- 29 Dec 2011, 15:06
- Forum: Military aviation
- Topic: US saving plan endangers the F-35 JSF
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4249
Re: US saving plan endangers the F-35 JSF
Trillion-Dollar Jet Has Thirteen Expensive New Flaws (Dec 14) . http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/joint-strike-fighter-13-flaws/ . Now that cost is expected to grow, owing to 13 different design flaws uncovered in the last two months by a hush-hush panel of five Pentagon experts. It could cost...
- 29 Dec 2011, 11:14
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: sound barrier
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4529
Re: sound barrier
Indeed, the plane was not designed for it. Only the Concorde and its Russian counterpart TU-144 were so. . As Willem states, the wingshape can't take the transsonic boom and the vibration that goes with it. . Below short clip explains it v well from historical point of view. . http://www.youtube.com...
- 29 Dec 2011, 01:17
- Forum: Military aviation
- Topic: US drone in Iranian hands
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16978
Re: US drone in Iranian hands
Article from Dec 15, but good 4p read on the incident and esp the background info.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E ... neer-Video
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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E ... neer-Video
- 25 Dec 2011, 17:25
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: New Ryanair routes for Maastricht
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7798
Re: New Ryanair routes for Maastricht
for LGG, that day wouldve been thursday..
- 24 Dec 2011, 08:47
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: New Ryanair routes for Maastricht
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7798
Re: New Ryanair routes for Maastricht
Who's sniping now?
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And 773 views for a post in so few days is not a dead end.. Adjust those crosshairs!
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And 773 views for a post in so few days is not a dead end.. Adjust those crosshairs!
- 23 Dec 2011, 09:09
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Lufthansa prepares for difficult 2012
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3183
Re: Lufthansa prepares for difficult 2012
The comming years are going to be a rough road ahead for most invloved, and not only the airlines. If you read some of ticket-prices here, below video is -for sure- not too far away. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvd7WHQZ78 . Michael Ruppert on "The Collapse", very much recommended and...
- 22 Dec 2011, 12:48
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Five die in plane crash on New Jersey Interstate 287
- Replies: 1
- Views: 757
Re: Five die in plane crash on New Jersey Interstate 287
The pilot of a small plane that crashed on a New Jersey highway and killed all five people on board told air traffic controllers he was accumulating ice as he ascended, federal investigators said Wednesday. (Dec. 21)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9sF-j3WiMs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9sF-j3WiMs
- 21 Dec 2011, 14:04
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Public strike on Thursday 22 Dec: what about BRU?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 12680
Re: Public strike on Thursday 22 Dec: what about BRU?
LoL twice Reg:).. Difference is tomorrow I'll have to find a way to sneak into my employer's building before the unions can block me while on foot, just like the last 'general strikes'. I'm running out of options and routes:) :) But I promise you to pass by the FC mail dept if I make it:) Very good ...