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- 12 Jul 2013, 15:16
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Canadian human-powered helicopter wins $250,000 competition
- Replies: 1
- Views: 696
Re: Canadian human-powered helicopter wins $250,000 competit
Hello ground effect! Is there an additional challenge/prize for leaving ground-effect height with a human-powered helicopter?
- 08 Jul 2013, 00:07
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Crash at SFO! Asiana Airlines Boeing 777
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17008
Re: Crash at SFO! Asiana Airlines Boeing 777
It is starting to look a bit like the Turkish crash at AMS.
- 28 Jun 2013, 13:56
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Warsaw Modlin Aiport
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15337
Re: Warsaw Modlin Aiport
It could have something to do with the ILS not being ready for use (certified) for another two months. Then again, that should not really be relevant at this time of the year.
- 28 Jun 2013, 13:44
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Hello Kitty Airlines to AMS ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3996
Re: Hello Kitty Airlines to AMS ?
I would fly it but I am not 100% sure that I would admit to it.
- 26 Jun 2013, 12:24
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Hello Kitty Airlines to AMS ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3996
Re: Hello Kitty Airlines to AMS ?
Sweet!
But why does a Taiwanese airline do all that Hello Kitty stuff, given that Hello Kitty is a Japanese thing?
But why does a Taiwanese airline do all that Hello Kitty stuff, given that Hello Kitty is a Japanese thing?
- 26 Jun 2013, 12:22
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: A330 High-speed RTO Thomas Cook UK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3477
Re: A330 High-speed RTO Thomas Cook UK
Isn't there just a button for that?
Also, I am not 100% sure that deploying thrust reversers is such a great thing to do if one of your engines just broke down. At best, you get very asymmetric reverse thrust.
Also, I am not 100% sure that deploying thrust reversers is such a great thing to do if one of your engines just broke down. At best, you get very asymmetric reverse thrust.
- 26 Jun 2013, 11:25
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Hello Kitty Airlines to AMS ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3996
Re: Hello Kitty Airlines to AMS ?
They should use Hello Kitty luggage tags and boarding passes. Or do they?
- 26 Jun 2013, 11:23
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: First flight of the CSeries of Bombardier
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1417
Re: First flight of the CSeries of Bombardier
The planes are called the CS100 and the CS300, not that difficult a name.
- 24 Jun 2013, 17:09
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Paris Air Show 2013 - Latest News
- Replies: 61
- Views: 14384
Re: Paris Air Show 2013 - Latest News
Not so sure you would want that. Given that it is a test aircraft, the amenities on board are (probably) even more spartan than on UA 931.regi wrote:To see this bird passing by creates a special feeling for all spectators:
"Shit,I wanted to be on board of that bird"
Shit indeed.
- 23 Jun 2013, 23:56
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Direct train between The Hague - Brussels Airport in 2015
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3906
Re: Direct train between The Hague - Brussels Airport in 201
Except this train has nothing to do with either NS or SNCB/NMBS! You can't do this without SNCB/NMBS as they have a monopoly on accepting pax on Belgian soil. There has been talk about this for weeks and the general conclusion is that it won't make sense unless it can take local Belgian passengers ...
- 21 Jun 2013, 16:20
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Direct train between The Hague - Brussels Airport in 2015
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3906
Re: Direct train between The Hague - Brussels Airport in 201
P.S. here is a nice Wikipedia entry on the initiative.
- 21 Jun 2013, 16:17
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Direct train between The Hague - Brussels Airport in 2015
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3906
Re: Direct train between The Hague - Brussels Airport in 201
In 2015 ? Efficiency at its best from NS and SNCB/NMBS. Except this train has nothing to do with either NS or SNCB/NMBS! This is an initiative of the city of The Hague, in association with Arriva. If anything, it will be Arriva who will run the train. (Arriva is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsch...
- 21 Jun 2013, 09:22
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Baggage handler causes £4million damage to British Air jet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1330
Re: Baggage handler causes £4million damage to British Air j
Well, the bottom of the inside of the cowling is a convenient location to put objects. Can a normal person even reach the top of the engine cowling on an A320?
- 20 Jun 2013, 10:41
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Airliner+pax missing since 2008 finally found on ocean floor
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1178
Re: Airliner+pax missing since 2008 finally found on ocean f
I would not trust this. Have you seen 'Lost'?
- 19 Jun 2013, 11:54
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Paris Air Show 2013 - Latest News
- Replies: 61
- Views: 14384
Re: Paris Air Show 2013 - Latest News
The Paris Air Show in a single picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/9074598103/ I think that little plane in the middle of the the foreground (please don't shoot me for not knowing what it is) can easily be stuffed into the cargo hold of the A380 in the background. Without disassembly.
- 17 Jun 2013, 14:26
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Ryanair world's first international airline
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6194
Re: Ryanair world's first international airline
What would be more interesting (to me at least) is a list of passenger-miles carried by various airlines.
- 11 Jun 2013, 13:45
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Boeing 787 news
- Replies: 1166
- Views: 649775
Re: Boeing 787 news
Perhaps it will be the first one to fly both on international routes, seeing how the Chinese authorities only allow domestic use of the 787 for now?
- 10 Jun 2013, 11:53
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Wizzair partial gear up landing at FCO
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3393
Re: Wizzair partial gear up landing at FCO
Um I hope they weren't actually evacuating people through R1...
- 07 Jun 2013, 13:50
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: Dead man flew 7 flights above Europe in landing gear A330...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1842
Re: Dead man flew 7 flights above Europe in landing gear A33
Well, they should install stickers in the wheel wells saying 'slow and unpleasant death guaranteed' in a number of languages. Since that is what usually happens.
- 07 Jun 2013, 01:04
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Cebu A320 Landing Incident, Passengers (Not) Evacuated
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4553
Re: Cebu A320 Landing Incident, Passengers (Not) Evacuated
Never mind, just talking to myself.BigJets wrote:I'm not sure I get what you mean in your last sentence.earthman wrote: I am not saying it is ok, just that it is not surprising.
Then again, just saying 'yeah no surprise there' is not a very constructive criticism.