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Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Thu May 19, 2022 11:24 am
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by reddo » Mon Apr 18, 2022 2:22 pm

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Just some views from the short tour.

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Excellent Reddo keep them coming. I am kind of jealous but then think nah, it smacks of work. Cold beer by the pool.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Thu May 19, 2022 11:24 am
Air Peace (Africa)

Last post by ricardian « Sat Apr 30, 2022 5:31 pm

by ricardian » Sat Apr 30, 2022 5:31 pm

Youtube chap claims that this is the worst airline in Africa

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Sat Apr 30, 2022 5:31 pm
Look what's coming to town next year!! :)

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:25 pm
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by EA01 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:32 am

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The partying and the guys voice are somewhat annoying - off putting...most will not have a faint clue of what they are looking at...but should be...

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Sign me up!

PP

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:25 pm
Views of St Moritz/Samedan

Last post by reddo « Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:27 pm
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by reddo » Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:43 pm

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Had to delay the flight by 1 day. It was worth the wait.

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Popped into Samedan and Sion over the weekend. Similar views, a smidge more hazy, a bit less snow.

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Last post by reddo
Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:27 pm
10 out of 10 for engines...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:53 pm
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by OFSO » Mon Sep 27, 2021 12:12 pm

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Enjoying a post-prandial meditation. Drone of propellers overhead. Sounds like AN-22 I said to the wife. Reached for my tablet. An AN-12BK of Cavok...

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More engine news of the adaptive engine sort .

The US Air Force (USAF) plans to start testing adaptive engine prototypes from GE Aviation and Pratt...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:53 pm
Teterboro fiasco...

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:14 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun May 09, 2021 9:47 am

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I had never seen or heard of this ill fated approach before...

Feel stressed just listening to that... totally needless...

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BOAC, now you mention it I think I have seen that too though the other pilot saved the day. Worst case was our skipper had a monumental hangover and...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:14 am
Skyhooks, big watches, lace panties and other aviation myths...

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:01 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Dec 06, 2020 2:42 pm
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Icing...

The rubber de-icing boots bridging myth?

Ice bridging is the idea that if you operate the boots too early, you will stretch the ice but...

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We were, so the wing tip would have been about 50 feet. What had it worse was the sqn cdr, standing down the back, badgered the captain (and AEO) to...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:01 pm
Arigatou gozaimasu

Last post by tango15 « Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:57 pm
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by boing » Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:10 pm
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OK, here is another airline story. I've been a little reluctant to share this one because it seems to me a bit self-aggrandizing but I apologise for...

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I am no expert in genetics, but I was once told that Asians (and Japanese particularly) are genetically less able to deal with alcohol than...
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Last post by tango15
Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:57 pm
Cooperate and Graduate,

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:37 pm
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by boing » Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:47 am

OK, it's a bit quiet around here so I will inflict another story on you, pardon its length but hopefully this is not just a story about one sim....

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:37 pm
ILAFFT - I follow roads

Last post by G~Man « Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:24 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:53 am

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What does the Kobe Bryant crash and a Cessna 152 CFIT in the mountains have in common? Well known pilot, author and journalist Peter Garrison...

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Not sure about the chopper you chopper pilots would know better than me.

Interesting that this came up today again, this picture of me and Ara,...

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Last post by G~Man
Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:24 pm
How did you become a pilot?

Last post by EA01 « Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:09 am
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by boing » Sat Apr 02, 2016 4:31 am
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In another thread somewhere someone asked for stories about how you got into aviation. In my case the summary of the whole adventure would be that it...

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Joined Albatross Aviation ( affectionately sometimes referred to as ''Sigley's Flying Circus') at Coomera, blasting around in 'Drifters'....the best...
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Last post by EA01
Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:09 am
That's why I called him Dick. (Part 1)

Last post by bob2s « Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:21 am
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by boing » Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:19 am

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Talked so much this time that I had to break the story into 2 parts.

Here I sit on the 16th of December 2019 in Dallas TX looking out over the hotel...

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A tale about our opposition in PNG around 68/69 One of their pilots was vertically descending into a small bush pad and struck a branch,landed ,shut...

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Last post by bob2s
Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:21 am
Lifeguard

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Jan 15, 2020 1:03 am
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by boing » Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:56 am

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Us: Ground, Aline 123 Lifeguard taxi.
Ground: Aline 123 Lifeguard clear to taxi runway 1 Right, there is a Bline 767 waiting for you to pass in the...

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Some pilots are known for being legless.

All the better to stop or continue yaw while the hand does it business... :-bd

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Jan 15, 2020 1:03 am
The Rest is History

Last post by ian16th « Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:12 pm
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by boing » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:32 pm
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I am going to claim this little story is an experience in aviation because of the time, place and events. Certainly the place and events are...

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the medical board at RAF Halton determined that I was red/green colour blind.

As a newly promoted Cpl at Lindholme, I had a National Service who...
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Last post by ian16th
Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:12 pm
Don't touch it until I say "Now"

Last post by ian16th « Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:01 am
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by boing » Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:47 pm
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Another story, does this man never know when to shut up !!!

At some time during your career as a Vulcan co-pilot you may have been invited to take...

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Hastings - a Handley Page ‘thought bubble’ emanating from a need to use a stockpile of Halifax bomber wings and engines left over from the war.

I...
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:01 am
OK Here's One

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:15 pm
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by fin » Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:03 am
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This iconic aircraft, flying over an iconic Long Island landmark, has just done two shoulder height low passes over JFK during a busy afternoon.

The...

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It is in the forum usually referred to here as TOP or The Other Place.

That said, for me anyhow, it remains my 'go to' place when something like the...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:15 pm
Sometimes you just can't win.....

Last post by reddo « Sun Aug 04, 2019 4:35 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:13 pm

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On the ET accident thread Alison said about Sully that you can't be a hero if by your actions you are saving your own life - and I agree with that...

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Awesome pics Alison :D

Whilst not nearly as dramatic as the above events. This week was a *sh*t* fight. Revenue out of Amsterdam and the fecking APU...

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Last post by reddo
Sun Aug 04, 2019 4:35 pm
God-forsaken Places I Have Diverted Into thread

Last post by ian16th « Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:11 pm
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by Slasher » Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:19 pm

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I feel a God-forsaken Places I Have Diverted Into thread coming on.. ;)))

Window Rock, AZ would be my nomination.

Calcutta in my case yonks ago....

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Marham

Didn't have to divert, I lived there for over 4 years. In 2 sessions, the second time by choice!

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Last post by ian16th
Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:11 pm
If I Hadn't Seen It With My Own Eyes........

Last post by Cacophonix « Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:18 pm
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by Planepsycho » Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:04 pm

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On April 18, 2015, about 1452 central daylight time, a Mooney M20C, impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from runway 18, xxxxxxxxxx, Tennessee. The...

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Gravity even!

Caco

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Last post by Cacophonix
Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:18 pm
Airstrips; Interesting, Scary or otherwise

Last post by Magnus « Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:14 pm
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by Pinky the pilot » Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:34 am
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Somewhere on this site there are a number of posts re various 'interesting' airports/airstrips that members have flown into on a regular or one time...

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Dear God! As SLF, I thought Aspen was a bit exciting. Hats off to all you chaps and chapesses who routinely land on something about the length of my...
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Last post by Magnus
Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:14 pm
Destination? ummm

Last post by Capetonian « Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:06 pm
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by reddo » Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:48 pm

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The other day we departed not knowing exactly where we were going to land, other than it was Switzerland.
No, not as irresponsible as it sounds.
Our...

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There used to road signs in Kenya that said :
Slow down. Better late in this world than early in the next.

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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:06 pm
Pilot afraid of flying

Last post by Cacophonix « Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:28 pm
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by ricardian » Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:34 am

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A pilot who developed a fear of flying

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Thread running here Ricardian. :-bd

Caco

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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:28 pm
Flying the Kokoda Gap in PNG

Last post by ian16th « Mon Oct 08, 2018 9:04 am
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by Alisoncc » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:30 am

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In the Aviation Incidents board made mention of flying in PNG, with a reference to the Kokoda Gap. The Gap was a valley betwen two bloody great...

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Malaysian prawns raised in water warmed by waste heat from the Wairakei geothermal power station.

They were well advertised as grown in geothermal...

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Last post by ian16th
Mon Oct 08, 2018 9:04 am
The Dreaded Black Hole Approach

Last post by FD2 « Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:13 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:24 pm

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Three videos - the first of a S76 helicopter night landing on a rig off Brazil. The video starts very close to the rig so you don't get anything like...

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The rig landing brings back a few memories CharlieOneSix! There were some tiny gas platforms in the Southern North Sea which were a real challenge at...

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Last post by FD2
Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:13 am
Con Air

Last post by wings folded « Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:10 pm
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by flynverted » Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:56 am

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Interesting story, pre 9-11...
Was working at KRIC & got a call on the wireless from me boss to meet him on the cargo ramp. I rocked up in my fuel...

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Con pilot was a gem.
He migrated here under a different nom-de-plume but was fading rapidly so didn't post a lot.

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Last post by wings folded
Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:10 pm

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