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Sir Tim Clark of Emirates fame admits he now regards climate change as fact...

Last post by ribrash « Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:36 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:41 pm

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The president of Emirates, the biggest long-haul airline in the world, was no climate change denier. But he was pretty sceptical about some of the...

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I think Greta is just the person these climate loonies need.

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Last post by ribrash
Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:36 pm
Grass-track racing at Bangalore

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:36 pm
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by Boac » Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:20 pm

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GoAir Airbus 320Neo touches down in ?questionable? visibilty on a Cat 1 approach off to the left of the hard stuff and ingests some of the soft stuff...

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Kempegowda Airport has one runway in use with another under construction.

Runway 09/27: 4,000 by 45 metres (13,123 ft × 148 ft), CAT I, ILS...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:36 pm
ET crash ADD NBO

Last post by Boac « Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:01 am
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by Capetonian » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:35 am
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Sad news, reports of an Ethiopian Airlines crash ADD NBO this morning.

A/C 737 Max 4 months old, ET-AVJ. It had been on the ground for 3 hours after...

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Hmm. Better things to do!
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Last post by Boac
Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:01 am
Quantas 737 forced to land at Ohakea NZ military base

Last post by ExSp33db1rd « Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:24 pm
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by ricardian » Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:22 pm

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Passengers left to swelter in aircraft for four hours after flap problem .
Report from The New Daily newspaper

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As a NZ Passenger on the subject Qantas flight,

At least they spelled QANTAS correctly, its an acronym, not a word requiring a U

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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:24 pm
Citation attempts sexual act

Last post by ian16th « Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:16 pm
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by Boac » Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:11 am

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Somewhat over-enthusiastic, I feel? Too much 'thrusting'?

Reportedly an engine test run - well, it worked :))

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the FJ44 engine was initially designed to power cruise missiles

Sounds like a similar heritage to the Viper in the Jet Provost!

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Last post by ian16th
Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:16 pm
Woops. Who left that door open.

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:13 am
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by Alisoncc » Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:43 am

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Qantas A380 grounded after door almost ripped off at Sydney Airport.
A door on a Qantas A380 has been almost totally ripped off after one of the...

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It weren't the doors fault but the scaffolding surely. If it was fixed scaffolding the wing would be next :)

Seems more likely they maintenance...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:13 am
30 Quantas Boeing 737 aircraft grounded

Last post by prospector « Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:02 pm
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by ricardian » Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:51 pm

More than 30 Qantas planes will be grounded this week as the airline steps up checks of its Boeing 737 aircraft. Newspaper report

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Last post by prospector
Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:02 pm
Dreamliner

Last post by barkingmad « Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:37 pm
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by OFSO » Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:01 am

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BBC just reported 25% of O2 bottles fitted to Dreamliner were defective and that Boeing knew. Also seen on the 'net this morning that defective parts...

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Yes Flieg, that’s the old A H F Ducommun scandal as frequently mentioned here and in T O P.

Interesting as you say it’s only the much-maligned A-J...

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Last post by barkingmad
Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:37 pm
Wow - hope there is a toilet on board........

Last post by ian16th « Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:40 am
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by Boac » Sun Oct 27, 2019 5:46 pm

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Last post by ian16th
Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:40 am
B-17 down in the States

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:11 am
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by Boac » Wed Oct 02, 2019 3:11 pm
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A Collings Foundation World War II B-17 crashed into an airport building while landing at Bradley. Lots of fire and smoke.

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I really hate that what you say here is almost the first thing I thought when I saw the extent of the crash. The risk-averse lawyers and nanny-state...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:11 am
Toxic Cabin Air.

Last post by Slasher « Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:31 am
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by barkingmad » Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:19 am

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A problem which has been “aired” for many years, formerly most reports emanating from the B757 and Bae146 fleets but looks like this Airborne Systems...

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I had to stop airline flying because of severe fatigue. I put it down to triple night flights.

I had to stop airline flying because of severe shits...

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Last post by Slasher
Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:31 am
ET phone home?

Last post by Boac « Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:39 pm
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by Boac » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:04 pm
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At it again - from Av Herald - Addis Ababa in the rain (my emphasis), a 738:

Position data transmitted by the aircraft's transponder suggest the...

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Nothing more tedious than to land at Malaga at +28C and have to delay departure due to icing - there being, strangely, no de-icing there in the...
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Last post by Boac
Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:39 pm
Smuggling cocaine by cabin crew

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:37 am
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by prospector » Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:38 pm

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:37 am
Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton

Last post by Undried Plum « Sun Oct 06, 2019 3:14 am
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by Ibbie » Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:49 am
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Sun Oct 06, 2019 3:14 am
Truly a nightmare?

Last post by k3k3 « Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:55 pm
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by Boac » Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:24 pm

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Imagine that flying around the cabin in severe turbulence - never mind the horseshit! Adds a new meaning to a 'stable approach'. :))

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That's interesting, automatic censorship of the rude word.

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Last post by k3k3
Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:55 pm
Out of Control Beverage Cart

Last post by Boac « Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:16 am
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by llondel » Tue Oct 01, 2019 2:36 am

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I hope they gave a bonus to the guy with the pallet jack.

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The only XL 800 I know of in Astraeus was the one I ferried to Athens from Lasham - and I didn't have a Aussie git within 100 miles of me (just an...

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Last post by Boac
Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:16 am
Two dead in light plane crash North Island New Zealand

Last post by prospector « Tue Oct 01, 2019 1:18 am
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by prospector » Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:11 am

Very poor weather to be up among the high country

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Last post by prospector
Tue Oct 01, 2019 1:18 am
More "plunging" aircraft!

Last post by jimtherev « Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:13 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:56 am

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Aircraft experiences pressurization anomaly and the crew expedite a controlled descent to a safe altitude and we get this plunge panic drivel from...

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The secret, of course is to learn not just journalese, but the particular perversion of journalese practiced by the so-called news outlet, then...

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Last post by jimtherev
Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:13 pm
Vietnam Airlines attempts landing with gear up

Last post by Woody « Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:47 am
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by Alisoncc » Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:08 pm

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Flight was one minute from touchdown at Melbourne Airport with landing gear still up.

A Vietnam Airlines flight was within one minute of landing...

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Probably not related, but EK5 performed a go around whilst on finals to 09L last night, set off an impressive number of car alarms in the car parks...

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Last post by Woody
Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:47 am
MH370

Last post by FD2 « Wed Sep 18, 2019 9:28 pm
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ok, now that lots of water has flown into the ocean - what do you think happened? Could it really have been a cunning plan by the Capt who was...

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Learmount trotted out yet again to say what most people believe anyway, but in an unusually exciting way (for him). Yawn.

Daily Express article...
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Last post by FD2
Wed Sep 18, 2019 9:28 pm
Draco destroyed....

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:17 am

by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:17 am

Not some Serbian warlord but the red souped up bush flying Wilga, often to be seen flying at airshows around the USA or hopping off indecently short...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:17 am
Airmiss?

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:38 am
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by ian16th » Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:16 pm

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If this had been a hit, not a miss, would it have been called a manstrike?

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the F15s were travelling at 35 mph.

VTOL F15!

A bit more detail...

The jets had made a turn shortly before to avoid a refuelling tanker and...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:38 am
'Shut that door'!

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:59 am
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by Boac » Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:46 am
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Boeing777X cargo door blows out during max pressurisation test as part of structural testing.

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Final loads testing on Boeing’s delayed 777-9 has been suspended while investigations continue into the failure of a cargo door during pressurization...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:59 am
Press Hyperbole - Passenger flies 737 after pilot fails to turn up

Last post by Boac « Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:27 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:23 pm

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A father keen to go on his holiday to Spain stepped in and flew an easyJet flight to Alicante when it transpired the service was a pilot down....

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How did it get back? Or did they just have the delay at the far end? - good question! All I can guess is that they managed to get a standby on board...

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Last post by Boac
Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:27 pm
Why only Capts should do the initial walkaround.

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:27 pm
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by Slasher » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:38 am
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On 5 occasions (3 on the 320) during my airline command tenure I've picked up that the engine cowlings were not latched.

The first occurrence (737)...

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I wondered about the overwings as we only ever practised on a Nimrod that was due to go into the shed and pressurisation checks were required. I...
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Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:27 pm

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