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Ivory Coast Valan AN26 down...
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Cacophonix » Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:16 pm
A Valan Air Cargo Antonov AN-26, registration ER-AVB performing a charter freight flight from Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to Abidjan (Cote de Ivoire)...
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Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:16 pm
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:08 pm
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Another airshow crash!
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Cacophonix » Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:31 pm
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Capt Gabriele Orlandi, 36, was attempting to perform a loop-the-loop in his 85million euro Eurofighter Typhoon when he apparently misjudged the...
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Sad to hear about this accident and the pilot was clearly a seasoned professional too as Boac noted. Talking of airshow travails there can be no...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:46 pm
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Caernarfon Crash.
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Cacophonix » Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:27 am
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A pilot was killed at Caernarfon yesterday when a light twin was reported to have landed heavily, gear up, on the runway and then caught fire....
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The pilot in this crash has been named and some personal details given. One wonders whether some form of medical emergency overcame this poor chap?...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:19 pm
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Parallel Parking a Cessna!
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Cacophonix » Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:19 pm
Apparently the 70 plus year old pilot suffered EFATO! Incipient spin into a tree!
Those Cessnas are hardy birds mind.
Caco
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:19 pm
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Tiger Moth at Compton Abbas
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om15 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:41 am
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Sad news from Compton Abbas this weekend, Tiger Moths from here regularly chugged over my house, RIP to the two on board
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Little bit more information coming out about this accident. It looks like it was an EFATO! Sad for all concerned!
It is thought the pilot was a...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:31 pm
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Southend Hangar Fire
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Cacophonix » Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:00 pm
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Anybody have any details on the hangar fire at Southend Airport this morning? Smoke evident for miles around.
Caco
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R&N in TOP. Apparently a paint bay hangar. Photo looks terminal.
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:37 pm
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Sao Tome An-74 rejected take off!
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Cacophonix » Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:44 pm
A Cavok Air Antonov AN-74TK-100, registration UR-CKC performing a flight from Sao Tome (Sao Tome and Principe) to an unknown destination with 6 crew,...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:44 pm
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Hailstones in Turkey
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Cacophonix » Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:09 pm
If one doubts that GR and aircraft windscreens and radomes don't mix... I wonder about the airport weather radar in this case? Apparently he took off...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:09 pm
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Fisticuffs at Nice
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Ibbie » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:09 pm
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More bad publicity for easyJet, as a passenger holding a baby, waiting for a delayed flight to Luton, is hit by airport worker at Nice.
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She said her 6ft 4in husband pulled the man off the apparent victim and "frogmarched" him away before police were called.
=)) =))
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Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:03 am
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LGW Air Rouge incident
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Woody » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:47 pm
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Here's the fails version of events, love the picture of LHR T3 near the end ~X(
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The Toronto-bound Boeing 767 had to circle in the sky to burn off and dump fuel before landing back at the airport to the relief of passengers. In...
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Last post by Capetonian
Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:42 pm
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Air Asia in Oz
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Woody » Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:44 am
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Think they need to give up, seem to have loads of problems, this is the latest
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And now it's time to get your tin foil hats out. ......If you believe anything that the DM publishes
It's a conspiracy. ......... @-)
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:42 pm
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Light twins When two engines aren't enough!
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Cacophonix » Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:50 am
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I was apt to think about the false sense of security having another engine on some types of light twin when reading the following news. As any pilot...
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There is a school of thought that says the more engines an a/c has, the greater the chance of one of them developing a snag.
Simple statistics -...
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Last post by ian16th
Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:25 pm
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The Race to the Bottom!
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Cacophonix » Tue May 09, 2017 5:26 pm
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Not a great day for budget airlines worldwide as fights broke out as furious passengers clashed with Spirit Airlines employees and police at Fort...
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The UK and its government and industries appear to be doing very well in the race to the bottom.
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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:48 am
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If it's fooked, it's fooked
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by Sisemen » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:53 pm
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Tell it like it is =))
Audio from the cockpit of a China Eastern flight that had to return to Sydney airport last night implies the pilot misspoke...
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I was told of an F27 committing a very poor landing at Schipol, presumably with a kangaroo as FO PIC.
Unknown on R/T "What a Fokker!"
F27...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:30 am
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Spitfire crashes at French airshow
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:11 am
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Found this in the DM; looks like the pilot had a lucky escape. Interested to hear if any one has more information.
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The fire crews did a fantastic job digging SLAM out of a Hurricane when he crashed it at Wittering many moons ago. Another also did a fantastic job...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:58 pm
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Trent 772 Issue - China Eastern A330-200
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Cacophonix » Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:56 am
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A China Eastern Airbus A330-200, registration B-6099 performing flight MU-736 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was in the...
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Looks like cowling and not the engine. Rolls are obviously breathing a huge sigh of relief :D
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Last post by Sisemen
Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:01 pm
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CPT incident
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Woody » Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:11 pm
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Wait until the Fail finds out that Comair is linked to BA :ymdevil:
Well done to the flight crew for missing the school, hospital etc
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Didn't these dingbats look at the weather forecast before getting into an aircraft bound for Cape Town today. The forecast for today's severe storm...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Wed Jun 07, 2017 10:40 pm
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Last post by unifoxos
Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:38 pm
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Russian aircraft missing over Black Sea
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by More Aviation » Sun Dec 25, 2016 6:21 am
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A Russian plane has vanished from radar moments after take off, it has been reported.
The airliner has set off from the Black Sea resort of Sochi on...
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Loss of spatial/situational awareness due to fatigue. Sounds credible. It actually sounds like the Captain was ill although extreme...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Thu Jun 01, 2017 3:23 pm
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Remote Control Tower...
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Cacophonix » Fri May 19, 2017 9:35 am
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I note with interest that London City Airport is to move its control tower to a remote site in Hampshire!
Caco
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I appreciate you are an ex-ATC wallahress and just look where my lack of Mark 1 eyeball got me Mrs Ex-Ascot. :-bd
Caco
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri May 19, 2017 12:14 pm
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United we stand....
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Boac » Fri May 05, 2017 8:47 am
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Oh dear! Untied are not exactly HELPING the Trumpet with his challenging task of 'making America grate again'.
Here is the story so far:
Non -...
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We're travelling to CPT shortly. We have 2 x 23 kg each allowance, total 92 kg. Just did a 'dummy run' on the packing, as we need to bring stuff...
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Last post by Capetonian
Mon May 15, 2017 10:07 pm
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In a right old flap!
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed May 10, 2017 6:02 am
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Found this entertaining, and good PR for BA :)
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Is that bloke on the lady's left you then Capetonian?
She's definitely not my type, for several reasons.
I wouldn't have been travelling BA to LAX...
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Last post by Capetonian
Wed May 10, 2017 8:39 am
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Clear air turbulence incident : SU SVO-BKK
by Capetonian » Mon May 01, 2017 2:08 pm
AvHerald version :
An Aeroflot Boeing 777-300, registration VP-BGD performing flight SU-270 (Dep Apr 30th) from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to...
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Last post by Capetonian
Mon May 01, 2017 2:08 pm
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Last post by ian16th
Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:18 am
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