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Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:02 pm
by Ex-Ascot
Looks like a nice lunch which presume was yours. But, don't tell me that is plastic cutlery!!!
FL450 you beat me by 20.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:21 pm
by reddo
Yep, it's plastic. Only because we were on a ferry flight and couldn't be bothered to do the washing up.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:27 pm
by Ex-Ascot
reddo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:21 pm
Yep, it's plastic. Only because we were on a ferry flight and couldn't be bothered to do the washing up.
Fair enough but no cabin crew on a ferry flight? A bit rough.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:40 pm
by Boac
no cabin crew on a ferry flight?
Who do you think is in the cockpit?
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:17 pm
by reddo
Our cabin crew was required for another flight. We were landing at 10pm and we knew the FBO would be shut so no services etc. We don't have a galley sink fitted unfortunately so it was just as easy to use the plastic stuff supplied in the catering
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:32 am
by reddo
Spent most of the time in the ME this tour. Hot. Very hot.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:33 am
by reddo
It was a different experience this time compared to 10 years ago. Things are moving forward. Obviously someway to go but, progress is being made.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:35 am
by reddo
Big city. Happily not all flights were at night.
Pic of Sharm el Sheik where a guest got munched by a shark.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:06 am
by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Nice piccies reddo, keep them coming.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:57 am
by Rwy in Sight
Excellent pics even the night time ones...
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:12 pm
by TheGreenAnger
I was intrigued by this carousel in a cooling tower in the German town of Kalkar near the Dutch border, so I dropped down, orbited and got this photograph!
- CarouselinCoolingTowerKalkar.JPG (76.88 KiB) Viewed 2629 times
Looked up the story behind this site...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderland_Kalkar
Wunderland Kalkar is an amusement park in Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is built on the former site of SNR-300,[1] a nuclear power plant that never went online because of construction problems and protests. The park was constructed by Dutch entrepreneur Hennie van der Most, who purchased the site for a rumored price of US$3 million. Wunderland Kalkar receives around 600,000 visitors each year.
Many of the facilities constructed for the plant have been integrated into the park and its attractions, including the cooling tower, which features a swing ride and a climbing wall. The park also features four restaurants, eight bars, and six hotels.
Was also delighted with this tower in the Winterberg in Germany...
Another dam perspective...
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:20 pm
by Boac
TGA wrote:this tower in the Winterberg in Germany...
Without which zee Harrier piloten would have been veloren, ich denke....
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:07 pm
by Karearea
TheGreenAnger wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:12 pm
I was intrigued by this carousel in a cooling tower in the German town of Kalkar...
Appropriate day for it:
Carousel Day
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:04 pm
by TheGreenAnger
Boac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:20 pm
TGA wrote:this tower in the Winterberg in Germany...
Without which zee Harrier piloten would have been veloren, ich denke....
It is a good landmark. Did ze niicht verloren Harrier pilots use ze Bodefeld UHF/VHF signals as a NDB as well?
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:59 am
by Boac
NDB?? Wossat?
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:32 am
by TheGreenAnger
Boac wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:59 am
NDB?? Wossat?
Still used in Africa you know.
I guess you hot hover jet folk used TACAN's and Mark 1 Eyeball (like the South American Toucans) back in the day. You too can home in on a commercial radio transmitter in Europe, listening to Steely Dan's FM, no static at all, smooth sounds all the way home.
Go to the prescribed musical thread to hear Don Fagan preach the advantages of FM.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:14 am
by Boac
TGA wrote:TACAN's and Mark 1 Eyeball
The latter. TACAN of little use in low-level navigation, but occasionally saved the little pink bottoms of two hooverers
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=441&start=420#p339594
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:53 am
by reddo
Shorter tours.
Very busy out there.
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:54 am
by reddo
Windshield heat fail. Avoid icing conditions.
OK
Re: Views of flying around Europe, north Africa and the Middle East etc
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:22 pm
by PHXPhlyer
TheGreenAnger wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:32 am
Boac wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:59 am
NDB?? Wossat?
Still used in Africa you know.
I guess you hot hover jet folk used TACAN's and Mark 1 Eyeball (like the South American Toucans) back in the day. You too can home in on a commercial radio transmitter in Europe, listening to Steely Dan's FM, no static at all, smooth sounds all the way home.
Go to the prescribed musical thread to hear Don Fagan preach the advantages of FM.
no static at all (except around T-storms).
D#1 starts Instrument Ground School next week.
She doesn't know how easy she will have it thanks to GPS.
PP