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

#61 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:02 pm

Looks like a nice lunch which presume was yours. But, don't tell me that is plastic cutlery!!!

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#62 Post by reddo » 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. :)

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#63 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:27 pm

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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.
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#64 Post by Boac » Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:40 pm

no cabin crew on a ferry flight?
Who do you think is in the cockpit? :))

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#65 Post by reddo » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:17 pm

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 :)

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#66 Post by reddo » Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:32 am

Spent most of the time in the ME this tour. Hot. Very hot.
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#67 Post by reddo » Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:33 am

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.
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#68 Post by reddo » Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:35 am

Big city. Happily not all flights were at night.
Pic of Sharm el Sheik where a guest got munched by a shark.
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#69 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:06 am

Nice piccies reddo, keep them coming. :-bd
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#70 Post by Rwy in Sight » Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:57 am

Excellent pics even the night time ones...

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#71 Post by TheGreenAnger » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:12 pm

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!


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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...

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Another dam perspective...
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#72 Post by Boac » 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....

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#73 Post by Karearea » Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:07 pm

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

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#74 Post by TheGreenAnger » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:04 pm

Boac wrote:
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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?
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#75 Post by Boac » Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:59 am

NDB?? Wossat?

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#76 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:32 am

Boac wrote:
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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. ;)))
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#77 Post by Boac » Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:14 am

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

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#78 Post by reddo » Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:53 am

Shorter tours.
Very busy out there.
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#79 Post by reddo » Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:54 am

Windshield heat fail. Avoid icing conditions.
OK :)
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#80 Post by PHXPhlyer » Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:22 pm

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). [-X

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