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Old 24th Apr 2017, 13:04
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After a few Months, Boeing abandoned the idea of using arrestor hooks at major airports...
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Old 24th Apr 2017, 16:40
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Ok, ok, stop pushing it
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Old 24th Apr 2017, 20:34
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Old 24th Apr 2017, 21:02
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Calm down, everybody. These two planes were a good mile apart. There's a small one quite close, and a large one a mile behind it and a bit higher. The small one has a sky-coloured fin.
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Old 24th Apr 2017, 22:25
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I've heard of brown nosing in the airline industry, but this is ridiculous!
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Old 25th Apr 2017, 21:06
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The experimental narrowbody airliner prototype still managed to carry 400 pax, in a single row...
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 07:28
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Trials to find a replacement for boom AAR were not going well.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 07:41
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Air Miles foray into the long haul market lifts off for first time. The next stage to a mile long aircraft is expected next April.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 11:07
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Boeing were desperate to sell large aircraft to an airline whose CEO had said they would by widebodies "over his dead body".
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 11:55
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During the industry slump the sales department figured out how to move more units.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 12:50
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We set it up for "just in time" manufacturing, but someone misread the timetables, and wing and fuselage assemblies turned up too often. We didn't have the storage space, so............
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 12:55
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You know those shows on tv, where after the ad break, they repeat most of what happened prior before moving on? Unfortunately, we hired one of those producers to make our assembly line training videos.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 14:15
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Well the Captain and the stewardess are already in the mile high club, so they are trying for the mile long version!
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 16:00
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I've flown a lot of commercial long-haul, but this is getting silly.
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 16:14
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"Well, I reckon you can't have too much of a good thing !"
 
Old 26th Apr 2017, 16:37
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"Thai Airways requested a Siamese Twin !"
 
Old 26th Apr 2017, 17:27
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"Is the back end airborne yet?"
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 17:39
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Sheesh, this is a long flight...
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Old 26th Apr 2017, 18:25
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"Mains on ! ..... "Which set ?"
 
Old 26th Apr 2017, 18:33
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Remind me again, which is No 2?
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