Trans Tasman.Who is making Money?
Think you might be in need of a holiday Two dots.
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I think you'll find there is at least one 747 a day QF AKL - MEL
Air NZ do 3 , 2 Deathstars and 744 middle of the day more often than not.
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Thanks"Pimp Daddy" I rest my case...about the 76's
And Believe Bros. If you read what I wrote, I said a "visual appr" onto 34, NOT that funny one with the 'visual segment' after the EN bit......
Hey I've been on holidays for years, who needs one now...
And Believe Bros. If you read what I wrote, I said a "visual appr" onto 34, NOT that funny one with the 'visual segment' after the EN bit......
Hey I've been on holidays for years, who needs one now...
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EK 412/413 is the Airbus 340-500 that does SYD-AKL-SYD. EK 404/405 is a 777 doing MEL-AKL-MEL. EK 432/433 is a 777 doing BNE-AKL-BNE. From 1 May, the 412/413 becomes a 777 also, and I think it will be a 773 ER. So, just the one 'bus a day, if it is serviceable 
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It is sad that you have had to resort to Personal abuse Pete Conrad, otherwise this could have been an interesting thread!
Plane nerd? Yeah I guess I am, I suppose that is why I work for an airline, so I get my figures from calling them up on the computer at work whenever I need to.
However I respect your right to hold an opinion different to mine, bearing in mind that "slagging off" cheapens the argument somewhat.
Enjoy your day mate, I know I will.
Plane nerd? Yeah I guess I am, I suppose that is why I work for an airline, so I get my figures from calling them up on the computer at work whenever I need to.
However I respect your right to hold an opinion different to mine, bearing in mind that "slagging off" cheapens the argument somewhat.
Enjoy your day mate, I know I will.
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So Pete-how many times you flown the Tasman(up front-that is)?
From your name/address- re Skylab .Does that mean your a
SPACE CADET.
You know what they say-"those in glass houses................:'ok:
From your name/address- re Skylab .Does that mean your a
SPACE CADET.
You know what they say-"those in glass houses................:'ok:
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Pete Conrad
I Knew Pete Conrad when he was a Vice-President at McDonnell-Douglas . They were trying to flog DC10-30s to Pixie . I don't know what his family would think of you using his name , but I can assure you that you are no 'Pete Conrad'
I Knew Pete Conrad when he was a Vice-President at McDonnell-Douglas . They were trying to flog DC10-30s to Pixie . I don't know what his family would think of you using his name , but I can assure you that you are no 'Pete Conrad'
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Pete Conrad[B]
Knew Pete Conrad, Hanoi? In what sense? And do you know of his motor-biking demise? Maybe some fragments of that extraordinary character's story are somewhere on the web.
Here, here, what's been posted about unsavory people's propensity to slag off, flying off pathetically with their trite derogatory remarks. Where can you get an abuse filter to go with your crap detector?
Dispatch the sods to a place where, as my rosy-cheeked grandmama would say, prostitution prospers and buggery is a byword.
Knew Pete Conrad, Hanoi? In what sense? And do you know of his motor-biking demise? Maybe some fragments of that extraordinary character's story are somewhere on the web.
Here, here, what's been posted about unsavory people's propensity to slag off, flying off pathetically with their trite derogatory remarks. Where can you get an abuse filter to go with your crap detector?
Dispatch the sods to a place where, as my rosy-cheeked grandmama would say, prostitution prospers and buggery is a byword.
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Hey, 'believe brother', I can't let you get away with this so at the risk of boring anyone else on this subject here goes.
I'd have left it alone but you have chosen to use this public and anonymous forum to say that I don't know what I'm doing or talking about and you are WRONG 'brother'
Since you have taken to quoting EK SOP's then I suggest that you have a good read of them first. If you go to your Ch 15 section 10,55 you'll see that a visual approach is ok. "if it becomes more efficient to continue with the vis appr rather than the full inst procedure" ie. the VOR appr onto 34 MEL. If you have trouble understanding this then I suggest that you present yourself to the EK training department for some more training maybe or an explanation of the visual appr procedure. I won't have to have a cuppa with anyone my friend as I operate completely within the SOP guidelines. Get a life and don't bother replying to this cos I rest my case and won't bother wasting any more of my time on you. You should be studying by the sound of it anyway
I'd have left it alone but you have chosen to use this public and anonymous forum to say that I don't know what I'm doing or talking about and you are WRONG 'brother'
Since you have taken to quoting EK SOP's then I suggest that you have a good read of them first. If you go to your Ch 15 section 10,55 you'll see that a visual approach is ok. "if it becomes more efficient to continue with the vis appr rather than the full inst procedure" ie. the VOR appr onto 34 MEL. If you have trouble understanding this then I suggest that you present yourself to the EK training department for some more training maybe or an explanation of the visual appr procedure. I won't have to have a cuppa with anyone my friend as I operate completely within the SOP guidelines. Get a life and don't bother replying to this cos I rest my case and won't bother wasting any more of my time on you. You should be studying by the sound of it anyway
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During a course at the McDonnell-Douglas facility at Long Beach in '81 the real Pete Conrad took our group to a dinner at the Long Beach Yacht Club . Of the 20,000 MD employees only two were members , Conrad and an old welder from the early days. A hard-nosed business man but with an amazing history , a marvellous night with many great stories.
On another occasion Conrad was in 'Port Morbid' to lend MDC Vice-Presidential weight to the DC-10 sale to Pixie effort . At one stage he sighted John Close's Tiger Moth (P2-JCT ?) outside the South Pacific Aero Club and his eyes lit up. " Man , I'd love to get in that" . Hasty arrangements were made which resulted in Pete getting himself airborne in the infernal machine. Here was the third man to walk on the moon loose in John's Tiger and loving every minute. At that point two worried accompanying Managers/Minders up at ANG House , overlooking Jackson's Field , asked where the hell was Conrad . Gleefully we pointed to the little yellow dot in the sky . The colour drained from their faces , " My God , get him down , McDonnell-Douglas has insured him for millions ".
Sadly Pete was killed in a Motor-cycle accident in California in 1999.
During a course at the McDonnell-Douglas facility at Long Beach in '81 the real Pete Conrad took our group to a dinner at the Long Beach Yacht Club . Of the 20,000 MD employees only two were members , Conrad and an old welder from the early days. A hard-nosed business man but with an amazing history , a marvellous night with many great stories.
On another occasion Conrad was in 'Port Morbid' to lend MDC Vice-Presidential weight to the DC-10 sale to Pixie effort . At one stage he sighted John Close's Tiger Moth (P2-JCT ?) outside the South Pacific Aero Club and his eyes lit up. " Man , I'd love to get in that" . Hasty arrangements were made which resulted in Pete getting himself airborne in the infernal machine. Here was the third man to walk on the moon loose in John's Tiger and loving every minute. At that point two worried accompanying Managers/Minders up at ANG House , overlooking Jackson's Field , asked where the hell was Conrad . Gleefully we pointed to the little yellow dot in the sky . The colour drained from their faces , " My God , get him down , McDonnell-Douglas has insured him for millions ".
Sadly Pete was killed in a Motor-cycle accident in California in 1999.
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What Hanoi says about Pete Conrad strapping on John Close's Tigershmitt at POM, calls to mind another revered Yank's comment when he was at Mascot, having flown in in his Boeing 247 (1934 Mildenhall-Melbourne Air Race). "Colonel" Roscoe Turner stared bewildered at the WASP Airways General Aircraft Monospar with it's two tiny Pobjoy Niagara radials - "Whaat the heck DO YOU CALL those WRISTWATCH ENGINES!!!"
(Bob Hoover's "Forever Flying" contains other amusing references to Turner and in particular a bit about his pet lion 'Gilmore' that flew everywhere with him.)
(Bob Hoover's "Forever Flying" contains other amusing references to Turner and in particular a bit about his pet lion 'Gilmore' that flew everywhere with him.)
