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Cathay’s 100th Aircraft!!!

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Old 20th Jul 2006, 05:53
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Drone
They could call it Drone, cause if they don't get their training figured out they won't be able to get any pilots for it !
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Old 21st Jul 2006, 02:55
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Dragon eye?
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Old 21st Jul 2006, 16:38
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Perhaps 'The Pineapple' would be most appropriate............
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Old 26th Jul 2006, 09:45
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B-LAD as it looks now,
http://planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=512998

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1084186/L/
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Old 26th Jul 2006, 21:29
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Talking
Lucy


. . or anyone else from Peanuts
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Old 27th Jul 2006, 16:26
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Old 28th Jul 2006, 07:35
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BETSY'S BUS!!!!!

(WE'LL TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE)
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Old 31st Jul 2006, 14:02
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'Gweilo GO GO'
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Old 31st Jul 2006, 14:52
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'AD'
Quite an appropriate registration for an Airbus.
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Old 29th Aug 2006, 19:32
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Here's the choice
The winning name is..."Progress Hong Kong."

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_...32000011d21c39____

Not quite as zippy as some of the suggestions on this thread...
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Old 29th Aug 2006, 20:24
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Originally Posted by Jaguar7777
100th Aircraft....
If its a 747F call it "Tonnage" and send it to USA, and watch them scractch their heads wondering how many 1000kg to the lb.
ROTFLMAO!!
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Old 29th Aug 2006, 21:03
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100th Aircraft Name?

"2005-Profit-Share"
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Old 29th Aug 2006, 23:46
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OK, how about "Pisang Balik"

Indonesian for "Inverted Banana"...white on the outside...
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Old 30th Aug 2006, 13:49
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I see... so it goes something like this....

Betsy
Nikki
Progress Hong Kong

....yeap - great english name...............NOT
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Old 30th Aug 2006, 16:12
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"Progress Hong Kong" does have a nice ring to it, NOT !

They should have named it after the most used book on the bus

MELanie
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Old 31st Aug 2006, 06:13
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No100 should have been called BART.
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Old 31st Aug 2006, 06:46
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OK, how about "Pisang Balik"

Indonesian for "Inverted Banana"...white on the outside...

HaHaHa... I'll pay that Underpants!!!
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Old 31st Aug 2006, 16:59
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Well, I went to spot its arrival the other day...and got some quite okay pictures (clearer than the ones on CX website):
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5803461

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5803460

It looks very nice in my opinion!
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Old 1st Sep 2006, 08:44
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Change your opinion.
Then you could be normal.
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Old 1st Sep 2006, 13:22
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What are those brown skid marks, near where the honey cart plugs in? Maybe it should be called "Dia-Rear"
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