First A-330 delivered?
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"I hear that the UK Tax Payer's first A330 (ZZ331) was seen arriving at Boscombe Down today."
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the first Routemaster Cabrio version
Actually the second...remember Live And Let Die, and the bus chase under the low bridge?
I can't believe I actually know this and it's an admission of deep nerdiness but as a point of order it wasn't a Routemaster it was a Leyland RT.
Pulls on anorak and grabs flask......
the first Routemaster Cabrio version
Actually the second...remember Live And Let Die, and the bus chase under the low bridge?
I can't believe I actually know this and it's an admission of deep nerdiness but as a point of order it wasn't a Routemaster it was a Leyland RT.
Pulls on anorak and grabs flask......
I used to think that bus-spotting was rather a.....'special interest' hobby...
Then I found out that there is actually a group which considers spotting manhole covers and drains to be interesting. I kid you not. Well, I suppose it takes all sorts, but drainspotting
???
Then I found out that there is actually a group which considers spotting manhole covers and drains to be interesting. I kid you not. Well, I suppose it takes all sorts, but drainspotting
???
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Described by a local newspaper reporter as "Based on the A 380, the World's largest passenger aircraft" which shows real in depth research or was the MOD handout wrong? Perhaps they don't know what they are leasing!
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Originally Posted by Jig Peter
PS. Given that an earlier Voyager by Mr. Rutan did a REALLY long flight and enjoys its retirement on display, will the MoD's naming specialists now add a "II" to the name it has chosen ?
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Originally Posted by A2QFI
Described by a local newspaper reporter as "Based on the A 380, the World's largest passenger aircraft" which shows real in depth research or was the MOD handout wrong? Perhaps they don't know what they are leasing!
I used to think that bus-spotting was rather a.....'special interest' hobby...
Then I found out that there is actually a group which considers spotting manhole covers and drains to be interesting. I kid you not. Well, I suppose it takes all sorts, but drainspotting ???
Then I found out that there is actually a group which considers spotting manhole covers and drains to be interesting. I kid you not. Well, I suppose it takes all sorts, but drainspotting ???
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Tend to agree, this is basically a mature airliner with thousands of hours airline service. Hanging a couple of pods under the wings can make little change to aerodynamics and presumably the manufacturer will have all the performance figures from the months of testing carried out at Seville by Airbus.
The similar Australian A330 figures are also available.
Can't see why six + more months required at Boscombe to get it into service.
Crew training doesnt take long these days and there is already an A330 Tanker sim up and running.
(With u/s TriStars littered around the routes at the moment and ongoing maintenance issues, the A330 can't be in service soon enough!!)
The similar Australian A330 figures are also available.
Can't see why six + more months required at Boscombe to get it into service.
Crew training doesnt take long these days and there is already an A330 Tanker sim up and running.
(With u/s TriStars littered around the routes at the moment and ongoing maintenance issues, the A330 can't be in service soon enough!!)
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Suprised they bought the in flight refuelling gear, after all a tanker without it would be like A carrier without planes.
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I wonder if this creep will surface again?
"Sting joins High Court battle to ground 'noisy' RAF tankers
By Richard Savill 12:00AM GMT 17 Nov 2000
THE rock star Sting has joined forces with residents including the Earl of Chichester in a legal action to halt plans by the Ministry of Defence to house the new generation of RAF tanker aircraft near their homes.
Aircraft movements into and out of Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, would increase by more than a third and cause a high level of noise pollution if the plans go ahead, they believe. Eight objectors, also including Sting's actress wife Trudie Styler and the Countess of Iveagh, are seeking a judicial review in the High Court, claiming that the procedures involved in the MoD plan infringe the European Convention on Human Rights.
Sting, a keen environmentalist who has campaigned actively for the protection of the Amazon rainforest, has a Grade 1 listed Tudor manor house at Wilsford-cum-Lake, about a mile from the Boscombe base. He was reported to have paid £2 million for the house, which includes 52 acres of landscaped gardens, in 1992."
"Sting joins High Court battle to ground 'noisy' RAF tankers
By Richard Savill 12:00AM GMT 17 Nov 2000
THE rock star Sting has joined forces with residents including the Earl of Chichester in a legal action to halt plans by the Ministry of Defence to house the new generation of RAF tanker aircraft near their homes.
Aircraft movements into and out of Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, would increase by more than a third and cause a high level of noise pollution if the plans go ahead, they believe. Eight objectors, also including Sting's actress wife Trudie Styler and the Countess of Iveagh, are seeking a judicial review in the High Court, claiming that the procedures involved in the MoD plan infringe the European Convention on Human Rights.
Sting, a keen environmentalist who has campaigned actively for the protection of the Amazon rainforest, has a Grade 1 listed Tudor manor house at Wilsford-cum-Lake, about a mile from the Boscombe base. He was reported to have paid £2 million for the house, which includes 52 acres of landscaped gardens, in 1992."
T-OT-D,perhaps you hadn`t noticed ,but 411A has gone to convert St Peter to Tristars.....
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I've worked on commissioning large industrial plant
I would also suggest that SOPs for a MILITARY aircraft cannot be accurately written until you fly it!