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Forum: Rotorheads
6th Sep 2005, 17:23
Replies: 130
Views: 33,759
Posted By GrahamCurry

>>why not just authorise it 10 -50 m to the left...

>>why not just authorise it 10 -50 m to the left / right of the cable car / line ?
>>Why over it ?

Presumably the route had to CROSS the cable at some stage.
Forum: Questions
6th Sep 2005, 16:51
Replies: 38
Views: 6,702
Posted By GrahamCurry

>>One major company has (had??) a policy...

>>One major company has (had??) a policy restricting the number of senior officers who could fly on one flight. For lesser officers and managers, a larger number was permitted. Finally the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Sep 2005, 16:46
Replies: 5
Views: 1,993
Posted By GrahamCurry

Fuel on a virgin ticket

Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways is raising fuel surcharges by £6 on tickets sold in the UK to compensate for rising oil prices.

Virgin said it would increase the levy to £30 per flight,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Sep 2005, 00:42
Replies: 6
Views: 2,578
Posted By GrahamCurry

I still think BA One Class (or BAOC) should be...

I still think BA One Class (or BAOC) should be the name . . .
;-)
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Sep 2005, 14:23
Replies: 61
Views: 34,843
Posted By GrahamCurry

>Latest TV news said that the plane may have hit...

>Latest TV news said that the plane may have hit power cables before the. Don't know if this is due to a slow climb......

Pull up, pull up . . .
Stall?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
5th Sep 2005, 12:03
Replies: 20
Views: 5,334
Posted By GrahamCurry

Update on the Excel incident

Plane worries leave hol families in limbo:-
http://tinyurl.com/d9hor
Forum: Tech Log
5th Sep 2005, 11:37
Replies: 33
Views: 7,098
Posted By GrahamCurry

>>Standard football pressure is around 13psid -...

>>Standard football pressure is around 13psid - cabin pressure at SL is about 14.7 psi and at 8000' cabin altitude about 10psi - so there's only an extra 4-5 odd psi on a football that's designed to...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2005, 21:54
Replies: 145
Views: 59,927
Posted By GrahamCurry

>>I don't see the forward fuselage in this...

>>I don't see the forward fuselage in this picture.
>>Possibly the forward fuselage broke off, but from this picture, it could go either way.
>>That said, my surmise from this picture is that the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Sep 2005, 08:23
Replies: 34
Views: 6,923
Posted By GrahamCurry

>>Boofta, oh no, you let the cat out of the bag...

>>Boofta, oh no, you let the cat out of the bag !, perhaps you shouldn't have said the "actual controls are in the flightdeck" - oh no, thoses security boffins will have to think of something to deny...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Sep 2005, 12:38
Replies: 20
Views: 5,334
Posted By GrahamCurry

Excel

http://tinyurl.com/dzxah
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Sep 2005, 11:24
Replies: 226
Views: 86,683
Posted By GrahamCurry

>your quardapuff Surely it's spelt 'wiff 'n...

>your quardapuff

Surely it's spelt 'wiff 'n puff' ?

Didn't they write a song about it?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Sep 2005, 16:49
Replies: 2
Views: 785
Posted By GrahamCurry

On this day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_2493000/2493469.stm
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Sep 2005, 16:25
Replies: 14
Views: 5,952
Posted By GrahamCurry

QED

>>the very next piece of news might contradict your conclusion

>The facts are that a crack appeared on the FO's side eyebrow window

QED!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Sep 2005, 15:38
Replies: 19
Views: 5,433
Posted By GrahamCurry

OK then, if not O'Leary, then Paul Stoddart. No...

OK then, if not O'Leary, then Paul Stoddart. No problem with replacement parts and experienced in quick turnarounds (F1).
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Sep 2005, 15:32
Replies: 14
Views: 5,952
Posted By GrahamCurry

>>No sign of it on the arrivals board for the...

>>No sign of it on the arrivals board for the inbound flight due back at 1255.
Did someone not say some of GSMs 733's were from the same batch as Helios (ie from DBA)
Not to scare monger of course....
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Aug 2005, 19:41
Replies: 7
Views: 2,822
Posted By GrahamCurry

>What I find incredible is that elsewhere in the...

>What I find incredible is that elsewhere in the report, the figure of 108 bird strikes in Ireland is mentioned, that's an average of 1 every 3 days. Is the figure this high in the rest of Europe?
...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Aug 2005, 21:04
Replies: 24
Views: 4,979
Posted By GrahamCurry

>At ATL about 1985, two Eastern DC-9's backed...

>At ATL about 1985, two Eastern DC-9's backed into each other from opposing gates.

You mean they weren't looking in their mirrors?
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2005, 12:43
Replies: 11
Views: 4,425
Posted By GrahamCurry

>In my opinion, the blacklist does not tell the...

>In my opinion, the blacklist does not tell the traveller anything about the safety of other airlines. Not being on the list is not a 'seal of approval'.

Just as you should travel with the Airline...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Aug 2005, 09:46
Replies: 21
Views: 4,977
Posted By GrahamCurry

You will see from my location that I live at the...

You will see from my location that I live at the 'gap' on the approach to Newcastle EGNT Runway 07 where the military North - South corridor crosses. Approaching Civils have to be at 'at least...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Aug 2005, 21:46
Replies: 31
Hf
Views: 5,013
Posted By GrahamCurry

73 and 88 should NEVER be used in the plural form

73 and 88 should NEVER be used in the plural form
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Aug 2005, 16:43
Replies: 48
Views: 16,452
Posted By GrahamCurry

>So it is entirely possible that a carrier would...

>So it is entirely possible that a carrier would have to bear the costs of treatment of the kind of injury that apparrently took place in this case.

So it was in BA's financial interest to...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Aug 2005, 20:44
Replies: 10
Views: 4,289
Posted By GrahamCurry

Shame about the high tide . . .

Shame about the high tide . . .
Forum: Private Flying
24th Aug 2005, 11:33
Replies: 18
Views: 6,810
Posted By GrahamCurry

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=1...

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=144766
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Aug 2005, 06:07
Replies: 29
Views: 12,406
Posted By GrahamCurry

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-134190...

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13419041,00.html
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Aug 2005, 16:51
Replies: 592
Views: 291,648
Posted By GrahamCurry

From page 28:- "If the rain had just moved in,...

From page 28:-
"If the rain had just moved in, the runway surface could well have been more oily than wet.

The top part of pavement is full of petroleum-based products, mostly microscopic bits of...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Aug 2005, 14:14
Replies: 592
Views: 291,648
Posted By GrahamCurry

From page 19 (sorry, I'm still catching-up):- ...

From page 19 (sorry, I'm still catching-up):-
"Ravine may have saved flight from worse fate

THE 309 passsengers and crew of Air France Flight 358 may have survived the crash landing because of —...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Aug 2005, 09:17
Replies: 60
Views: 19,315
Posted By GrahamCurry

Interesting straw poll on Sky News - Are BA staff...

Interesting straw poll on Sky News - Are BA staff justified in walking out?
41.47% (8,466) say Yes,
58.52% (11,945) say No

So CLOSE?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th Aug 2005, 16:20
Replies: 28
Views: 6,020
Posted By GrahamCurry

>is it really that safe to have lots of...

>is it really that safe to have lots of aeroplanes flying so close to one another, so close to large crowds?

Some of the most exciting air displays that I've watched have been 'airliners'...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Aug 2005, 15:55
Replies: 60
Views: 19,315
Posted By GrahamCurry

>countered a local caterering strike by getting...

>countered a local caterering strike by getting McD to cater the aircraft for the SYD-SIN leg......

I'm sure some enterprising pizza-outlet would even deliver . . .
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
18th Aug 2005, 11:40
Replies: 2
Views: 749
Posted By GrahamCurry

Not A380

How on Earth (!) can they evacuate this proposed design within 90 seconds? :-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4158802.stm
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
23rd Jun 2005, 10:53
Replies: 15
Views: 1,871
Posted By GrahamCurry

Helis flying down the runway

EGNT requires helis to approach at 90 degrees to the active runway, then follow the runway line in hover-taxi to their turn-off taxi-way (though usually at 20ft rather than 500 . . . ).
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
23rd Jun 2005, 10:44
Replies: 1
Views: 1,111
Posted By GrahamCurry

Low helis

We get military overflights en-route to and from Otterburn Ranges. (We are also on the approach to EGNT R07, so they cross above the Curry House.) On one occasion a Chinook was VERY low (so low it...
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