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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Aug 2005, 14:36
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

I remember when I was a kid and I was being a...

I remember when I was a kid and I was being a pain in the butt, my mom would give me a good *WHACK* behind the head..
"STOP IT!". And lo and behold, I would..
But now they call it "child abuse"..
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Aug 2005, 13:30
Replies: 6
Views: 951
Posted By Antoninus

That is an interesting racket.. Fend for...

That is an interesting racket..
Fend for themselves in the Bahamas may be as costly as a first class ticket..
Happened to a couple of friends of mine. It wasn't even engine trouble; their Swissair...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Aug 2005, 13:05
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

This one didn't happen aboard a plane but on a...

This one didn't happen aboard a plane but on a high speed train from Paris to Geneva. However it's the same "mobile phones on taxi" attitude. And obnoxious AC Paxs quite often turn into obnoxious...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
29th Aug 2005, 13:46
Replies: 68
Views: 13,267
Posted By Antoninus

Well.. Leaving Paris at 12:00 noon and landing...

Well.. Leaving Paris at 12:00 noon and landing in New York at 11:00 AM seem to be a pretty good time saver.. A lot of business people could make the trip to the US and back in 24 hours.
As it...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Aug 2005, 10:55
Replies: 9
Views: 3,695
Posted By Antoninus

:\ You're not pedantic, you're right. That is...

:\
You're not pedantic, you're right. That is even more painful...
One should never believe whats friends say. I was told the original design was Mitchell's. It wasn't.
From a Mosquito site:...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
28th Aug 2005, 22:59
Replies: 13
Views: 2,479
Posted By Antoninus

http://pompiers-vizille.org/photos/pelicans/...

http://pompiers-vizille.org/photos/pelicans/ (http://)

A french site with great pictures of "Pelicans" (Canadair's nickname).

Looking at the pictures, the scooping procedures includes trying...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
28th Aug 2005, 22:20
Replies: 68
Views: 13,267
Posted By Antoninus

Right..."Were developing" is the important part....

Right..."Were developing" is the important part. I guess we'll never know how "awesome" it may have been won't we?
Besides, the 2707 was plain ugly.
SR-71, X-wing, Space shuttle, Apollo on the...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
28th Aug 2005, 21:18
Replies: 68
Views: 13,267
Posted By Antoninus

Concorde was --and still is today-- a unique...

Concorde was --and still is today-- a unique passenger plane.
You'd land in new York one hour before your departure from Paris. Think about it..
It was --and still is-- one of the most beautiful...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Aug 2005, 21:01
Replies: 31
Views: 6,637
Posted By Antoninus

I do not even know what algebra is but I figured...

I do not even know what algebra is but I figured it out the other way.
The size of an airplane notwithstanding, the same laws of gravity apply to everyone. And all planes fly in the same air.
Soi,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Aug 2005, 20:31
Replies: 9
Views: 3,695
Posted By Antoninus

AH! I was wondering on a forum on Caravelle why...

AH!
I was wondering on a forum on Caravelle why they didn't make noses like that anymore. I had forgotten the Boeing Dreamliner.
Very elegant aircraft altogether.
I think it's Reginald Mitchell,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Aug 2005, 20:11
Replies: 38
Views: 7,576
Posted By Antoninus

nd that Hind helicopter is truly magbnificent. THAT IS cutom xwork

Doesn't white paint also makes the work of detecting cracks due to metal fatigue easier?
It's a question. I don't know but I vaguely remember something about this. Maybe I'm totally misguided.....
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th Aug 2005, 19:49
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

Bravo Flaps!! Some parents are like that. First...

Bravo Flaps!!
Some parents are like that. First they try to curb the little monster then after a while they give up. Like that kid I slapped the safety belt on.
The parents tried for about five...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th Aug 2005, 15:17
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

I suggest the seats in the economy class be...

I suggest the seats in the economy class be locked in the upright position. That would solve the problem and spare the CA's a lot of conflicts.
I also suggest to people that plan to recline their...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Aug 2005, 14:28
Replies: 57
Views: 11,428
Posted By Antoninus

The first plane I flew in was a Caravelle. Paris...

The first plane I flew in was a Caravelle. Paris to Rome and return. I was ten years old and loved every minute of it.
Why don't they make noses like that anymore?
Best looking nose of the aviation...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
27th Aug 2005, 13:37
Replies: 13
Views: 2,479
Posted By Antoninus

Semaphore Sam, You obviously never lived on the...

Semaphore Sam,
You obviously never lived on the French Riviera. "Natural fires to control overgrowth" threaten whole villages. They're very nice villages and we really don't wan't them to burn....
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Aug 2005, 12:12
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

Southwest Airlines

Anybody here working for SouthWest airlines?
I flew on SouthWest several times when I lived in the US (Late 80's early 90's) and I remember they had a policy and an attitude and although I was once...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Aug 2005, 16:02
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

Tfly, Well, I am just a non-obnoxious...

Tfly,
Well, I am just a non-obnoxious passenger...:D
Would you share a few anecdotes?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Aug 2005, 15:22
Replies: 41
Views: 4,571
Posted By Antoninus

Obnoxious PAXs

I haven't seen anything on the matter of obnoxious passengers and since I bear witness they do exist, here's a place where pilots, cabin crews and non-obnoxious passengers will be able to vent their...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Aug 2005, 14:12
Replies: 28
Views: 5,999
Posted By Antoninus

From AFP wire service. August 25th. NICOSIA,...

From AFP wire service. August 25th.

NICOSIA, Aug 25, 2005 (AFP) - The Cypriot civil aviation authority failed to carry out mandatory airworthiness checks on Cypriot-registered aircraft for 10...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
26th Aug 2005, 13:39
Replies: 13
Views: 2,479
Posted By Antoninus

Flying firemen

I posted this a couple of days ago on another forum but it looks no one gave a hoot...

This summer several pilots lost their lives fighting forest fires in France and other southern areas of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Aug 2005, 12:37
Replies: 58
Views: 7,554
Posted By Antoninus

race to the runway

Can't remember whether it's Phoenix or Yuma, but one of those airports has two parallel runways, so sometimes on final you see a plane flying closer and closer to yours until eventually they set on...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Aug 2005, 15:06
Replies: 12
Views: 1,349
Posted By Antoninus

Maybe

Maybe the noise has to do with the fact that it is a small high wing aircraft, which means that when your're sitting by the wing, you are only a few feet away from the flaps..
Maybe the 747 flaps...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Aug 2005, 13:42
Replies: 12
Views: 1,349
Posted By Antoninus

BaE 146

I flew the BaE 146 several times, usually between Nice and Geneva, or Nice and Biarritz and I liked it a lot.
First, it's cute. It looks like a scale model of a bigger one.
It's comfy --jets don't...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
22nd Aug 2005, 13:22
Replies: 22
Views: 3,454
Posted By Antoninus

on board electronics

Soon as people travel in big compressed-air bottles full of very sensitive electronics flying several miles above ground at very high speed, I am in favour indeed of not taking ANY chances with ANY...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Aug 2005, 15:18
Replies: 41
Views: 35,995
Posted By Antoninus

747, then..

Thanks for the input paxboy and tightslot..
And may Bokonon protect you..
Also: is it true that high wing planes are generally less comfortable to fly than low wings?

Ah.. The Jumbo.. Big...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Aug 2005, 21:08
Replies: 41
Views: 35,995
Posted By Antoninus

Thanks

Thank GLS and Topbunk for the recent answers. They appear like words of kindness in a world of brutes...
I knew air density was significant but not that significant. I'll try to refresh that post of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Aug 2005, 16:47
Replies: 20
Views: 3,135
Posted By Antoninus

Right..

Right. The steaming pillock did no anything in Frankfurt he was too busy designing the new terminal at Roissy airport..
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Aug 2005, 16:26
Replies: 41
Views: 35,995
Posted By Antoninus

Yes, I believe the problem was fixed... But...

Yes, I believe the problem was fixed...
But there was a problem.

http://www.eetronics.com/icing_air_crashs.htm (http://)

As for being ignorant of flying well, not totally. I know the basics,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Aug 2005, 13:56
Replies: 41
Views: 35,995
Posted By Antoninus

ATR's

HA!
I got a lot of flak on another forum for writing that the ATR was a piece of cheap junk. I am glad to discover I ain't the only one of that opinion.
At the begining of its career, the ATR...
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