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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jan 2023, 12:22
Replies: 10
Views: 2,343
Posted By deedave

Just travel in a very fast aircraft. You will...

Just travel in a very fast aircraft. You will experience a small time shift courtesy of Mr Einstein.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jan 2023, 20:20
Replies: 67
Views: 21,923
Posted By deedave

Same as before. They may or may not find the...

Same as before. They may or may not find the money to build an airport. And the market will reject it as it always has. Wrong location.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Aug 2022, 19:52
Replies: 67
Views: 21,923
Posted By deedave

Load factors for AMS were also poor. However KLM...

Load factors for AMS were also poor. However KLM might have considered it worth it if they could poach business from LHR and LGW. Feeder flights as you say. Whether they would have chosen to do this...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Aug 2022, 15:40
Replies: 67
Views: 21,923
Posted By deedave

EUjet and Manston failed because they were...

EUjet and Manston failed because they were haemorrhaging money. Goldman Sachs bailed them out with £30 million on 17 Dec 2004, but 7 months later all that money had gone and the whole operation went...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Aug 2022, 06:17
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

One thing he does have a scooby doo about is...

One thing he does have a scooby doo about is fleecing investment institutions. All his aviation activities have failed yet he still persuades them to invest in failure. Genius.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2020, 03:46
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

The director of RSP is the same person who was...

The director of RSP is the same person who was director of Wiggins/Planestation in 1998/1999 when Manston was sold into private hands by the MOD. My interest in this matter is professional but this...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2020, 21:05
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

PS the current owners are led by the same person...

PS the current owners are led by the same person who started this in 1998
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2020, 21:03
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

How? By lifting up the entire airfield and moving...

How? By lifting up the entire airfield and moving it to a suitable location? This is a runway built for short range European ops in two world wars. If the runway didn't exist, would you build one in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2020, 20:42
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

All of which explains why MSE was a runaway...

All of which explains why MSE was a runaway success during 16 years of ops and why it can't possibly fail during the coming decades of recession and large amounts of spare capacity at every other...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jul 2020, 08:05
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

Judicial review is being launched to challenge...

Judicial review is being launched to challenge the Secretary of State's decision to grant the DCO against the recommendations of the Government Planning Inspectorate. JR is crowd funded by local...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2020, 13:59
Replies: 146
Views: 44,748
Posted By deedave

Planning inspectorate recommended the application...

Planning inspectorate recommended the application should be refused. Secretary of State decided to disregard the recommendation. Politicians with undisclosed agenda? Wonder if there'll be a Judicial...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Aug 2017, 14:33
Replies: 186
Views: 76,803
Posted By deedave

Manston to Outer Space

Manston to Outer Space
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Aug 2017, 11:45
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Manston never handled more than about 1.5% of UK...

Manston never handled more than about 1.5% of UK freight tonnage. This may indeed have made it 5th in the UK but it's still only 1.5%.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2017, 21:31
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

The person highlighted in the news item in the...

The person highlighted in the news item in the above post pretty much illustrates the profile of the average person campaigning to open the former airfield. Aviation expert? Draw your own conclusions!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jul 2017, 21:27
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Population growth is a reality of human existence...

Population growth is a reality of human existence and always has been. Facilities are provided by society as required. However this is an aviation forum so this discussion belongs elsewhere.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jul 2017, 18:56
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Lotus- 2500 new houses on the former airfield not...

Lotus- 2500 new houses on the former airfield not 5000. Housing on 1/3 of the site, 1/3 business use, 1/3 open green space. The housing allocation for Thanet has been made by central government. If...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jul 2017, 03:19
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

01475 is entirely correct. Dr Beau Webber your...

01475 is entirely correct. Dr Beau Webber your "bullet points" are pure fiction. We need to see the inspector's report in full but it would appear from his initial statement that he takes the view...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jun 2017, 15:36
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

I think the trick is to stay on topic chaps. The...

I think the trick is to stay on topic chaps. The topic is Manston Airport. A little tricky as there is no airport at Manston but please do your best.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th May 2017, 04:58
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

144 part-timers

144 part-timers
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th May 2017, 17:28
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

This is a joke. Even the Manston faithful on...

This is a joke. Even the Manston faithful on their social media sites aren't gullible enough to believe it. Sorry Dr Webber but you've got no chance of convincing the professionals who frequent...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th May 2017, 12:48
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Question- I recently attended a briefing at which...

Question- I recently attended a briefing at which it was explained that one of the reasons for Manston's lack of potential as a freight operation is that bellyhold cargo via the established UK...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th May 2017, 12:43
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

These forecasts should be considered on the...

These forecasts should be considered on the context of other forecasts that Mr Freudmann has paid people to provide since 1999 when he was CEO of Wiggins/Planestation. They were similarly optimistic...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th May 2017, 13:51
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Manston may have been 5th/8th largest airport for...

Manston may have been 5th/8th largest airport for freight, but if memory serves the last time I checked CAA stats this translated to approx 1% of UK freight yield. Not much. The Equine border post...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th May 2017, 13:03
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

(Yes I think 01475 was joking)

(Yes I think 01475 was joking)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th May 2017, 12:54
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Harry. I can't speak for 01475 but I think you...

Harry. I can't speak for 01475 but I think you may have missed the point of their post. Manston has cornered the niche market of mostly empty aircraft over a number of years now. We are told the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th May 2017, 05:54
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Infratil had Manston up for sale as an...

Infratil had Manston up for sale as an operational airport for a very long time at a modest market price. Nobody wanted it. Riveroak didn't come forward. Edi Truell didn't come forward. The new...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th May 2017, 19:29
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

IB4138- Your profile describes you as a retired...

IB4138- Your profile describes you as a retired radio presenter. Why does it not refer to your career in aviation?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Apr 2017, 04:02
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Basically "Riveroak" is just Tony...

Basically "Riveroak" is just Tony Freudmann......again. If you want an understanding of Manston's failures over the past 20 years just google his name. He appears under a variety guises, including...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Oct 2016, 15:41
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

"the country so obviously sorely need." I...

"the country so obviously sorely need."

I think this statement probably refers to LHR or LGW.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Nov 2015, 06:29
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

"Wells Hung" ...

"Wells Hung"

https://www.facebook.com/manstonpickle/photos/pb.811539855536577.-2207520000.1446362738./1055304761160084/?type=3
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Oct 2015, 10:31
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Some observations from Thanet residents- ...

Some observations from Thanet residents-

Paragraph 3.29 of the Officers' report to TDC's Cabinet says it all:
"With respect to the need to acquire the land within a set period after confirmation...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Oct 2015, 09:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

IB4138 and Nervous SLF. Thank you for your...

IB4138 and Nervous SLF. Thank you for your comments which are duly noted.
Do you have a comment, rumour, or information regarding the former airport at Manston?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Oct 2015, 07:59
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

IB4138. Do you have a comment to make about the...

IB4138. Do you have a comment to make about the former Manston Airport or are you simply here to make personal comments? I notice that you, too contribute almost exclusively to one thread. Most of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Oct 2015, 17:32
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

This is no longer about aviation. This is all...

This is no longer about aviation. This is all about UKIP. After UKIP were handed the poisoned chalice of a CPO at Manston, all the other parties had to do was sit back and watch them implode. Given...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Aug 2015, 13:58
Replies: 2,117
Views: 616,211
Posted By deedave

Some more relevant information appearing online- ...

Some more relevant information appearing online-

Reading through a thread on another Facebook site we came across this very illuminating insight from a former TDC Cabinet member, David Green. When...
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