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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Mar 2024, 11:40
Replies: 59
Views: 11,184
Posted By Cleared Visual

If you actually asked the current and former...

If you actually asked the current and former serving ADF personnel what they thought about this "gesture", you'd find that most didnt feel respected by it at all, rather they found it all a bit...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2024, 09:28
Replies: 705
Views: 199,153
Posted By Cleared Visual

Wishful thinking, but if that happened, is it...

Wishful thinking, but if that happened, is it conceivable that Lockheed, perhaps with some kind of subsidy, would see a viable opportunity to have another shot at the airliner market?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Nov 2023, 20:25
Replies: 21
Views: 8,128
Posted By Cleared Visual

This is the only one that comes to mind....

This is the only one that comes to mind. Misheard/misinterpreted clearance by the DC-8 crew.

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710129-1
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2023, 09:14
Replies: 54
Views: 23,992
Posted By Cleared Visual

That comment might make sense, in general, if the...

That comment might make sense, in general, if the pax in question had booked their tickets on a ULCC, rather than a full-service legacy carrier. Air Canada arent exactly charging "lemonade money"....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Oct 2022, 04:10
Replies: 24
Views: 3,542
Posted By Cleared Visual

Sure, but if you want to bring politics into it,...

Sure, but if you want to bring politics into it, surely blame must be shared by one J Howard and his mate J Sharp, who handed over control of public infrastructure and land reserved for aviation uses...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Jun 2021, 11:12
Replies: 12
Views: 5,099
Posted By Cleared Visual

NTL emergency landing

Just recieved multiple notifications that all flights in and out of Newcastle this evening and have been cancelled and diverted due to an emergency landing and an aircraft disabled on the runway....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Mar 2020, 06:41
Replies: 5
Views: 4,241
Posted By Cleared Visual

Well for one, Tamworth is not an "ADF airbase"....

Well for one, Tamworth is not an "ADF airbase". BAE systems have a facility there that operated a contract to provide basic flight training for the ADF. As far as I am aware, that contract expired in...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2020, 11:30
Replies: 99
Views: 118,850
Posted By Cleared Visual

Article containing "alleged" photographs of the...

Article containing "alleged" photographs of the wreckage, albeit from a tabloid.

if this is indeed the wreckage, it looks like maybe a Bombardier Global series bizjet.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Jan 2020, 05:19
Replies: 355
Views: 312,906
Posted By Cleared Visual

Actually it came directly from the NSW RFS...

Actually it came directly from the NSW RFS commissioner. He stated during a press conference that it is a precautionary grounding initiated by Coulson to rule out things like fuel contamination...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Dec 2019, 06:30
Replies: 127
Views: 61,052
Posted By Cleared Visual

The Greens have taken some pretty extreme...

The Greens have taken some pretty extreme positions. I dont think they could ever form a credible government and Labor just recently got schooled in the pitfalls of trying to cosy up to them at the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Dec 2019, 19:35
Replies: 127
Views: 61,052
Posted By Cleared Visual

Ah Godwin's law holds true once again! To be...

Ah Godwin's law holds true once again!

To be honest I am less concerned about how action (or inaction) on climate change will alter society than I am about grown ass adults who think a 16 year old...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Dec 2019, 05:26
Replies: 127
Views: 61,052
Posted By Cleared Visual

Greta has Aspergers. If you have ever known...

Greta has Aspergers. If you have ever known someone with this condition, you'd understand she probably has an intimate knowledge of the factors affecting climate change because she has an intense and...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Aug 2019, 21:15
Replies: 17
Views: 13,620
Posted By Cleared Visual

Definitely 4 bladed props on this bird. See the...

Definitely 4 bladed props on this bird. See the other links/photos.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2019, 12:27
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,267,812
Posted By Cleared Visual

Although I am not a pilot, I have some...

Although I am not a pilot, I have some experiencing in testing (non aviation) automated systems and have seen some poorly written code before. I think Silverstrata summed up a simple fix that might...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jul 2018, 07:46
Replies: 211
Views: 77,981
Posted By Cleared Visual

I would hardly call the 767 a miscue, with over...

I would hardly call the 767 a miscue, with over 1,100 built so far (more prolific than the 707) and a healthy backlog of orders for new build freighters, I think a production run sustained for 40+...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2018, 03:56
Replies: 48
Views: 22,312
Posted By Cleared Visual

I believe the first A320 leased by SkyWest for...

I believe the first A320 leased by SkyWest for FIFO work in Western Australia was a 1993 build. Obviously the economics made some sense in this case as it was retained when they were taken over by...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Apr 2018, 12:13
Replies: 7
Views: 3,705
Posted By Cleared Visual

Actually, the word is the numbers are quite good...

Actually, the word is the numbers are quite good on the CBR-SIN sectors, although the new service will be timed for better connections to Asia. Could be QR's daily service is taking some of those...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Feb 2018, 05:45
Replies: 358
Views: 195,002
Posted By Cleared Visual

Apologies to all for the thread drift, but Jetgo...

Apologies to all for the thread drift, but Jetgo have previously mentioned Canberra as a potential destination from Albury in their press releases.

SQ are soon to be end their 4x weekly CBR-WLG...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Jan 2018, 04:30
Replies: 47
Views: 10,733
Posted By Cleared Visual

And sadly not surprising. On a VA flight over the...

And sadly not surprising. On a VA flight over the Christmas holidays an elderly passenger seated behind me started to become ill and requested a blanket - apparently Virgin are "trialling" having...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Jul 2017, 07:19
Replies: 70
Views: 42,583
Posted By Cleared Visual

Any actual updates on Jetgo and Wollongong? This...

Any actual updates on Jetgo and Wollongong? This one looks to be headed for Jet Blast...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jul 2017, 07:51
Replies: 7
Views: 2,839
Posted By Cleared Visual

That would be a Fokker Dr.1 replica. Glad the...

That would be a Fokker Dr.1 replica. Glad the pilot got out okay. Hopefully we will see the aircraft fly again soon!
Forum: North America
15th Jun 2017, 10:05
Replies: 36
Views: 14,554
Posted By Cleared Visual

763 according to several media reports....

763 according to several media reports. Flightaware seems to confirm it.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2017, 09:44
Replies: 10
Views: 4,385
Posted By Cleared Visual

Sometime back in the 1990s Qantas flew their...

Sometime back in the 1990s Qantas flew their 747SPs under a subsidiary company called something like Australian Asia Airlines. This was specifically for operating flights to Taiwan and had a ribbon...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Jan 2017, 04:38
Replies: 172
Views: 40,330
Posted By Cleared Visual

It sounds like many of those commenting have...

It sounds like many of those commenting have never visited Perth. Close to 10 per cent of the metro population are English/Irish expats. Many more are FIFO workers with high disposable incomes and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Feb 2016, 09:53
Replies: 28
Views: 4,319
Posted By Cleared Visual

Done Katherine to the East Coast on many...

Done Katherine to the East Coast on many occasions. As long as you stay off the road between dusk and dawn, travel in the dry season and avoid a place called the "Star Inn Accommodation for Single...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Oct 2015, 00:55
Replies: 6
Views: 2,993
Posted By Cleared Visual

They pulled out of Hamilton I believe at the end...

They pulled out of Hamilton I believe at the end of 2014. Apparently falling passenger numbers made it unsustainable, so they moved RPT ops to Warrnambool. They still have the flying school in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th Jan 2015, 09:25
Replies: 17
Views: 6,904
Posted By Cleared Visual

I clearly recall travelling as a passenger on a...

I clearly recall travelling as a passenger on a QF 767 SYD-OOL in June 95.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Jun 2014, 08:37
Replies: 9
Views: 3,914
Posted By Cleared Visual

Cactusjack unless things went downhill in the...

Cactusjack unless things went downhill in the last year or so, I recall from my time in the Top End that the only "prehistoric clapped out dash 8s" I saw regularly were those operated by Cobham(?)...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Mar 2014, 02:27
Replies: 107
Views: 53,555
Posted By Cleared Visual

"There are reports at least one person was...

"There are reports at least one person was onboard". :ugh:

I would certainly hope so if it was airborne!
I read up to five onboard in another report. Don't know what kind of aircraft. Hoping its...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Mar 2014, 07:54
Replies: 20
Views: 7,550
Posted By Cleared Visual

Maybe it was running low.... I left myself open...

Maybe it was running low.... I left myself open for such a response. But as a non pilot, I find it unusual that a relatively fast moving storm cell (7pm weather report shows Sydney now clear) would...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Mar 2014, 07:00
Replies: 20
Views: 7,550
Posted By Cleared Visual

NZ105 diversion to Canberra

Leaving work today I noticed an Air New Zealand 767 arriving in Canberra about 1730. Flight Aware showing NZ105 diverted enroute to Sydney. Some nasty looking WX this afternoon...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Jan 2014, 08:21
Replies: 56
Views: 14,718
Posted By Cleared Visual

Sorry to ressurect an ancient thread, but a...

Sorry to ressurect an ancient thread, but a search only gave me this...

It was announced that construction was complete and the place open for business back in Jan 2013 but I haven't heard a word...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Dec 2013, 09:35
Replies: 63
Views: 15,618
Posted By Cleared Visual

Light aircraft apparently had a "landing gear...

Light aircraft apparently had a "landing gear problem"... If my source is to be believed it may take a little while to move it.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Dec 2013, 06:30
Replies: 63
Views: 15,618
Posted By Cleared Visual

JQ Diversion RAAF Tindal 17/12

A few friends in Katherine report a Jetstar flight (A320?) just landed at YPTN. I suspect due to WX in Darwin, but BOM radar is currently down. Hopefully nothing more sinister. Can anyone in the know...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Dec 2013, 08:48
Replies: 180
Views: 73,679
Posted By Cleared Visual

Indeed I have simplified the issues, but as I...

Indeed I have simplified the issues, but as I said I don't work in the industry... Although, I can see Brindabella's HQ from my office, and my interest in this primarily stems from observing the...
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