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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Mar 2010, 19:01
Replies: 18
Views: 3,576
Posted By Panop

Super Hornets buzz Gold Coast today Local Gold...

Super Hornets buzz Gold Coast today Local Gold Coast News | goldcoast.com.au | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/03/26/201991_gold-coast-news.html)

Super...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Mar 2010, 17:33
Replies: 114
Views: 64,537
Posted By Panop

No offence take Squawk. I'm sorry you can't see...

No offence take Squawk. I'm sorry you can't see it but then I have my doubts about the Victor (no argument about the Comet though until they Nimroded it!).

Must be a cultural thing - not many US...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Mar 2010, 16:22
Replies: 45
Views: 22,303
Posted By Panop

A little off track, but for the record, the RAAF...

A little off track, but for the record, the RAAF wasn't exactly flush with quality passenger transports either in 1989. Their contribution was a few C-130s which SLFs filled up with varying degrees...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Mar 2010, 15:25
Replies: 114
Views: 64,537
Posted By Panop

I hope someone reported them to the RSPCA or...

I hope someone reported them to the RSPCA or whoever it is that deals with cruel experiments to innocent aircraft.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2010, 16:38
Replies: 72
Views: 23,515
Posted By Panop

My post re 5X-UVA...

My post re 5X-UVA http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/245515-east-african-airways-vc-10-accident-1972-addis-ababa-2.html#post5558202 may be of interest to followers of this thread as...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2010, 15:02
Replies: 75
Views: 38,109
Posted By Panop

5X-UVA

A personal note. I always felt an affinity for UVA as I was fortunate enough to be at Brooklands when she took off on her maiden flight to Wisley in 1966. Somewhere under a vast pile of my lifes's...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2010, 15:25
Replies: 296
Views: 61,562
Posted By Panop

That's the point - THAT is now the REAL risk...

That's the point - THAT is now the REAL risk (probably always was except the number of ways you can now be shot at from the back have increased exponentially). You've got to deal with the world, day...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Mar 2010, 12:42
Replies: 114
Views: 64,537
Posted By Panop

Squawk7777 - you gotta be kidding! A Viscount...

Squawk7777 - you gotta be kidding! A Viscount (especially the 800 series) is a thing of great beauty and class. I also kind of like the C-130 but I realise that comment calls my judgement into...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2010, 12:09
Replies: 296
Views: 61,562
Posted By Panop

Hmmm.....surely stepwilk isn't suggesting that...

Hmmm.....surely stepwilk isn't suggesting that naivety is a desirable trait in an Air Traffic Controller? We all need to live in the real world, like it or not, or face the consequences. And risk...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Mar 2010, 17:42
Replies: 296
Views: 61,562
Posted By Panop

The controller was still 'in control' and able to...

The controller was still 'in control' and able to intervene instantly if anything somehow went wrong (different scenario altogether to placing a child in the 'driver's seat' and standing behind him...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2010, 16:34
Replies: 114
Views: 64,537
Posted By Panop

Ugly

Don't forget the Maxim Gorki (Tupolev ANT-20) (http://flyghistoria.se/tupolev_ant20E.html)

And whilst we're at it no one (certainly not sober, I hope) ever accused the Douglas C-124 Globemaster...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Feb 2010, 11:58
Replies: 56
Views: 9,040
Posted By Panop

balancing act

From memory, it was much easier to get out of balance in the 'old days' with rear engine aircraft such as the BAC One-Eleven (don't know about the B717 or F100 but I imagine the same would tend to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Jan 2010, 10:04
Replies: 56
Views: 9,040
Posted By Panop

Wrong Load

Mildly off topic but even full loads of SLF can end up on the wrong aircraft so what chance do bags have
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http://www.pprune.org/5010554-post42.html
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Jan 2010, 06:39
Replies: 24
Views: 6,952
Posted By Panop

UA diversion

Agree but disagree.

There's nothing wrong with a news organisation asking questions about a 'potential' news story. That's their job. If there's nothing in it a half decent PR department could...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Jan 2010, 04:12
Replies: 24
Views: 6,952
Posted By Panop

UA diversion

A UA 747 arrived at BNE from SYD at 11.45 local today with the apparent intention of ferrying the pax from the diverted flight on to SYD. This does imply that the diverted aircraft maybe does have a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Dec 2009, 16:12
Replies: 1
Views: 981
Posted By Panop

Dc-4 Vh-paf

For propliner fans who haven't recently ventured too far from this forum have a look at http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-aviation-questions/339457-dc4-archerfield.html . The last DC-4 in Oz,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
8th Aug 2009, 16:31
Replies: 14
Views: 2,396
Posted By Panop

This is not the same as sub contracting a flight....

This is not the same as sub contracting a flight. Any loss or damage to luggage is the responsibility of the carrier who's flight you are on - the carrier issuing the ticket is generally irrelevant...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Aug 2009, 16:06
Replies: 55
Views: 49,463
Posted By Panop

And people today complain about seat pitch and...

And people today complain about seat pitch and service on Low Cost Carriers!:)
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Aug 2009, 15:56
Replies: 20
Views: 3,272
Posted By Panop

Strange that just about only the UK and various...

Strange that just about only the UK and various totalitarian states seem to find this activity an issue. 99.9999% of listening, which is and has been widespread for over 40 years, results in no harm...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Aug 2009, 15:58
Replies: 55
Views: 49,463
Posted By Panop

yarnsplicer - thanks for bringing this subject...

yarnsplicer - thanks for bringing this subject up. I hope someone's memory is eventually jogged about Germany as it certainly seems very possible that your father was telling it exactly how it was. ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Aug 2009, 14:15
Replies: 55
Views: 49,463
Posted By Panop

I thought that the Mossies had to fly with civvie...

I thought that the Mossies had to fly with civvie registrations and be identified as BOAC rather than RAF flights due to Sweden's strict neutrality during WW2. I think they were unarmed for the same...
Forum: Cabin Crew
9th Jul 2009, 18:02
Replies: 109
Views: 51,285
Posted By Panop

QF

Mid 1970s - Qantas 742 ex Christchurch. F/O doing PA. "On behalf of Captain Cook who will be in charge of our flight to Melbourne today...."

Poor b*gger - Qantas's Capt Cook must have become...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Jul 2009, 02:50
Replies: 44
Views: 5,592
Posted By Panop

Modesty

Very modest of you, Rainboe! I think you underestimate yourself and your 3,223 postings. Where aren't you?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
23rd Jun 2009, 18:20
Replies: 25
Views: 4,158
Posted By Panop

Roof Surfing

Don't know about tiles, but I was reliably informed that back in the early 70s a BIA Herald making an early morning newspaper run into Guernsey surprised the driver of the local baker's van (who had...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2009, 18:53
Replies: 121
Views: 43,329
Posted By Panop

Vanguard Looks

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I've always thought of the Vanguard as a functional but pleasantly attractive looking beast. Definitely nothing frilly and feminine but nicely proportioned in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2009, 17:58
Replies: 165
Views: 87,003
Posted By Panop

Channel Mixup

I was once told of an incident that happened in the early 70s with two Channel Airways Viscounts out of Southend. There was one departing for Jersey and one for Guernsey at the same time. Somehow,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th May 2009, 16:10
Replies: 11
Views: 1,682
Posted By Panop

BIA

A tad unkind to describe the BIA operation as the 'dog-ends of minor routes'. To be more accurate BIA was the new name given to British United Island Airways after Caledonian Airways bought the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
18th May 2009, 15:36
Replies: 3
Views: 1,298
Posted By Panop

I hope the assembly instructions that Airbus sent...

I hope the assembly instructions that Airbus sent to China were clearer than the instructions I just had to follow to assemble a Chinese made CKD baby buggy out of a box, otherwise it will be an...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th May 2009, 17:05
Replies: 7
Views: 892
Posted By Panop

I think you are all being somewhat harsh on...

I think you are all being somewhat harsh on Lucky747. It was a first post ever from a new member and in Spectators Balcony at that. Some of you old pros appear to be having a few hydraulic leaks...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th May 2009, 04:30
Replies: 51
Views: 11,695
Posted By Panop

Bangor DC-10 (cross thread)

WHBM is pretty much on the money but when I flew as SLF LGW-BGR-LAX and return the pax customs clearance was not done at BGR, as I expected it to be, but at LAX. I did wonder how they managed that -...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th May 2009, 16:22
Replies: 51
Views: 11,695
Posted By Panop

UK-California

Sorry to drift back off topic again but some of you may be interested.

The 747-100s struggled westbound (against the prevailing winds) and getting the load and fuel right was quite an art...
Forum: Cabin Crew
6th May 2009, 15:47
Replies: 109
Views: 51,285
Posted By Panop

QF

Sorry, Qantas.

http://www.pprune.org/cabin-crew/372292-qantas-pam-ann-does-qf-safety-demo.html
Forum: Cabin Crew
5th May 2009, 17:06
Replies: 109
Views: 51,285
Posted By Panop

Stick it

With an attitude like that we don't want to hear much from you either! Bet you're happy to take the SLF's money - meagre as you may consider it.

Whenever I fly with a crew who can't even be...
Forum: Cabin Crew
18th Apr 2009, 18:04
Replies: 109
Views: 51,285
Posted By Panop

PA Humour

It's interesting to note how many of these relate to Aussie crew - a generally more relaxed attitude to communication exists Down Under, I think.

Anyway, my one is also from Oz. Mid 1980s, Ansett...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Mar 2009, 05:31
Replies: 81
Views: 64,694
Posted By Panop

Eddies

I'd forgotten about the parrot - a macaw wasn't it?

I recall now hearing the Croydon story once - certainly sounds feasible.

I still have a tendency to pronounce 'baked beans' as 'bakkeddabins'...
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