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Forum: African Aviation
15th Nov 2012, 16:48
Replies: 3
Views: 1,678
Posted By 9-er

Bad news

Very bad news, Kenyan aviation is not having a good year.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Sep 2012, 14:22
Replies: 745
Views: 244,007
Posted By 9-er

Brilliant thread.

A fellow DC-9 driver sent me the link to this thread. I owe him a crate of whatever tipple he fancies, what a great read!

I've been lucky enough to fly the DC-9 in 5 variants (-14, -32, -34CF, -82...
Forum: African Aviation
29th Jun 2011, 05:30
Replies: 4
Views: 2,005
Posted By 9-er

Brilliant one.:O Thank goodness he wasn't on the...

Brilliant one.:O Thank goodness he wasn't on the PA!
Forum: African Aviation
29th Jun 2011, 05:19
Replies: 12
Views: 1,761
Posted By 9-er

Loki Airport

Sadly, It's nowhere near as busy as it used to be. The UN's operation was limited to a single daily Dash 8 flying to Rumbek and Juba the last time I was there in 2009. East African withdrew...
Forum: African Aviation
13th Jun 2011, 12:19
Replies: 32
Views: 8,172
Posted By 9-er

Treat the following with caution: The Hotel...

Treat the following with caution:

The Hotel Source Du Nil, Bujumbura - still has its original 70's decor (more creepy than charming), most of the lights in our rooms (we were a crew of 8) did not...
Forum: African Aviation
6th May 2011, 04:41
Replies: 2
Views: 4,658
Posted By 9-er

Hi, A great airport directory app is...

Hi,

A great airport directory app is iAirports, available in the iTunes store. It contains a worldwide database of about 48000 airports.
Forum: African Aviation
3rd May 2011, 20:46
Replies: 22
Views: 5,249
Posted By 9-er

What unique challenges you ask? Well, the...

What unique challenges you ask? Well, the oft-mentioned tiller comes to mind.
I certainly agree that she's a forgiving and docile ship. In the right hands.
Forum: African Aviation
1st May 2011, 10:31
Replies: 22
Views: 5,249
Posted By 9-er

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DFO of...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DFO of this particular outfit heavily experienced in the Twotter? One wonders how a crew pairing with such low individual and combined experience was allowed,...
Forum: African Aviation
12th Mar 2011, 08:01
Replies: 35
Views: 7,137
Posted By 9-er

Flying Dash 7's for Airkenya was great fun during...

Flying Dash 7's for Airkenya was great fun during the company's heyday. We did some good flying on those beauties. I certainly wouldn't mind doing that again...:ok::ok::ok:
Forum: African Aviation
5th Feb 2011, 11:27
Replies: 6
Views: 1,718
Posted By 9-er

There were indeed two with RDA-6 engines...

There were indeed two with RDA-6 engines operating in Kenya a few years back. One (5Y-BRN) operated briefly for East African Safari Express on its short-lived Nairobi-Rumbek service around 2005/6....
Forum: African Aviation
14th Jan 2011, 11:37
Replies: 27
Views: 7,118
Posted By 9-er

. Beautifully said. Its great to see her...

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Beautifully said. Its great to see her being revived with a bit of a facelift thrown in. Long may she continue to boldly go where no airplane has gone before!::ok:
Forum: African Aviation
14th Dec 2010, 13:30
Replies: 6
Views: 2,853
Posted By 9-er

Nicely put Agaricus. There's a world of...

Nicely put Agaricus.

There's a world of difference between Somalia and Somaliland.
Forum: African Aviation
20th Apr 2010, 05:26
Replies: 87
Views: 30,472
Posted By 9-er

Great to see this wonderful aircraft back in...

Great to see this wonderful aircraft back in production. The upgrades look fantastic too. Who could've imagined the Twotter so remarkably reborn 10 years ago? Hope I get a chance to try one out one...
Forum: African Aviation
13th Apr 2010, 05:06
Replies: 10
Views: 3,152
Posted By 9-er

It isn't the first time KQ has had such an...

It isn't the first time KQ has had such an incident. The same thing happened to a 777 landing in early morning fog a couple of years ago and an A310 several years back. Luckily nobody got hurt. In...
Forum: African Aviation
6th Mar 2010, 16:58
Replies: 16
Views: 2,793
Posted By 9-er

The ATR42 that went off Runway 07 at Wilson (late...

The ATR42 that went off Runway 07 at Wilson (late 1995, don't remember the exact date) was actually French-registered (F-GHJE) and was serial no. 070. I have some old photos of it at Wilson. It was...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Feb 2010, 06:38
Replies: 10
Views: 3,013
Posted By 9-er

All -30 series DC-9's fitted with engines from...

All -30 series DC-9's fitted with engines from the JT8D-11 and upwards possess pretty useful capability when it comes to getting out of short hot-and-high airfields with decent payload. As mentioned...
Forum: African Aviation
20th Jan 2010, 12:21
Replies: 45
Views: 12,360
Posted By 9-er

Hi, The pilots involved in this accident are...

Hi,

The pilots involved in this accident are locally-recruited Kenyans, as are the majority of Jetlink's CRJ pilots. I believe the company trains its CRJ pilots 'in-house', with groundschool...
Forum: African Aviation
12th Aug 2009, 04:31
Replies: 3
Views: 1,243
Posted By 9-er

Daallo?

Hi RICCARDOVOLLANTE, the only DC-9 I know of based in that area is/was operating for Daallo Airlines. Haven't seen it in a while though..
African Express is based in Nairobi, doesn't operate to...
Forum: African Aviation
13th Apr 2009, 14:38
Replies: 10
Views: 1,806
Posted By 9-er

Yes, I believe that airlines which serve meals to...

Yes, I believe that airlines which serve meals to the pilots still require that each cockpit crewmember has a different meal, basically to avoid the possibility of more than one crewmember suffering...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Feb 2009, 09:01
Replies: 5
Views: 2,598
Posted By 9-er

BMB pics

Hi Roundengine, I snapped a few pics of BMB. PM me with your e-mail address and I'll send them to you.
Forum: African Aviation
25th Feb 2009, 09:18
Replies: 5
Views: 1,178
Posted By 9-er

No.5

The fifth one's just arrived in Nairobi, 5Y-KYF. Any idea how many more 800's they have on order?
Forum: African Aviation
12th Jan 2009, 04:17
Replies: 1
Views: 862
Posted By 9-er

Hello, I can give you some basic info on...

Hello,

I can give you some basic info on some of the Kenyan companies. Fly540 seems to be doing okay, it just added some new routes to its network and has become quite popular with Kenyan...
Forum: African Aviation
7th Jan 2009, 04:35
Replies: 5
Views: 2,598
Posted By 9-er

Hello, I don't have any pics unfortunately...

Hello,

I don't have any pics unfortunately but I do fly into Loki quite regularly. 5Y-BMB looks pretty derelict, its been shoved right to the back of the parking area and has bushes growing round...
Forum: African Aviation
5th Jan 2009, 04:21
Replies: 2
Views: 1,073
Posted By 9-er

Hi guys, Apparently, these 18 MD-82's are a...

Hi guys,

Apparently, these 18 MD-82's are a batch leased to Alitalia and owned by Aergo Capital that have been phased out as the airline restructures following its acquisition by the Air One led...
Forum: African Aviation
23rd Nov 2008, 07:16
Replies: 864
Views: 1,088,088
Posted By 9-er

This thread just gets better and better! Just got...

This thread just gets better and better! Just got told this story by a pilot from the airline concerned...

Apparently, the Chief Pilot of this fast-growing airline decided that the under-utilised...
Forum: African Aviation
17th Oct 2008, 11:42
Replies: 12
Views: 2,269
Posted By 9-er

Mwafrika makes a good point. KQ often cites a...

Mwafrika makes a good point. KQ often cites a shortage of qualified pilots around as a reason for its chronic shortage of crew, yet there are plenty of perfectly suitable people (many with jet...
Forum: African Aviation
4th Oct 2008, 08:24
Replies: 22
Views: 10,715
Posted By 9-er

Beautiful!

Nice to see the 400 finally airborne,she looks lovely. Can't wait for the panel pics. Congratulations on the first flight!:D
Forum: African Aviation
9th Jul 2008, 05:52
Replies: 864
Views: 1,088,088
Posted By 9-er

Great thread

This is the funniest thread ever, keep the posts coming guys. Having spent my entire career so far in Africa, I can certainly relate to all these experiences! This was my personal favorite:

We'd...
Forum: African Aviation
8th Jul 2008, 05:44
Replies: 12
Views: 2,066
Posted By 9-er

Well said

Whiteflyer's thread above is spot on. The cause of the Abidjan crash has never been officially released to the Kenyan public, and one wonders whether the Douala crash findings will go the same way. I...
Forum: African Aviation
26th May 2008, 06:19
Replies: 68
Views: 10,663
Posted By 9-er

Really looking forward to seeing what the...

Really looking forward to seeing what the finished product will look like, inside and out! Thumbs up to Viking for reviving a truly magnificent machine:ok:.
Forum: African Aviation
9th May 2008, 10:32
Replies: 39
Views: 7,543
Posted By 9-er

it was actually 5Y-FLX.

it was actually 5Y-FLX.
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