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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Aug 2016, 21:10
Replies: 64
Views: 22,459
Posted By philbky

A different look at protecting the skies and I...

A different look at protecting the skies and I hope people take note of just how professional the Coastguard helicopter crew were.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2016, 07:58
Replies: 53
Views: 12,809
Posted By philbky

Depends on what is meant by accuracy. If talking...

Depends on what is meant by accuracy. If talking about hitting a particular area then the accuracy was greater than hitting a given specific building or group of buildings etc. The German guidance...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Aug 2016, 16:05
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

EastMids post was one of the most ill informed...

EastMids post was one of the most ill informed I've read on this topic for a very long time. He seems to have woken up in the late 1970s. I have only just caught up on this thread and he already...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Aug 2016, 17:28
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Mr A Tis, of course you could apply the argument...

Mr A Tis, of course you could apply the argument to anywhere outside the Home Counties. As I have said in a previous post "This is not just a Manchester problem, nor an air services problem. It is...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Aug 2016, 08:23
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Trash, it isn't. If you are on PAYE the tax is...

Trash, it isn't. If you are on PAYE the tax is allocated to wherever your company reports from. The location of your tax office has no bearing on the matter. I have worked for companies in Watford...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Aug 2016, 01:35
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

The IFS may say that with regard to corporation...

The IFS may say that with regard to corporation tax and HMRC may try to approximate the value of the tax generated in the regions but, if they do, it is only a guesstimate and, as we know, they have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Aug 2016, 18:34
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Turtle Controller, I'm sorry if you have been...

Turtle Controller, I'm sorry if you have been bored by my little history lesson. You may be well aware of the facts, or maybe you couldn't care less. Either way there's no need to be so snotty.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Aug 2016, 13:25
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Bagso, a bit of history. The Court was...

Bagso, a bit of history. The Court was established in London and, from the Norman Conquest, anyone from the provinces who wanted to be seen as important either moved to or spent a great deal of time...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Aug 2016, 12:54
Replies: 62
Views: 11,997
Posted By philbky

Having had a four hour delay ex IAH on BA in 2014...

Having had a four hour delay ex IAH on BA in 2014 due to a birdstrike penetrating a forward window on a 747, with only pretzels and water offered and me having to sort out the onward connection on a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Aug 2016, 13:47
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

It depends how the figures are calculated. If...

It depends how the figures are calculated. If all cargo that passes through the airport is counted, the answer is no. If the amount of freight that flies in and out is counted, then there is a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Aug 2016, 00:09
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Air Anglia was formed in 1970. I am certainly...

Air Anglia was formed in 1970. I am certainly not saying Manchester Airport has been squeaky clean but it is a matter of record going back to the early 1950s that it faced obstacles at almost every...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Aug 2016, 20:13
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Skipness, that line about protecting British jobs...

Skipness, that line about protecting British jobs is total rubbish. What about the jobs at MAN which were affected when SABENA and Aer Lingus reduced their services.

If going back between forty...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Aug 2016, 17:04
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Probably a Lufthansa MD11 on their regular...

Probably a Lufthansa MD11 on their regular freight run from the USA.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Aug 2016, 17:03
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Bagso,it isn't a case of being dim, it's a case...

Bagso,it isn't a case of being dim, it's a case of the government will do what the hell it wants. Manchester suffered from this attitude prior to deregulation when BEA/BOAC/BA went crying to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Jul 2016, 17:38
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

I did not mention the word none, that's your...

I did not mention the word none, that's your inference. If you are restricting your events to Manchester and Chicago, there are no fewer than 15 conventions in Chicago which are expected to attract...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Jul 2016, 16:27
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Just where did that come from? It is peak season...

Just where did that come from? It is peak season for academic, association and medical conferences around the world with their attendant trade shows and delegates' accompanying persons.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jul 2016, 14:11
Replies: 57
Views: 31,206
Posted By philbky

Confusio, on which routes are fewer passengers...

Confusio, on which routes are fewer passengers sitting in A380 seats? Certainly not on Emirates UK routes, or are you just confused?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jul 2016, 21:30
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Una and Zooker, some US airports with parallel...

Una and Zooker, some US airports with parallel runways in close proximity with staggered thresholds. For brevity I have given one heading for each group of runways, you can work out the recips!
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jul 2016, 19:07
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Shed, you make a well reasoned argument and there...

Shed, you make a well reasoned argument and there is no doubt your points about priorities are valid, in the immediate future. My point is that, whilst I won't be around to see it, the airport is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2016, 12:40
Replies: 87
Views: 21,956
Posted By philbky

Evanelplus, it isn't a case of insight but of...

Evanelplus, it isn't a case of insight but of historic, verifiable fact.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jul 2016, 08:26
Replies: 57
Views: 31,206
Posted By philbky

Boeing's problem isn't just aviation or even...

Boeing's problem isn't just aviation or even airline driven. As a former US President once said, 'it's the economy stupid'.

Eight years ago the world economy slumped. This should have been the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jul 2016, 23:34
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Shed, history is against you. A parallel taxiway...

Shed, history is against you. A parallel taxiway will be built sooner or later. Why? Because that runway will be used more frequently as the airport grows and will eventually have ILS at both ends....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jul 2016, 23:10
Replies: 87
Views: 21,956
Posted By philbky

Not sure that is quite the picture. Various...

Not sure that is quite the picture. Various proposals to enlarge the 1-11 were put forward by BAC in the late 1960s being the Two-Eleven and Three Eleven which, like many other proposals for British...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jul 2016, 14:12
Replies: 87
Views: 21,956
Posted By philbky

Whatever the losses to Fokker or Fokker's losses...

Whatever the losses to Fokker or Fokker's losses to BAe, the fact remains that the 146 and its derivatives both outlasted and outsold the F70/100 and it was not done for by Fokker but, in the end was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jul 2016, 08:01
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

In March, when I was still 68 and my wife 64, we...

In March, when I was still 68 and my wife 64, we walked from the tram station to T3 with 1 x20 kg pull along, a 7 kg camera bag on my back and my wife with a 10kg pull along plus handbag. No...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2016, 17:08
Replies: 87
Views: 21,956
Posted By philbky

Not talking about the 146 but its updated...

Not talking about the 146 but its updated successor the RJX and your assertion about the Fokker competition doesn't stand up. If you take the F28, over 90% of the airframes had been delivered before...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jul 2016, 20:53
Replies: 87
Views: 21,956
Posted By philbky

Whoever at BAe Systems persuaded management that,...

Whoever at BAe Systems persuaded management that, in the light of 9/11, commuter flying was dead should be charged with treason by the UK and given a medal by the Canadians and Brasilians. The...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jul 2016, 18:22
Replies: 28
Views: 15,937
Posted By philbky

The problem here is quite simple, poor...

The problem here is quite simple, poor communication. Whatever the airline did to accommodate, feed and compensate the passengers, a large number of people who had a valid contract to be transported...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jul 2016, 19:37
Replies: 21
Views: 8,842
Posted By philbky

de Havilland, prior to being absorbed into the...

de Havilland, prior to being absorbed into the Hawker Siddeley group at the UK Government's insistence, was typical of many UK, French and US manufacturers involved in various branches of aviation...
Forum: Middle East
22nd Jul 2016, 22:30
Replies: 123
Views: 57,286
Posted By philbky

Why on earth anyone is bringing Malaysian into...

Why on earth anyone is bringing Malaysian into the discussion is beyond comprehension. Even prior to 2014, the airline was a basket case, totally inefficient, over capacitized and a total throwback...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2016, 07:33
Replies: 25
Views: 10,463
Posted By philbky

Shannon is pretty much in thr same boat, with an...

Shannon is pretty much in thr same boat, with an even smaller population within a reasonable travel distance and no rail link. Ryanair has dallied with Shannon for years increasing then decreasing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2016, 08:44
Replies: 104
Views: 40,099
Posted By philbky

There's some pretty solid evidence then. "He...

There's some pretty solid evidence then. "He recounts a jump seat trip he made to Oslo during the last month of BA Trident operations (December 1985), where the boost engine was used not just on the...
Forum: Middle East
20th Jul 2016, 00:23
Replies: 123
Views: 57,286
Posted By philbky

tdracer, whilst that is true, once the 200srs...

tdracer, whilst that is true, once the 200srs established itself, the DC10-30 and later the 767-200ER would have, and in many cases eventually did, satisfy the needs of most long haul carriers as a...
Forum: Middle East
19th Jul 2016, 20:47
Replies: 123
Views: 57,286
Posted By philbky

I've done Heathrow to Rio and back twice,...

I've done Heathrow to Rio and back twice, Heathrow to Houston and back five times all on BA 777-200, Hong Kong - Singapore on SIA 777-200, Auckland to Rarotonga and back once on Air New Zealand...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jul 2016, 20:53
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,010,921
Posted By philbky

Sounds like a tit for tat when Turkey closed its...

Sounds like a tit for tat when Turkey closed its airspace to foreign military thus restricting anti ISIS ops for a period.
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