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22nd Jun 2015, 15:20
Replies: 22
Views: 6,548
Posted By ilesmark

I expected a response of that nature! := ...

I expected a response of that nature! :=

However, I am not sure I even WAS made aware of those baggage limits before I booked, and when even the likes of Ryanair isn't as tight as that then AFAIAC...
22nd Jun 2015, 13:50
Replies: 22
Views: 6,548
Posted By ilesmark

All - OK, thanks. I have decanted my stuff into...

All - OK, thanks. I have decanted my stuff into a soft non wheelie rucksack and will doubtless get very hot with all the extra clothes I'll be wearing.

Bl00dy money-grubbing fascists! Easyjet...
22nd Jun 2015, 13:39
Replies: 0
Views: 1,244
Posted By ilesmark

Tiddles becomes Biggles.....

Get this!

Daredevil cat surprises passengers of aircraft mid-journey - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33227974)
21st Jun 2015, 20:31
Replies: 22
Views: 6,548
Posted By ilesmark

Thomas Cook hand baggage allowance

Hi all

Am about to go to Greece with TCX 1046. The hand baggage allowance according to Thos Cook's website is a measly 6kgs.

Anyone have any experience of how rigorously policed this is,...
2nd Jun 2015, 10:26
Replies: 11
Views: 3,168
Posted By ilesmark

Good luck to them. If their cars are anything to...

Good luck to them. If their cars are anything to go by, am sure it will do very well.
1st Jun 2015, 15:32
Replies: 3
Views: 2,111
Posted By ilesmark

EasyJet - stupid non-story in Evening Standard

Just look at the way it's written - 'Terrified passenger', 'moments before take-off' etc etc Terrified passenger shares image of easyJet worker using TAPE on aeroplane engine moments before take-off...
23rd Apr 2015, 12:37
Replies: 4
Views: 3,225
Posted By ilesmark

Where to fly on a 747-400?

Hi all

A friend has asked me to post this for him as I already have a Pprune ID.

He wants to know where would be the cheapest and closest place he could fly to from the UK (probably one of...
12th Feb 2015, 09:42
Replies: 3
Views: 1,765
Posted By ilesmark

Home-made microlight - in SUDAN!

BBC News - The plane-builder of South Sudan (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31097612)
12th Dec 2014, 15:30
Replies: 0
Views: 2,185
Posted By ilesmark

Vladivostok Airport - naughty cat

BBC News - Cat gorges on $1,000 of fish in Russian airport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30453814)
28th Nov 2014, 00:10
Replies: 22
Views: 8,497
Posted By ilesmark

Just seen this on my usual accurate and unbiased...

Just seen this on my usual accurate and unbiased news source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30235844 and note the comment 'Because there was a large distance between the wings and...
8th Sep 2014, 12:37
Replies: 19
Views: 2,079
Posted By ilesmark

I'm a Canon user and, before I replaced it with a...

I'm a Canon user and, before I replaced it with a 6D, had a 550D. Most of the pics I took were with with a (Canon) 28-135mm lens, although of course the advantage of a DSLR is that you can...
14th Aug 2014, 10:20
Replies: 4
Views: 2,744
Posted By ilesmark

Noted. Please let me/us know the result. ...

Noted. Please let me/us know the result.

Thanks, Mark
12th Aug 2014, 10:39
Replies: 4
Views: 2,744
Posted By ilesmark

Presumably you've made contact with these...

Presumably you've made contact with these organisers? What was the response - please advise, as I'd be interested to see this too!
7th Aug 2014, 13:35
Replies: 0
Views: 1,291
Posted By ilesmark

BBC article - 'Coping with panic at 30,000ft'

BBC News - Coping with panic at 30,000ft (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28689306)

Some of these are almost like something out of The Lazy Journalists Plane Story Generator...
6th Aug 2014, 09:43
Replies: 0
Views: 1,254
Posted By ilesmark

BBC Comet article

For interest

BBC News - 'I built the world's first jet airliner' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28583252)
20th Jul 2014, 10:40
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,229,450
Posted By ilesmark

Hi all. Apols if this has been posted...

Hi all.

Apols if this has been posted before, but a Kazakh-Russian acquaintance who I've been talking to about this ghastly tragedy has mentioned that a BUK missile is only accurate up to 6000 m...
15th Jul 2014, 22:41
Replies: 28
Views: 12,637
Posted By ilesmark

Delayed Easyjet Flight 8720 LIS-LGW, Mon 07/07/14

Hi all

We were on this EasyJet flight 8720, which was due to leave Lisbon at 2020 on 7/7/14 but was delayed by nearly 4 hours. We did hear something said about the incoming flight being delayed...
28th Apr 2014, 18:30
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

The manual says the format is .MOV files holding:...

The manual says the format is .MOV files holding:

Picture: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC coding.

Audio: 48 ksps 16 bit Linear PCM coding.

I had the recording option on the camera itself set at 640 pixels...
27th Apr 2014, 22:27
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Hi all Where I am currently up to is that...

Hi all

Where I am currently up to is that recovering the files is no longer a problem; it's fixing the corrupt ones. I've managed to recover most / all of the still images and it is now just the...
21st Apr 2014, 20:47
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Aha - I'll try that. At the moment am trying a...

Aha - I'll try that. At the moment am trying a whole load of programs in demo mode to see which ones recover the most. Once I've found the one that does this, I'll do as you say. Card Raider, BTW,...
21st Apr 2014, 19:04
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Yeah - saw that box. I left it ticked for the...

Yeah - saw that box. I left it ticked for the first scan but, in light of your comment, am running the scan again with it unticked.

Interesting, though, that those videos still came up the...
21st Apr 2014, 17:10
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Yes, I was using the free version. It made clear...

Yes, I was using the free version. It made clear at the outset that it would show which files could be recovered and that to do the recovery would involve buying the full version.

But, whereas...
21st Apr 2014, 15:06
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Hi SHJ. Card Raider didn't recover any of the...

Hi SHJ. Card Raider didn't recover any of the films unfortunately :-(
21st Apr 2014, 13:47
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Hi all Have been away for a couple of days...

Hi all

Have been away for a couple of days over Easter but just logged back into Pprune.

Wow - I am amazed at all the responses. Thanks to all of you for rallying round like this.

So...
15th Apr 2014, 16:40
Replies: 23
Views: 2,988
Posted By ilesmark

Recovering lost / corrupted files from SD card

Hi all

Just got back from a month in Ethiopia and have a bit of a problem with one of the SD cards I was using while I was away.

I bought a couple of pen drives SPECIFICALLY to be able to make...
7th Mar 2014, 09:00
Replies: 9
Views: 2,852
Posted By ilesmark

Perrin - the Daily Fail says it was an A319 -...

Perrin - the Daily Fail says it was an A319 - British Airways plane makes emergency landing at Heathrow after 'engine surge' | Mail Online...
28th Feb 2014, 10:14
Replies: 17
Views: 6,139
Posted By ilesmark

World's Longest Aircraft

BBC News - The world's longest aircraft in the making (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26372277)

Leaving aside its undoubted technical merits, is it just me or is this thing FUGLY?! :eek:
27th Feb 2014, 19:34
Replies: 9
Views: 2,626
Posted By ilesmark

'Given their recent unplanned detour to GVA, I'm...

'Given their recent unplanned detour to GVA, I'm not sure Ethiopian would be on my list of approved carriers'

Yep, that's what I thought. Esp as it was the co-pilot of all people.

To say...
27th Feb 2014, 11:35
Replies: 8
Views: 3,252
Posted By ilesmark

Thanks all for responses - as good reading these...

Thanks all for responses - as good reading these as it was reading the article!

I'd heard about carpet makers using high-traffic environments eg hotels for testing their products......suppose...
26th Feb 2014, 14:47
Replies: 8
Views: 3,252
Posted By ilesmark

Carpets For Airports

Yep - you read it properly. There is a site devoted to airport carpets, Carpets for Airports (http://carpetsforairports.com/), discovered when 'the BBC decided to stick its hand down the back of the...
25th Feb 2014, 22:53
Replies: 9
Views: 2,626
Posted By ilesmark

Well, guys - thanks to all for your input. Have...

Well, guys - thanks to all for your input. Have taken the plunge with THY.....will blame you if it all goes pear-shaped! ;)

Booked up tonight for the princely sum of £396.63 inc all taxes and...
25th Feb 2014, 15:42
Replies: 9
Views: 2,626
Posted By ilesmark

London - Addis Ababa

Hi all

Am about to book a return flight as per the above, going out mid-March and coming back mid-April.

We'll be booking economy class; any particular airlines to go for or avoid on this...
25th Feb 2014, 13:20
Replies: 7
Views: 2,530
Posted By ilesmark

As you've all probably worked out, I'm not a...

As you've all probably worked out, I'm not a pilot (but have flown microlights); surely the IAF pilot would have been able to tell whether he was continuing to climb even if his altimeter wasn't...
25th Feb 2014, 09:34
Replies: 7
Views: 2,530
Posted By ilesmark

Indian Air Force / passenger aircraft near-miss near Amritsar

Close call for 500 as mid-air collision averted in Amritsar airspace - Hindustan Times...
21st Jan 2014, 18:53
Replies: 4
Views: 1,156
Posted By ilesmark

B*gger, why the hell didn't it come up when I...

B*gger, why the hell didn't it come up when I searched for it earlier to see if anyone had already posted it? :ugh:
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