EI-DWO - Prang at BHD?
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EI-DWO - Prang at BHD?
Just wondering if anybody knew anything about what was up with Ryanairs EI-DWO @ BHD late this afternoon - rumour was aircraft v vehicle.
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For chri¡ssakes don't give them any ideas as regards "new" versions of cities . . . . anyways,what's so unusual about a ramp-rat hitting an aircraft to warrant a thread ? ? really a non-event . . . as long as he fesses up and his management has the common sense to call him a tw@t instead of sacking him (which is a Rea a a a ally bad idea from a flight safety point of view . . . even if he was a TOTAL tw@t )
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Cheers folks - nothing "unusual" about the incident I know, it was really pure curiosity to see if the rumour had any truth.
Should imagine the aircraft will be back in the air again after an inspection & possibly a bit of TLC anyway
"London Berry Head" ?? haha - is that like the new name of "London Oxford" then?!
Should imagine the aircraft will be back in the air again after an inspection & possibly a bit of TLC anyway
"London Berry Head" ?? haha - is that like the new name of "London Oxford" then?!
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Well, BHD does mean Berry Head and nothing else to 90% of European aviators.
I too find this use of 3 letter codes irritating because it is not one widely used outside ticketing and check-in, and is not something a pilot would know unless he operated to that particular destination, which makes it's use not just confusing and irritating, but rather smug too. We do, after all, tend to use 4 letter ICAO codes far, far more widely as pilots, and not all of us know all of them.
I too find this use of 3 letter codes irritating because it is not one widely used outside ticketing and check-in, and is not something a pilot would know unless he operated to that particular destination, which makes it's use not just confusing and irritating, but rather smug too. We do, after all, tend to use 4 letter ICAO codes far, far more widely as pilots, and not all of us know all of them.
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Was that not a BMI aircraft? On the far side that is. Not to say that both aircraft had been over the other side at some point, who knows..
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I too find this use of 3 letter codes irritating because it is not one widely used outside ticketing and check-in, and is not something a pilot would know unless he operated to that particular destination, which makes it's use not just confusing and irritating, but rather smug too. We do, after all, tend to use 4 letter ICAO codes far, far more widely as pilots, and not all of us know all of them.
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I have flown aircraft built there, and flown from there, but still had to look it up! It will always be Sydenham to me.
Anyway, how do they get BHD? Some 3-letter identifiers are logical (BFS) and others are bit vague. The H could come from Harbour, but the D beats me.
Anyway, how do they get BHD? Some 3-letter identifiers are logical (BFS) and others are bit vague. The H could come from Harbour, but the D beats me.