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nitepilot79

Nice An-225 approach and great close taxi by active gates - Video

Great video all around. Seems like it's from Canada. The part that made my eyes pop the most was the taxi near the gates (9:17). That was the best for me because I've never seen an An-225 weave through ground traffic like that. They make it look really easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epsxg8OEInQ

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nitepilot79

Re: LH introduces revised livery

Who cares about livery changes?? The public doesn't even notice. Oh wait, it's Lufthansa.

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nitepilot79

Re: LH introduces revised livery

Spot on for the times at least.

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nitepilot79

Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

EK413 wrote:
Ive just come across this mock up of the ‘new’ livery

EK413

Yeah, I guess planes are getting ugly (787 and A350) so why spring for a great looking livery?

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nitepilot79

Re: Dolores O'Riordan - RIP

RIP Dolores O'Riordan. You are missed.

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nitepilot79

Re: France set to put a ban on "Fake News"

Glad le pen is out of ink, and let that inkwell stay dry. En Marche!

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nitepilot79

Re: Whoppers of 2017

"We do it, like you do it, when we do it like you do it at Burger King".

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nitepilot79

Re: What is your menu for New Year´s Eve?

af773atmsp wrote:
Booze. Lots and lots of booze. As I'm typing this. Oh, and pizza and nachos too.

Woo!

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nitepilot79

Re: What is your menu for New Year´s Eve?

One more thing, maybe a few people here have heard of this already but for those here who might not have, this is tried and true - if you're going to drink plenty and don't want to wake up with a hangover, drink a stupid amount of water at least half the night. Obviously food has its uses, but at th...

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nitepilot79

Re: What is your menu for New Year´s Eve?

Plenty of beer and some liquor. Maybe some of the lauded Andre Spumante champagne, too.

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nitepilot79

Re: Hundreds of Passengers Have Been Stranded at London's Gatwick Airport Since Before Christmas

Goodyear wrote:
You get what you pay for. Fly reputable carriers and you won't get stranded.

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nitepilot79

Re: Pax Video Of Bird Strike To No. 2 Fan During Take-off

It sounds like there was no compressor surge.

Edit: Nevermind, I just listened to the second clip with more volume and heard a couple pops.

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nitepilot79

Pax Video Of Bird Strike To No. 2 Fan During Take-off

The take-off was aborted and the passengers caught another flight a few hours later: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/12/12/Passenger-films-bird-flying-directly-into-planes-engine/3851513104700/ Article quote: "A passenger on a plane preparing to take off from a German airport filmed the momen...

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nitepilot79

EK A380 Pays Tribute To Low Domodedovo Approach - 200ft AGL 2.5 Miles From JFK

Three months after an Emirates A380 descended way below minimums on approach to DME, an Emirites A380 got down to 200 feet AGL 2.5 miles away from 13L at JFK. I realize they have, and continue, to fly a lot of problem-free approaches in their A380s, so why have there been two similar events in three...

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nitepilot79

Re: KLM's white livery in the 70s

I'm in the side car here, but for what it's worth, I've heard that the previous livery was supposed to give the impression of snow, the sea, and the sky from the coast of Holland during winter.

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nitepilot79

Re: Cargo carriers (UPS, FedEx) up-gauging aircraft, flights during the holiday season?

Spacepope wrote:
nitepilot79 wrote:
The evening UPS A300 departure from DIA/DEN doesn't seem to be supplemented due to the holidays quite yet.

Keep an eye on FedExs sweep flight soon. Probably see some diverts to ABQ or LBB.

No way, that's just Santa:)

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nitepilot79

Re: Cargo carriers (UPS, FedEx) up-gauging aircraft, flights during the holiday season?

Lo', if the damn 748 would fly over.

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nitepilot79

Re: Cargo carriers (UPS, FedEx) up-gauging aircraft, flights during the holiday season?

nitepilot79 wrote:
The evening UPS A300 departure from DIA/DEN doesn't seem to be supplemented due to the holidays quite yet.

I'm actually sitting in an armchair

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nitepilot79

Re: Cargo carriers (UPS, FedEx) up-gauging aircraft, flights during the holiday season?

nitepilot79 wrote:
The evening UPS A300 departure from DIA/DEN doesn't seem to be supplemented due to the holidays quite yet.

I'm actually sitting in an armchair

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nitepilot79

Re: Cargo carriers (UPS, FedEx) up-gauging aircraft, flights during the holiday season?

The evening UPS A300 departure from DIA/DEN doesn't seem to be supplemented due to the holidays quite yet.

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nitepilot79

Re: Best Places to Live in Denver

Cornerstone and Repeak are decent companies that have buildings all around town. When it comes to your concerns about neighborhoods that are homophobic, sorry, I'm not sure, but I think you would find something that works though, considering the amount of properties those two companies own. Also, we...

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nitepilot79

Quad-rophenia At LHR -- Great Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoMb_7--q04

nitepilot79

Expanded Drone Use OK'd By White House Despite FAA Rules

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-announces-program-test-drones-184700822.html Article quote: "...Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program today -- an initiative aimed at exploring expanded use of drones. While the Obama administration began allowing some drone activity to tak...

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nitepilot79

Re: Norwegian's next B787-9 tail will honor American baseball hero

The Grouse that Ruth built.

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nitepilot79

Re: DL FA Supposedly Tells Pax To Stop Singing National Anthem For Fallen Soldier

^^^^ That’s the definition of hero worship. People doing, and feeling obligated to glorify the actions of a dead person they didn’t know. — I wish all these threads that aren’t about aviation would be moved or deleted. Every time someone posts: did you hear what this Cabin crew did!!!! Did you see ...

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nitepilot79

Re: DL FA Supposedly Tells Pax To Stop Singing National Anthem For Fallen Soldier

^^^^ That’s the definition of hero worship. People doing, and feeling obligated to glorify the actions of a dead person they didn’t know. — I wish all these threads that aren’t about aviation would be moved or deleted. Every time someone posts: did you hear what this Cabin crew did!!!! Did you see ...

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nitepilot79

Re: DL FA Supposedly Tells Pax To Stop Singing National Anthem For Fallen Soldier

https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-claims-delta-stopped-her-224051784.html Article quote: "'The captain came on and asked us if we would all remain seated while the soldier got off the plane first and while the honor guard took the deceased soldier out of the plane,' Gaudry said in a video she p...

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nitepilot79

DL FA Supposedly Tells Pax To Stop Singing National Anthem For Fallen Soldier

https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-claims-delta-stopped-her-224051784.html Article quote: "'The captain came on and asked us if we would all remain seated while the soldier got off the plane first and while the honor guard took the deceased soldier out of the plane,' Gaudry said in a video she po...

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nitepilot79

Re: Any smoking flights still?

I'd imagine it smells so good because you're essentially smoking vapor from the tobacco instead of burning it like a cigarette or cigar. I can't imagine how revolting that stuff would smell if you actually rolled it into a cigar and tried to smoke it. I was, in fact, talking about putting a lighter...

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nitepilot79

Re: UA video - A fond farewell to the Boeing 747

United would be smart to circulate this to the general public as much as possible. The romance of travel and the cultural impact of the 747 are key to United branding. It is like, you know, Bentley's racing history in the 1920s. This "DNA" affects brand attractiveness and loyalty today. U...

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nitepilot79

Re: UA video - A fond farewell to the Boeing 747

At least we will have memories of the days when airplanes didn't look like something out of an '80s spoof flick.

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nitepilot79

Re: Any smoking flights still?

Ahh, the good ol' nargile. Funny thing is the tobacco actually smells good. Even funnier, until the tourists find out that it's tobacco, nobody even cares. I'd imagine it smells so good because you're essentially smoking vapor from the tobacco instead of burning it like a cigarette or cigar. I can'...

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nitepilot79

Re: Any smoking flights still?

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/2013/06/07/Emirates-to-have-onboard-shisha-lounges-Gulf-satire-takes-off.html What a pity this wasn’t true. https://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/7675ce842cfff4fcaa48ab85ea409184.jpg Edit: I’m being facetious, just for the record. Ahh, the...

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nitepilot79

Re: Renaming GSV to Tom Petty-Gainesville

loisencroach wrote:
I got the 100 signatures necessary for this to move forward. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who signed!

Congratulations:) I hope we get to see this happen.

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nitepilot79

Re: Renaming GSV to Tom Petty-Gainesville

Signed! If successful, would this be the first commercial airport named after a rock legend? John Lennon has one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1414577.stm Article quote: "Liverpool is to honour one of its greatest sons by renaming the city's airport after the musician John Lennon.&...

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nitepilot79

Re: Renaming GSV to Tom Petty-Gainesville

RIP to Tom Petty. One of my heroes. Superhuman amount of talent. Great thought, loisencroach:) I signed your petition.

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nitepilot79

Boeing Estimates 18 Billion Pounds Of Fuel Saved By Dreamliner

Impressive. Too bad it comes at the cost of some great planes becoming obsolete: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/10/03/18-billion-pounds-of-fuel-saved-boeing-releases.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo Article quote: "18 billion pounds of fuel: That's how much the Dreamliner is estimat...

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nitepilot79

Hugh Hefner Passes Away

RIP and thanks for all those great articles. https://www.yahoo.com/news/hugh-hefner-founder-playboy-dead-031914304.html Article quote: "Playboy founder and legendary ladies’ man Hugh Hefner has died at the age of 91, according to Playboy Enterprises. The magazine said he was surrounded by loved...

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nitepilot79

Badr Airlines Birdstrike Leaves Serious Damage To Radome

I know this kind of thing happens, but I've never seen damage like this: http://www.airlive.net/alert-impressive-photos-of-badr-airlines-boeing-737-bird-strike-yesterday-in-sudan/ Article quote: "The short flight #J4341 took off from Ad Damazeen to khartoum international airport. The radome of ...

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nitepilot79

Re: DEN picks up Westjet

Alright, great news! Hopefully I'll see them buzzing around now and then.

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nitepilot79

BA Using Five Remote Controlled Tugs At LHR

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/british-airways-pushes-planes-remote-010200759.html Article quote: "The airline has just announced the roll out of five new Molotok remote-controlled electric vehicles that can push back aircraft from the gate. These eco-friendly vehicles replace the standard ...

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nitepilot79

Hotel Bans All PIA Male Crew

The U.K. hotel claims multiple instances of male crew from PIA making unwanted advances towards female guests: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1513397/uk-hotel-refuses-give-rooms-pia-crew-pestering-female-guests/ Article quote: "A hotel in the United Kingdom has told the Pakistan International (PI...

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nitepilot79

Re: Crack Found In Puerto Rico Dam Leads To Emergency Evacuation

it seems that the dam's failure is imminent now. "A failing dam is causing "extremely dangerous" flooding on a Puerto Rico river in the wake of Hurricane Maria, authorities say. The National Weather Service (NWS) said the "imminent failure" of the Guajataca Dam was a "...

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nitepilot79

Re: 100% Power Failure In Puerto Rico Due To Hurricane Maria

More about Puert Rico: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-power.html There is also a risk that a dam could collapse: All or part of three towns in the northwestern part of the island — Isabela, San Sebastián and Quebradillas — were being evacuated Friday because of fe...

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nitepilot79

Crack Found In Puerto Rico Dam Leads To Emergency Evacuation

As if it wasn't bad enough, now this: https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rico-faces-weeks-without-electricity-maria-080057441.html Article quote: "The 345-yard (316-meter) dam, which was built around 1928, holds back a manmade lake covering about 2 square miles (5 square kilometers). An engineer...

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