BA recently celebrated its 50th anniversary quite quietly. The current “Chatham Dockyard” livery has now been about since 1999 and looked great back then but now surely needs a refresh . Personally I was disappointed not to get to fly in BAs final heritage 747s which were retired tragically early d...
Jump to postHave you looked at KLM routes to the Caribbean yet? I guess when the OP mentioned northern Europe he was talking about Scandinavia, not the Netherlands. There are plenty of direct flights from the Netherlands to the Caribbean instead, mostly to the former Dutch colonies such as Aruba, Curacao and S...
Jump to postMost Australians will think of the parallels with the Tasman Bridge disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge_disaster We don't know the fatalities yet but at least the early morning time probably reduced the casualties as opposed to occurring during peak hour traffic. Or the Tjörn brid...
Jump to postAirbus builds 2 latest standard lines for the A321neo both at Toulouse replacing less productive old lines and using the former A380 assembly building. One is already up and running. Not sure how fast all those engines needed will become available? Is engine availabillty the only limiting factor? I...
Jump to postThat was years ago with Mr. Leahy and rightfully so. Now Mr. Scherer is dealing with this. I am not sure how many empty slots Airbus could find even if they wanted? Even if they would be able to find some slots (lets say 50 slots) I think there would be more then a handful of interested parties and...
Jump to postThat is a LOT of oxygen, no? I'm also assuming the exhaust needs to come out in bubbles. I wonder how they do that while remaining stealthy. The Gotland class submarines are among the most stealthy submarines currently in service. Not sure how they deal with exhausts but might be a closed system. H...
Jump to postCan someone explain how the Swedish air-independent propulsion system works on their subs? It seems like a perpetual energy machine from my quick read, so obviously I'm missing something. Basically a diesel-electrib submarine, but with air (liquid oxygene) stored in onboard tanks. This mean that th...
Jump to postNot to stir the pot, but given all of the issues that Boeing is having -- does it now make more sense for Boeing to revisit updating designs of the 757/767 instead of doing more clean sheet designs? Given all of the issues they have -- it feels like an easier fix would be revisiting what has histor...
Jump to postI just don't get how these drones can cruise over Russia for hours without being shot down while the Bayraktar drones (similar in size) quickly became irrelevant in attacking the Russian invaders in Ukraine. Are there really no air defense in western Russia, no radar, no fighter jet in alert 5? Onc...
Jump to postLots of delays at OSL due to heavy snow fall. https://www.flightradar24.com/airport/osl https://www.smhi.se/vader/radar-och-sat ... ed/3143244
but judging by radar the worst has past?
PBS Frontline Update on the door that blew out. Begins at 45:26 https://youtu.be/Z76YpCz9N2Y?si=8WOOiOvreNoH31S8&t=2726 Do you have an alternate source, says video is not available (would assume geoblocked)? Over the last several years stalwart 'Boeing' airlines have been jumping ship. I don't ...
Jump to postleader1 wrote:And they probably would have remained neutral if…
A video link for those who like me can't watch the link above (not available in your country): Hopefully it didn't hot someone or something on the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-yv7QtNLU
Also I’m not sure of the dimension of the fuselage alone, but the assembled plane is 40ft tall or so. If you assume that 10 ft of that is from the landing gear, that still leaves 30ft of fuselage, which is the sort of thing that prevents you from going under almost all bridges, and maybe requires m...
Jump to postPresident Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said the West faced the prospect of nuclear conflict if it intervened more directly in the war in Ukraine, using an annual speech to the nation on Thursday to escalate his threats against Europe and the United States. Mr. Putin said NATO countries that were hel...
Jump to postThe Hungarian parliament have finally voted and approved Sweden's NATO applications. This means that Sweden's last hurdle has been past almost two years since Sweden and Finland sent in their applications to join NATO. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/26/europe/sweden-nato-accession-hungary-intl/inde...
Jump to postAs for abdication, as you know, we just had Margerethe of Denmark abdicating. However I don't think Charles will abdicate since he waited so many years to become king.
Jump to postA PSA beyond a certain number combined with a certain amount of enlargement is considered prostate cancer. It doesn't mean they do much of anything but monitor and maybe assure other health factors are met. It may be that Charles just needs to be monitored. Anyway, with respect to life expectancy, ...
Jump to postRyanair with up to 3x weekly ARN-VNO from end-March https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1758073838909497414 Ryanair will end their 5 domestic routes from Arlanda. Unfortunately all the sources I found require subscription. https://www.tn.se/naringsliv/35560/svenska-flygskatten-slar-ut-inrikeslinje...
Jump to postFor all those clamoring for a 737 replacement. How vocal have the airlines been for such a replacement aircraft? Remember Boeing has to build what the customer wants, A build it & they will come scenario is too much of a financial risk. Boeing and their customers doesn't really have any choice....
Jump to postHard to say what it is but he was treated for a benign enlarged prostate it could be something in the same region like testis cancer or urine bladder cancer. Obviously it could be a metastasis as well, like pancreas cancer which usually is very aggressive and fast progressive. Just speculation from ...
Jump to posthttps://avherald.com/h?article=5147d9d5&opt=0 This Airbus A320 LY-NVL appears to have hit a patch of something slippery and veered off the runway. The crew actually managed to recover and brought the aircraft back onto the tarmac after a few seconds, but the pictures of the damage to the underc...
Jump to postHere is a youtube video with the FB/X-video together with atc recordings. For a few seconds they (at least looks like it) are going sideways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf8Fao0kZ-4
Anyone know the msn of the first production aircraft? Don't know if it is 100 percent certain. MSN 11348 and MSN 11504 was mentioned in the old thread as possible first ones. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1479945&start=450#p24048503' This post says 11348 for Aer Lingus...
Jump to postTurkey has now approved Sweden's NATO application and only Hungary remains as a hurdle, but the Hungarian opposition has called for a extra parliament session on 5 February but the government MPs are not required to show up and in that case the actual vote will happen on a later date. https://www.th...
Jump to postThere has been an explosion at a Russian gas terminal in S:t Petersburg resulting in a large fire. According to the BBC local media had reports of drones being seen in the area. An explosion has occurred at a gas export terminal near the city of St Petersburg in Russia, officials say. The blast caus...
Jump to postGotta love the media report (linked article above)though mentioning that both aircraft was Boeing designs but thst It was not immediately clear what caused the incident on Sunday and whether it was related to a manufacturing flaw. I also remember the collision at JFK a number of years ago when an AF...
Jump to postWhile the town still stands fresh water and electricity infrastructure have been damaged making the town currently inhabitable.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... in-iceland
In a BBC-article from this morning the reports say no effect on flight operations at Keflavik (BIKF). There was no indication of disruption to domestic or international flights following the eruption. Flights from nearby Keflavik Airport were operating as normal on Monday morning. https://www.bbc.co...
Jump to postA new eruption has happened and lava is now flowing into Grindavik town. We will have to see if anything will be remaining after the latest eruption. ' However don't think there will be anyone living there anymore anyway. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/nytt-vulkanutbrott-pa-island-zzyxo5 https:/...
Jump to postFrederik is now king of Denmark as Margarethe signed her abdication about half an hour ago.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/frede ... af-danmark
Think about it in such a way. There was an issue with bolts in the rudder in MAX lately. Now bolts are missing in the door. Where are missing bolts going to be found next? Previous 787 QA issues were sort-of theoretical. Now it came within a hair of loss of life. What should be done if another QA i...
Jump to postart wrote:On and off I watched the A350 burn for a long, long time. Would the black box data have survived a fire that lasted for hours?
Does JAL A350 aircraft have a belly or tail camera ? If so would the data be stored on the DFDR for later review ? Might help in the investigation. As far as I am aware both cameras are standard, however data is not kept. Thanks for the info, was about to ask the same. Do we think this is something...
Jump to postYou are in the wrong forum. This is a CivAv topic and it’s already being discussed there.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1490191
The Guardian reports 5 dead (12.33 CET time stamp), citing Japanese news , which all were JCG crew members A total of five people who were on a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport have died as a result of a collision with a passenger plane, police confirmed, according to public broadcaste...
Jump to postPraying the coast guard crew are safe too! Incredible stream. https://www.youtube.com/live/6NLUoAmlm0A?si=MRNfCA9NWe1pnwWf It starts even before the evacuation has started, with seemingly the number 2 engine still running and spitting fire and sparks! I'm unable to play the video - is there a any f...
Jump to postMy personal speculation is the same as CPH-R,that she might be ill. If we speculate that she has been diagnosed with early stages of dementia or something similar (regarding severeness) it would soon make it hard for her to fulfil her duties. Add to that how it would be to have every inch of your il...
Jump to postJust been watching a stream of landings at Heathrow and what struck me was out all the narrow bodies landing I counted just one Boeing 737 belonging to Royal Air Maroc. I thought it was interesting that for one of the worlds busiest airports such a massively popular aircraft is a relatively rare bi...
Jump to postEnlighten us then, where was the ships of the Soviet and Russian navy built? How many were built in today's Russia (Crimea is in Ukraine), Poland? Ukraine? Where is Russia's current shipyards? If they are outside of the Black sea no ships cam replace lost ships in the Black sea because Turkey don't...
Jump to postInitially as the now identified LST, when the news broke it was thought that another cargo vessel might have been hit; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJYG1u6bzQ I think the confusion regarding LST/cargo ship is because the LST was carrying cargo (Irianian drones) according to CNN. Oleshchuk, the ...
Jump to postAs examples that are current in particular to this war, the Moskva (and aircraft carriers) were built in Ukraine SSR, these landing ships included yards in Poland.... Wasn't the former Czechoslovakia also an arsenal for the USSR? bt So? Ships can be replaced, territory of a country which has been o...
Jump to postI think a solution like hyperloop and similar technologies only makes sense on very long very high density routes. While the technology might be working its as always a matter of the practical factors like what routes would be viable, where to build the track, safety matters (track accessebillity in...
Jump to postThe Turkish parlamentet section for foreign affairs have approved Sweden's NATO application. It still requires to be approved by the general assemby of the Turkish parlamentet. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/natofragan-tas-upp-i-turkiet-det-har-vantar ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish Parliament’s fo...
Jump to postInitially as the now identified LST, when the news broke it was thought that another cargo vessel might have been hit; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJYG1u6bzQ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/12/26/ukrainian-bombers-just-blew-up-another-russian-warship-russias-fleet-is-getting-smaller...
Jump to postUkraine have managed to strike another ship from the Russian navy. This time it was a landing ship that was hit. It is not known exactly how big the damage is, but according to the article below there is/was an extensive fire in the port area. I think it is safe to say that this ship is no more or p...
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Jump to postSAS doubles the amount of flights between Stockholm, Arlanda and Vasa, Finland from 24 April next year.
https://www.vasek.fi/vasaregionens-utve ... d-24-april
Swedish Archer artillery system in action in Ukraine.
Note that it has the Saab Barracuda camouflage equipped.
https://twitter.com/Harnesk08/status/17 ... 44555?s=20
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