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Re: Impact of a major Israel-Iran escalation on Middle Eastern aviation

https://twitter.com/Combat_learjet/status/1779513559787139452 A fascinating video showing the effects of GPS spoofing in the region, with the crew receiving erroneous GPWS alerts. This was experienced by an ET A350 crew flying at FL380 from ADD-LHR. I spoke to some friends in Tel Aviv last night. T...

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NASA DC-8 Low and Slow Over L.A.

NASA’s DC-8, N817NA is flying very low and slow over Pasadena and the eastern San Gabriel Valley…quite a sight! Hopefully someone smarter than me can post the Flight Aware track for the aircraft. I’ve seen it for the past couple of days and I’ll try to be ready to grab a picture if it comes back aro...

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Re: Mom files complaint, claims UA refused to accommodate son's peanut allergy

I don’t mean to belittle anyone with allergies or other issues, but I sure remember the days of everyone getting on a plane, eating whatever the airline provided and getting off at the destination. People just minded their business and enjoyed the flight. No seat mate allergies, no service animal co...

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Re: 36 Injured on Hawaiian Airlines Flight

I think that what the poster said about not being news meant that had everyone been wearing seatbelts, it would not have been so newsworthy.
Let’s all calm down.

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balair863

Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

Holiday Airlines - a few L-188 Electras used for Lake Tahoe flights. Used to see them parked at LAX West Imperial Terminal.
Also Mercer Airlines based at Burbank. Operated, and lost, the very first DC-6 (C-118A) near Van Nuys in 1976.

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Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

Western Airlines, flew first class LAX-SFO in 1972, full breakfast in china plates - started my love affair with the Boeing 720B. And the supplementals- Overseas National DC-8-63 LAX-Amsterdam 1971 and Balair LAX to Zurich on their only DC-8-63 in 1977. Both flights every seat filled, no IFE, margin...

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AIRLINERS.net Military Aircraft?

I can’t imagine I’m the first to ask this but I don’t have time to scroll through all the pages… Today I opened airliners.net and every thumbnail on the main page is of military aircraft. I come to this site for airliners. There are plenty of sites for military fans, so why such an emphasis on milit...

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Salaries for similar aircraft…long ago

Back in the old days when airlines operated similar but different airplanes, we’re pilot salaries the same regardless of the “same but different” aircraft?
Some examples:
BOAC 707 vs VC-10
Pan Am 707 vs DC-8
Northwest same as above
United DC-8 vs 720

Thanks

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Re: Remember Dave Allen?

The telling time routine is classic! I’ve even tried to imitate it.

(3-2-1-cue someone complaining the post is “Non-Av”)

Thanks for the laughs.

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balair863

Boeing/SWA Conspiracy Alleged

https://www.businessinsider.com/737-max ... ing-2019-7

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Re: 'I had to crawl': Amputee seeks damages after United Airlines and airport security seize scooter batteries

Everyone seems to focus on a high-tech solution to a high-tech problem, namely the battery operated motorized scooter. Seems to me that an old fashioned, pushed or self propelled wheelchair would have solved the problem. If nobody in the family , or the man himself was able to push the wheelchair I’...

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Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

And I foolishly thought that this was the only forum for armchair investigative experts. Shame on me!

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Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

In 1977 a Dan-Air 707 lost a horizontal stabilizer on final due to undetected corrosion. Airplane lost pitch control, nosed down and crashed.
Similar?

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Re: Airline denies boarding to a fish

So if a fish is suspended in water does it affect the aircraft weight and balance???

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balair863

Re: Airline denies boarding to a fish

So if a fish is suspended in water does it affect the aircraft weight and balance???

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Re: Airline denies boarding to a fish

So if a fish is suspended in water does it affect the aircraft weight and balance???

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balair863

FAA: Seat size not their concern

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-a ... story.html

balair863

Re: First Flight and Airline?

August 1971, Overseas National Airways DC-8-63CF, LAX-BGR-Amsterdam.
USC student charter, 251 seats, 251 passengers, no legroom, no IFE, marginal food. Only thing to do was read and sleep.

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balair863

Re: Unbearable stench from passenger causes emergency landing

I once had to deal with an elderly gentleman who had intermittent dementia and was incontinent. He worn adult diapers but didn’t realize when he had “filled one up”.
The smell was unbearable. Perhaps this was a similar situation?

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balair863

Re: Unbearable stench from passenger causes emergency landing

I once had to deal with an elderly gentleman who had intermittent dementia and was incontinent. He worn adult diapers but didn’t realize when he had “filled one up”.
The smell was unbearable. Perhaps this was a similar situation?

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Re: Private Jet Expeditions 727-200

Looking at the Wikipedia entry fleet listing I’m surprised they used an ex-UAL non-fan 720-022 as late as 1989. Weren’t most of these retired by then?

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Re: 38 years since AA 191

Is it true that the mechanic who did the last engine swap on the airplane committed suicide the day before he was due to testify in the NTSB hearing, or is that an urban legend?

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Re: Aircraft types airlines never got to fly despite livery applied

Capital ordered the L-188 Electra but merged with United before delivery and the order was cancelled. Somewhere on the web there is a photo of the Lockheed assembly line showing 2 Electra’s in a full new Capital livery, can’t find it now but I did locate several articles about it via Google. Apparen...

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balair863

Re: Ever been afraid of a certain aircraft type?

Thanks for the great replies. I'm over my DC-9 phobia, but I do still wonder about the high number of midairs.

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Ever been afraid of a certain aircraft type?

I know this is an odd question but has been on my mind for years. In my early teens I was afraid of flying on DC-9's. In my mind they were seemed, at least to me, to be prone to midair collisions. TWA over Urbana, Alleghenies over New Fairland, Iberia over France, Airwest over Duarte, Aeromexico ove...

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Re: Will United send a 747 to a museum?

United also donated a DC-8 to a museum in Los Angeles. Originally in the Tulip livery, it has since been repainted into the original 1960's livery. It used to sit on its gear, now up on pylons. N8066U.

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Re: On the MD80/90, Do you prefer 2 seat or 3 seat side?

Quick question, why on most 3/2 planes is the 3 seat section on the right and 2 on the left?
I prefer the 2 seat rows.

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Re: 19 year old A.net threads

Thanks for the 747 thread...hilarious!

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Re: 19 year old A.net threads

Yes it is. Another eerie one is talking about the Feds investigating Alaska Airlines for maintenance violations, not long before Flight 261.

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19 year old A.net threads

I was bored so I started reading the very first forum threads on the site, going back 19 years. Found some interesting things: TWA will be around forever Speculated phaseout of 741,742 A poster who wanted aircraft/airline/airport pics and started 200+ threads, one for each request (posters were diff...

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Re: Russian cockpits, English placards

Thanks for the great replies.

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Re: UNITED DC-8-11 N8013U

I assume you want a "before" picture?

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Russian cockpits, English placards

Happy new year all, I know that most of the Soviet era airliners had Cyrillic lettering on the instruments and controls. I think I've seen a few photos of export models in Spanish for Cubana. Did any ever have English lettering? What about now, like the TU-204? Would English being the official langu...

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Re: Flight number 1:

Interesting to note that AA1 is still around yet has been involved in two separate fatal crashes, AA Flight 1 a DC-3 flying NYC-BUF-CHI-DTW crashed over Canada killing 20, and AA Flight 1 a 707 flying NYC-LAX crashed in Jamaica Bay killing 95. American 1 used to be "The Mercury", American...

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Re: Bigger windows on the Boeing 737 BBJ

Boeing did this mod about 40 years ago for Saha 707's. Its's nothing new. Can't figure out how to add a photo but a search will show it.

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Re: VP-BAT B747-SP

Just in case I buy a winning lottery ticket, what's the hourly operating cost or an educated guess?

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Re: List making: your first airline & route for each airliner

Forgot one
720B LAX-SFO WA

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Re: List making: your first airline & route for each airliner

707 IDL-LAX AA 727 LAX-SFO UA 732 BUR-LAS SW 733 BUR-LAS SW 735 BUR-LAS SW 737 BUR-LAS SW 741 LAX-HNL UA 742 HNL- LAX UA 752 LAX-DEN UA 762 LAX-HNL DL DC-8 LAX -AMS ONA DC-9 HNL-OGG HA DC-10 HNL-LAX UA MD-11 LAX-BKG THAI A300 BKG-HO CHI MINH THAI A320 SNA-DEN UA BAE-146 DEN-ASPEN UAE and just for fu...

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balair863

Re: 737-200 Replacement

On/off topic question: what became of the Aloha fleet of 732's? We're that all taken over and converted by Aloha Cargo or were any stored as-is for resale in airworthy condition?

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balair863

Re: B747-400F and B747-8F upper deck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llv138ojUmE

Really quite nice.

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Re: Wartime Vietnam Charters

I remember the DC-8 scenes in "Good Morning Vietnam" where a DC-8 Super 60 was repainted into UAL colors of the era. (also noticed it was a -63, which UAL never operated). Were the all cargo, non windowed 8's fitted with normal seats? Long flight with no windows to look out of if true. Sor...

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Re: Wartime Vietnam Charters

Thanks! That info is very helpful and answered my questions (as did all the other replies). Were thee the flight and cabin crews all volunteers? Did they receive "hazard pay?

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Re: Wartime Vietnam Charters

910A, thanks for that link...great stories. I'd love to hear more from posters who crewed these flights as well as soldiers who flew them.

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Re: Last scheduled passenger flights in the USA by plane type

What about the 720, non-fan and "B" model? Maybe Eastern/United and Western respectively? When?

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Wartime Vietnam Charters

I did a search and found an old locked thread but it didn't answer all of my questions. During the 1960's/70's which airlines provided troop charters to Vietnam? I know that World, and Trans International did, what about Saturn, Overseas National and others? What about scheduled airline charters, Un...

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Re: Phyllis Shlafly Dies At Age 92

Another right wing hypochristian. The world is a little bit better today.

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