LN7110 That’s also a special frame! The one from the Iranian affair. It’s 5.5 years old, but hasn’t flown much. Delivered to Norwegian in 2018, then had to divert to Teheran a few weeks old, and got stuck there for a few months because of american sanctions on neccesary spare parts. Finally got flyi...
Jump to postNorwegian state broadcaster has a piece on LNA/LNB. Essential take-aways: -more worth as parts than planes -early uneconomical variant with lots of technical issues -huge demand for spares -Boeing has bought both fuselage for research and test on how the composites are holding up. -there was nothing...
Jump to postNorwegian buying Widerøes completes the 180. A few years ago they were fully owned by SAS. (And not for the first time, they were majority owned by SAS-predecessor DNL back in the 30’s already) Widerøes ownership has changed many times and probably will continue to. As for fleet renewal: There are n...
Jump to postIn aviation we don’t use terms like crash, or near crash. We use the terms accident and incident. I deliberately chose "near-crash". A crash is something really destructive. But this event could easily have destroyed both aircraft. Come on! A crash means you hit. A «near-crash» means no p...
Jump to postSTT757 wrote:I hope we are still worthy of their sacrifice.
Ukranian parlament head visited Norway in conjunction of the celebration of our national holiday. There’s a lot of symbolism there, because the day celebrates a very liberal constitution and pretty much what russia is against and Ukraine is trying to achieve. In popular culture at least. Anyways, no...
Jump to postIf we are isolating this to «serious classical» european tradition, scored music, there are finally some good stuff happening after 40-50 years of variations over (various degrees of computer assited) serialist, aelatorist, minimalist dead-ends. There a certainly a new generation of composers with r...
Jump to postDang, I don't want to have to go out of state to see old 567 and 645 powered dinosaurs. Other than me, I wonder how many here know what you're talking about without Googling it? :D Having grown up close to a locomotive yard, I think our DI3 had them. I can replay that sound in my head and smell the...
Jump to postWords ≠ music
nwadeicer wrote:Jump to postNot one mention of Bernie Taupin? Hmm..
In my environment Philip Glass is rated very high. Personally, I regard him as just another apparatchik enforcing the neomarxist cultural hegemony. Music itself, the ultimate abstract art that talks directly to your emotions, is the one greatest non-political entity in our life outside stuff dictat...
Jump to postAs the father of 2 teenage girls, I wouldn't disregard meals and organised activities from the list. Meals offer probably the longest uninterrupted interaction time of the day. Organized activities, in our case that's often their sports tournaments, they're occupied playing games, watching other ga...
Jump to postDoes it have 168 pistons and 4 turbojets ? It has 6 carburetors and it's italian. (Sorry, that's an unbelieveably internal humor reference to a 50 year old TV schetch where the dentist threatens the client to drill harder and to make room for 10 amalgam and 40 marziapn if he doesn't admit to his ca...
Jump to postfrmrCapCadet wrote:Favorite engines' sounds: B36, remember those from a cadet encampment.
Headline says it really.
How much time do get to/choose to spend doing things together with your younger children everyday, outside of meals/diapers/homework/organized activities on a normal day?
What’s wonderful about a silent engine? It has the soul of a refrigerator. Needs to have the sucking souls of 6 downdraft Webers and canvas-ripping sound of a V12 at 7,000 rpm to be wonderful. You are describing the sound of flatulens. It’s for old, dying men. How do you even dare call the elegant ...
Jump to postWhat’s wonderful about a silent engine? It has the soul of a refrigerator. Needs to have the sucking souls of 6 downdraft Webers and canvas-ripping sound of a V12 at 7,000 rpm to be wonderful. You are describing the sound of flatulens. It’s for old, dying men. How do you even dare call the elegant ...
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:M564038 wrote:I thought that was common knowledge? :Dat the same time you claimed the real lift comes from the window vipers and farting guy in seat 8B!
Mk7 GTI daily driver. First non-manual transmission car I've ever owned. Fun cars are a 1975 Porsche 911 and a 1988 BMW M3. 1988 M3! Wow, a proper M3 and not a modern turbocharged pretender! The current M3 does not have a turbo. It does however have a wonderful, wonderful electric engine and is mad...
Jump to postOkay, so you really like him. I am an amateur bass player and I have to tell you that I have respect for him but I don’t like the sound of his bass and neither his riffs. Had to learn the bass line of „Something“ and I hated it. I would rate Tony Levin as one of the best bass players. What he did o...
Jump to post-judged by every bassist worth their salt as being one of the foremost, best, most innovative and distinctly groovy and melodic bassists of all time. Okay, so you really like him. I am an amateur bass player and I have to tell you that I have respect for him but I don’t like the sound of his bass a...
Jump to postBot even close to touching a nerve;-) That would require you to having actually made a point. Taste is subjective and here's proof. I say those songs were crap, you say they were great. If I learned anything from working ten years in the record business (yeah it was that long ago, we had "recor...
Jump to postMcCartney did indeed write some really great songs post-Beatles. But he also generated utter crap like Listen to What the Man Says, Silly Love Songs, Coming Up and other such tripe. Can't ignore those while at the same time praising the good stuff. Silly love song is a great song, a great arrangeme...
Jump to postSince the Beatles always just attributed songs to Lennon/McCartney, how much of it was each. Even though I don't care for him personally, I'd have to give Lennon the bulk of the credit. You can tell by what they put out as individual performers. Like I said earlier, much of Wings/McCartney was trit...
Jump to postSince the Beatles always just attributed songs to Lennon/McCartney, how much of it was each. Even though I don't care for him personally, I'd have to give Lennon the bulk of the credit. You can tell by what they put out as individual performers. Like I said earlier, much of Wings/McCartney was trit...
Jump to postAgreed. And they are trying to divert the attention by keeping the War-thread open, while hiding this thread in a dark corner. The good threads are already being replaced with empty shells devoid of meaning woth no hope of going anywhere. How do you like your steak cooked? What car do you drive? Tha...
Jump to postTHE greatest living, and arguably of all time is Paul McCartney.
There is just no doubt.
If you made a poll among the other composers mentioned in this thread, they would agree.
A discussion about #2 would be a lot more interresting;-)
The thing is that discussing politics outside the echo chamber is 100% a good thing. People that agree in the politics disagree on other issues and vice versa. There is a certain poster which agree almost 100% with in political matters, that I listen a bit extra to in aviation matters because I know...
Jump to postI know most bottled water I’ve bought or been served around the world taste 2nd class compared to the excellent cold, fresh tap water I’m drinking right now! From a glass! Mmmm. Actually I’ve had a lot of delicous tap water in many countries and places, and don’t really see the killer app for bottle...
Jump to postTap water is cheaper, often better and the bottled water industry is an incredibly wasteful and pollutibg industry. That’s why. Anyways. Where I live, I dare say tapwater is better than almost anything you could buy on a bottle anywhere. It is really great tasting. I don't think I have had tap water...
Jump to postI think this is sad. I do not recognize the descriptions of division. I think the fright of politics is completely and dead wrong back-wards. The whole situation is glaringly obvious about mod burn out. No one can mod a large forum for years and years and years without a break. Take a step back. Sme...
Jump to postI have not yet seen a well founded argument that favours this new policy. I too, had been an admin and administrator of a large technically minded forum. Very civil. Politics certainly allowed. (But no racism, sexism or other discrimination, obviously). The Mods tireing of non-av politics, is not a ...
Jump to postWhat’s wrong with politics? Discussing politics in places were strong interests bring us together is exactly the right medicine, not the other way around. There are very few personal attacks on this site. No racism, very little sexism. All in all it functions well, people get to read avout things th...
Jump to postWhat’s SLC? Sotchi? South Corea? Ah, alright, should have assumed it was somewhere in the US since the poster thought it was the 10 times larger city Sapporo that was the less known one.. Anyways. the winter olympic future doesn’t look too brilliant. The nordics are losing interest, the IOC is gett...
Jump to postbut I trust your judgement the recent updates has made the them the shietz! Where did I say this? Please link my quote, thanks. I am so sorry! I really thought you bought your car voluntarily! My oh, My ! If You where forced ! I am SO sorry ! I should known no reasonable person would by that type o...
Jump to postWe know you love your Golf. I didn’t care for the older ones(they charged very slowly, but the interior was ok.), but I trust your judgement the recent updates has made the them the shietz! Unfortunately they are concidered obsolete and is no longer offered at all in any version in my market. Very s...
Jump to postI see the goalpost moving rather quickly. (I searched for some classic EV threads going back up to 10-15 years) But quite recently we have on these threads moved from «EVs will never happen because they don’t have 5000 miles range, and they don’t charge in under a minute, and they’ll catch fire, and...
Jump to postThose amounts of money involved in criminal activity would place most people in most countries in prison for sure. Let’s see if that goes for a rich and priveledged american politician as well. If he’s found guilty, the most likely outcome is a fine according to BBC reporting this evening. Which is...
Jump to postThose amounts of money involved in criminal activity would place most people in most countries in prison for sure. Let’s see if that goes for a rich and priveledged american politician as well.
Jump to postI am sure he is totally innocent. I mean, just look at him and his amazing career, and listen to what he has to say. This guy and his business can’t possibly have done anything wrong at any point during the last 45 years!
Jump to post1% (o n e p e r c e n t) of cars sold in Norway in March were gasoline only cars.
(B)EVs at 86%
40% of all cars sold in march were Teslas.
Carry on.
(Source ofv via aftenposten.no)
I can imagine. It does however work;-) I am very close to someone in the hotel-business. They absolutely hate those websites, and says that they often feel forced into situations were everybody loses except hotels.com. They are more than happy to leave them out of the transaction. There might be reg...
Jump to postFind the cheapest price. Call the hotel directly and ask them to match the price.
The hotel gets more. You get a friendlier hotel. Done.
Judge Davis has warned Fox attorneys to "be careful", after they filed a range of objections on Tuesday. They objected to public disclosure of all Dominion trial exhibits, even those that are already public, claiming they had no choice due to the "sheer volume which exceeds 1000 exhi...
Jump to postBizarre! lactose free costs extra but kosher (personal choice) is free? Absurd!
Jump to postIt’s great training. They should pay the private piloy for his role in it;-)
Jump to postYou might want to tell the World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/norway-electric-vehicle-energy-transport/#:~:text=It's%20streaks%20ahead%20of%20other,use%20in%20Norway%20particularly%20clean. Or, well, your own Government. https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/transport-and-c...
Jump to postThat's the wrong angle. Norway is a sparsely populated country (half the population density of the US) with very complicated geography that makes it very expensive to bring infrastructure. What they have, though, is very high Government revenue driven by: #1 Oil & gas and #2 Very high personal ...
Jump to postWe are beyond the «isolated communities and use-cases» already with several countries having passed 50%. Norway still in the lead with around 80-90%. Norway is a wonderful country and I have liked the Norwegians I have known. But Norway is less than 3.3% the size of the United States and roughly 30...
Jump to postThe people who sell them. push-button starters - probably in the minority here, but I despise them. I'd very happily deal with all that if I could just buy a new car without talking to a car salesperson or it taking hours. I don't need financing, I don't need discussion, and I don't need conversati...
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