Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

…Based on what we know so far, I have a hypothesis that the root cause of this will be severe fatigue and/ or emotional strain on the part of the CG crew. I’m guessing the poor crew had been working for hours (24 hrs+ ?) prepping and delivering supplies due to the earthquake/tsunami, which is what ...

Re: Unprofessional screener feedback

Ouch! That’s really untidy. Not what one would expect from a screener.

Re: RAF's VIP A330 MRTT getting 'Austin Powers' Repaint

Apologies to my British friends, but I don't see a problem painting one jet for VIP transport. Aircraft repainting is part of the maintenance upkeep on airplanes. The old paint is stripped off, any corrosion is repaired, then it is painted again. Canada has a special VIP painted CC-150. Australia h...

Re: Observed today: the perfect dress/style of an Asian flight crew

kdeg00 wrote:

eirflot wrote:

Strange comment
Sloppily dressed crew are likely to be lax on procedures and rules too
Attention to detail usually follows through on all aspects of a persons life

I've found the same often holds true for use of punctuation.

Re: The New Livery of PIA gets leaked

Did no one stop to think that during boarding, especially on the narrowbodies where you board through the L1 door, the open door creates a huge "hole" right in the middle of the flag? They probably did think about it, but then realised that it wasn't actually worth worrying about. In many...

Re: LH A350 New Colors - Hideous!

patineta89 wrote:

No worries, they'll 'revise' it again 40 years from now.

Re: When Celebrities Fly Commercial?

There are some exceptions...these clips of a ...."celebrity"...... were recorded on a commercial WestJet flight :rotfl: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ysw5PC1V60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5ruN6e06U Never in my time on this site have I felt such an urge to punch someone in the ...

Re: Now more A380s than passenger 747s

Is A380 fleet overtaking 747 a hollow victory? See: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-is-a380-fleet-overtaking-747-a-hollow-victo-442160/ It's pretty safe to answer no to this question. It is merely an interesting observation that was pretty much inevitable, and I don't see Airbus ...

Re: 20-year old arrested in Israel for filming planes landing at Sde Dov Airport (with a drone)

...My lawyer was able to get it all handled over a few months, but only after I expended a bit over $10,000 personally to defend myself. ... ...Wouldn't have believed it till it happened to me (this was summer 2015, fwiw, just 6 months ago got it finally fully expunged. ...I was arrested for reason...

Re: New Qantas LGBT Livery

Two perspectives on this: one, that it's great QF is supporting the LGBT community, and two, that it's leveraging the cause of an oppressed sexual minority for cheap marketing opportunities. The US3 do the same thing as does Evil US Bank, Wells Fargo. Remember that airlines are in the business of m...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread Part 148

QF celebrates 1,000,000 737-800 scheduled flights http://australianaviation.com.au/2016/12/one-million-737-flights/ Great milestone. I remember when the first B737-800s came into service and the marketing campaign at the time that surrounded the arrival of (VH-VXB) Yananyi which arrived in Australi...

TNI AU C-130H Crashes in West Papua

13 Killed, Aircraft was Ex-RAAF A97-005

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38355451

Re: Australian Government goes ahead on Second Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek

mariner wrote:

The Minister was on tv a couple of hours ago, being interviewed by David Speers, and he didn't mention a curfew, he said the opposite, that there will be night operations at Badgery's Creek.

mariner

Re: Australian Government goes ahead on Second Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek

Badgerys Creek will essentially become a relief airport for Sydney & not a replacement. There's already talk of restrictions, no fly zones & you guessed it curfew! EK413 I remember reading of the curfew/restrictions for Badgery's Creek some time ago. This is such a backward-thinking and ret...

Re: Airbus schedules A350-1000 first flight for 24 November

kurtverbose wrote:

Periscope wins the award for most annoying web stream.

Re: Sorry Elon, You're Not Going to Colonize Planets

I get that it's not going to be easy to colonise Mars, and that you are skeptical that it can be done. However, after reading through this entire thread, It didn't take me long to get the impression that you seem to have an axe to grind with Elon Musk... ...but pretty good deal for Elon Musk, isn't ...

Re: BBC: MH370 "flaps were in "cruise" position when it hit..."

I'm fail to see why this thread would be titled BBC: "flaps were in cruise position when it hit" and not ATSB:"flaps were in cruise position when it hit" . Credit for this finding should be directed at the ATSB whose report methodically steps through its investigation of the debr...

Re: Qantas Unveils New Livery & 787 Cabin

Lots of people complained when the previous new livery was introduced, now they are complaining that the previous livery is being changed for a new design. Down the track those same people will be beside themselves with anguish when this livery changes again. I like the changes, staying the same is ...

Re: A350 Production And Delivery Thread Part 17

PhilDur wrote:

...but I fear it will be less then 50. ...

Re: Could the First Real ETOPS 240 Incident be a Game Changer?

Uncontained engine failure. Large piece of a turbine disc goes through the fuselage and takes out the other engine. And before you say that can't happen, there was a 767 incident on the ground where fragments from one engine were found in the other engine. That would likely be because of a ricochet...

Re: How do Air Traffic Controllers remember all callsigns and airline codes at big airports?

I'm not sure at all, but wouldn't it just show up on their computer screens?

Re: EK521 TRV-DXB (777-300 A6-EMW) crash landing in DXB

KTPAFlyer wrote:

This is Murphy's Law in action, folks: When things go wrong, they go wrong at the absolute worst possible moment....

Re: "The AI 'Top Gun' that can beat the military's best"

... Captain Gentner F. Drummond was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for disobeying a direct order by NOT shooting down an aircraft, even though AWACS was ordering him to shoot down an aircraft identified as a bandit. ... You make a fair point; however, there are also countless examples in wh...

Re: Antartica - Twin Otter Rescue Mission

I'm happy to stand corrected, but I thought the Chilean Air Force (FACh) routinely undertook winter missions to Antarctica in their Twin Otters.

Re: RE: Airbus Muzzles The Barking Dog

PlymSpotter wrote:

Crikey, I thought you'd meant they'd found a way to silence Al Baker.  ... 

Re: KLM unveils 'Orange Pride' Livery on 777-300ER

I think it looks awesome. Very impressive.

RE: Airbus To Launch A350-1100/2000 If Needed

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/scbriml" class="quote" target="_blank">scbriml</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>Because those are more sensible? It's just...

RE: Rear Facing Passenger Seats

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/silentbob" class="quote" target="_blank">silentbob</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>That's pretty common, a lot of people do...

RE: A350 Production And Delivery Thread Part 15

Some action from a few weeks back at FIDAE 2016 <center><table align="center" border="0" width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=22957&filename=1460465742b6sASm.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/22957/middle/1460465742b6sASm.jpg"...

RE: A330MRTT Orders, Production And Testing

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/zeke" class="quote" target="_blank">zeke</a> (<a href="#82" class="quote">Reply 82</a>):<br/><i>...the <acronym title="Bitburg (BBJ / EDRB), Ger...

RE: Australia Defence White Paper 2016

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ozair" class="quote" target="_blank">Ozair</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Just a thought but could they be intending to ac...

RE: Australia Defence White Paper 2016

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gemuser" class="quote" target="_blank">gemuser</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>You forgot two additional C-17s, according t...

Fueling Truck Fire At AUH

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EK413" class="quote" target="_blank">EK413</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>This is pretty lame...there have been incident...

RE: Best Ansett Memories And If She Was Around Today.

My first ever flight in an aircraft was in an Ansett DC9 travelling from Eagle Farm Airport in Brisbane to Townsville. That was sometime in 1970 travelling with my Aunt.

RE: Careful When Asking Questions To Pilots

Perhaps the FO was taken aback because the Airport Worker's question wasn't about him   

RE: SQ Announce Canberra And Wellington B777 Services

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/antskip" class="quote" target="_blank">antskip</a> (<a href="#65" class="quote">Reply 65</a>):<br/><i>The more obvious alternative would have be...

RE: Legal Mess: 4 Kicked Off Flight For Looking Muslim

Q9A <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AngMoh" class="quote" target="_blank">AngMoh</a> (<a href="#55" class="quote">Reply 55</a>):<br/><i>The real sad thing about all this nonsen...

RE: Legal Mess: 4 Kicked Off Flight For Looking Muslim

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N62NA" class="quote" target="_blank">N62NA</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>This is interesting. It's a flight operat...

Drone Almost Hits Ski Superchampion

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vfw614" class="quote" target="_blank">vfw614</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Near miss. "Almost killed" seems a bit rich. <...

RE: New Malaysian Airline Sharia-Style

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/winterlight" class="quote" target="_blank">winterlight</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i> I'm very tempted to book a flight...

RE: A350 Production And Delivery Thread Part 12

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Miami" class="quote" target="_blank">Miami</a> (<a href="#170" class="quote">Reply 170</a>):<br/><i>The making of TAM first A350: <a href="http:...

RE: Egypt Says No Terrorism In Russian A321 Crash

The fact that Egypt can't seem to find any evidence of terrorism is due to two possible reasons. Either, they simply haven't found anything yet, or they are unashamedly soiling the investigation with confirmation bias (i.e. they are deliberately only looking to find evidence which corroborates their...

RE: A Bit Of IPhone Aviation Photography Fun

Apologies, wrong forum. That'll teach me for having two forum pages up at the one time. May I please request that this be moved as I couldn't delete this post from its current location. Thanks

A Bit Of IPhone Aviation Photography Fun

Hi everyone, During two recent work trips to Manila and Singapore, I decided to have some fun (and try my luck) with the time-lapse function on my iPhone 6, filming landings in Manila and Melbourne. The first video is onboard a Philippine Airlines A340-300 (Flight PR212) from Sydney to Manila in the...

RE: UA Carries Pax To Australia Despite Lack Of Visa

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bgm" class="quote" target="_blank">bgm</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i>Definitely a lot more pleasant than the "welcome" ...

RE: How Many A380 "White Tails" Are There?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/n471wn" class="quote" target="_blank">n471wn</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>Boeing admits that their first three 787's a...

RE: Boeing Receives Additional P-8A Orders

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ChaosTheory" class="quote" target="_blank">ChaosTheory</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>At the time of development, other ...

RE: Family Kicked Off B6 Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/strfyr51" class="quote" target="_blank">strfyr51</a> (<a href="#67" class="quote">Reply 67</a>):<br/><i>...There <acronym title="Island Airlines...

RE: Family Kicked Off B6 Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cedarjet" class="quote" target="_blank">cedarjet</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>I stand by my comments. I have seen enou...

RE: Family Kicked Off B6 Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cedarjet" class="quote" target="_blank">cedarjet</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>In his own version the dad was an asshole ...