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Re: Windshear on A343 take off scare at Zurich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThoZNxy2JZk

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Re: Good price vs cool airplane

It's all about priorities. Sometimes saving money is a bigger priority than the type of plane, most recent example was when I was looking at fares from London to somewhere in southeast Asia, and I wanted to try getting on an A340, but Swiss had a fare LHR-ZRH-SIN on a 77W that was hard to refuse. I'...

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Re: Is there an alternative to a list of airline destinations since Wikipedia is removing them?

so help me if they ever remove the list of destinations from the individual airport pages....I use those ALL the time! Same. Sometimes out of curiosity to see what destinations a particular airport has service to, and sometimes for travel planning like if I'm going to a particular city and I'm unsu...

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Re: Your longest flight sim flights?

My longest routes that I can remember on X Plane 9:
PHX-HNL, I believe with an AA 763
MSP-LHR or LHR-MSP with a BA 772
MSP-KEF with a FI 752

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Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

He mentioned the large number of fatalities from DC10 crashes, but not all of those crashes were attributable to design flaws (e.g. AA 191 and Air New Zealand 901).

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Re: 50 years ago: THY DC-10 crash

The Turkish DC-10 crash killed 346 people in the blink of an eye, all due to a "gentleman's agreement" over safety issues, prioritizing profits ahead of safety. Everything was supposed to have changed. I mean, when there's an accident, it is investigated, and changes are made. That's the ...

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"Just One of Those Days": DL JAX-ATL-MSP w/ video

After a week in Upstate New York (specifically Schenectady) to see a friend and 10 days in Amelia Island, Florida (northeast of Jacksonville) to see family I headed back home to the Twin Cities. If you're wondering how I got to those places without flying, the answer is Amtrak! I took the Empire Bui...

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Re: Rumor: SAT Air Service Announcement

UA is moving their hub from IAH to SAT because of the Alamo.

Joking aside, I don't know the SAT market so I'll just ask what are the chances it's Avelo or the return of Breeze?

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Re: Will you limit travel in the future to help make the world more sustainable?

As VR technology becomes better (and more comfortable), then it will possible to visit far away places, and experience the sight and sounds, and maybe even the smell and the taste of other places, without actually having to travel there. See: "Brainstorm" No advances in technology will ev...

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Re: Sun Country Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Should we expect a nuclear response from DL?

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Re: Upstate New York Aviation - 2024

I’m in the Albany area and on Monday saw a C-32A flying around several times near ALB. I’m guessing this was training?

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Re: Any new airports in US?

If I had to take a guess, the one that is supposed to supplant or relieve LAS roughly 30 minutes out from town. I've just seen some musings on here; I don't know the likliehood of it actually happening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Nevada_Supplemental_Airport Construction is supposed to s...

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Re: Concorde a "What if" question

If VS managed to get through all the hoops required to purchase Concorde and fly them, I'm guessing VS would operate them 99.9% of the time on LHR-JFK. The oil price spike and Great Recession definitely would've been the last nail in the coffin for Concorde operations, so VS would've only flown the...

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Re: Concorde a "What if" question

If VS managed to get through all the hoops required to purchase Concorde and fly them, I'm guessing VS would operate them 99.9% of the time on LHR-JFK. The oil price spike and Great Recession definitely would've been the last nail in the coffin for Concorde operations, so VS would've only flown the ...

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Re: Tallest Building in the United States Planned for Oklahoma City

I have no idea if this is an apples to apples comparison, but buildings like Taipei 101 are designed to handle earthquakes, so could the same design be used for a building to handle a tornado?

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Re: Tallest Building in the United States Planned for Oklahoma City

Instead of hoping this tower will become reality I'd advocate for an observation deck in the existing Devon Tower. Just looking at an image of the OKC skyline it looks like Devon Tower is much taller than any of the other buildings in downtown, so views wouldn't be obstructed. Meanwhile in my home c...

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Re: Will you limit travel in the future to help make the world more sustainable?

No I won't be limiting my travel. I will however do my best to make my travels less energy intensive. For example when traveling around Europe I'll only go by bus or train when feasible, which last year out of the 12 European cities I visited only two of those I traveled to by plane (the two are cit...

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Re: Minneapolis Aviation - 2024

Seems like the logic is having airlines of the major alliances (SkyTeam, OneWorld, and Star Alliance) at T1 while everyone else is at T2. Spirit and Denver Air Connection being the two exceptions at T1. IIRC when Spirit began service to MSP they used T2, but expanded service to the point where they ...

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Oddest Reason for Flight Delay/Cancellation

What's the oddest reason you've seen for a flight being delayed or cancelled? For me it was last year when my sister was flying AA MSP-CLT-JAX. It was on an A320 family aircraft, but I don't know the exact type. Boarding went fine, but it was discovered the aircraft had the seat-back safety cards fo...

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Re: Avatar Airlines is back seeking investors

Will Family Airlines/Avatar Airlines/whatever die when Barry Michaels does, or does he have someone crazy enough to carry on this idea after he passes?

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Re: Times you've "been had" while traveling

Fortunately I never had such experiences, but that's because I always prepare well for my trips. I make sure I know things like the currency and exchange rate beforehand. I never use taxis, I either use public transport or pre-booked shuttle services. In the unlikely case I have to use a taxi I alw...

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Re: Global Airlines buys an A380 from Doric for UK - US service

https://www.businessinsider.com/onlyfan ... nes-2024-1

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Re: Minneapolis Aviation - 2024

Didn’t NW also attempt KIX or NGO from MSP?

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Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

You waste your own time and your own money. That is your problem, it is your time and your money. But you also waste a lot of natural resources. If you can justify that in front of yourself, it's fine. Personally, I find it hard to justify any of my flying in front of myself, even if I take the fli...

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Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

You waste your own time and your own money. That is your problem, it is your time and your money. But you also waste a lot of natural resources. If you can justify that in front of yourself, it's fine. Personally, I find it hard to justify any of my flying in front of myself, even if I take the fli...

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Re: Rare types in service 2024

Is 5Y-XXA still active? I remember a Sam Chui post around 10 years ago saying it was the oldest active DC-9 and many even the oldest active pax jet This website says withdrawn from use and stored in Nairobi since 2017: https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-10-5y-xxa-fly-sax/...

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Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

Have you ever booked a flight simply to fly on a particular airline and/or aircraft, and instead of actually going to a destination you just turn around and fly right back to your origin (or maybe you had just enough time to walk around a city before heading back to the airport)? Well I did that onc...

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Re: First Time Flying On A Widebody?

NW DC10-40 in January 2000 from MSP to MCO (with a brief diversion to RSW due to weather) for a family vacation at Disney World. I vaguely remember how gigantic the aircraft was inside and out, and feeling excited that we were flying on it.

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Re: 10 years ago: The retirement of Delta DC-9-50

I might have flown on one in the NW days from DTW to MSP, but that was long before I kept track of which aircraft I flew on. I do however remember watching the constant flow of DC9s at MSP, and didn't really appreciate their loudness and distinctive noise back then like I do now. I forget the exact ...

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Re: Rare types in service 2024

Newark727 wrote:
Are there any Caribbean carriers still flying the Trislander? Always thought that was an interesting type.

I saw one in SXM last February. If Wikipedia is correct it's operated by Anguilla Air Services.

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Re: The Most Unusual Routes You Have Flown?

To me it's probably XSP (Singapore Seletar)-SZB (Kuala Lumpur Subang) on Firefly. I can't imagine many people outside of Malaysia and Singapore take that route instead of SIN and KUL.

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Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

Why would any HQ employee prefer a nightmare Denver commute to the middle of nowhere cow pasture versus being centrally located in one of the US' most dynamic cities? Talk to any 20-30 something, the vast majority of them are more attracted to urban enviroments. On top of that, the median home pric...

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Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

I have absolutely no horse in this race, but if I were an employee at UA's current HQ I'd prefer it stays at Willis Tower since there's decent public transit (the L and Metra, plus several bus routes) right next to it, so little to no driving needed. I don't know where they'd put a HQ at DEN, but I'...

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Re: Will CAHSR inhibit future HSR project in the US?

I'd like to know the history of HSR projects in other countries (Japan, France, Germany, Spain, UK, Taiwan, etc.), particularly if there were budget and construction difficulties like what CAHSR is experiencing. I know the UK's under construction HS2 project is facing backlash and has suffered with ...

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Re: Minneapolis Aviation - 2024

Would be nice to have a non-stop to JAX, preferably on SY. My parents drive down there and stay through February while my sister and I fly down there to visit for a week. I don't mind connecting in ATL, but I'd take the non-stop option if it were available. There is service to JAX on both DL and SY...

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Re: Minneapolis Aviation - 2024

Would be nice to have a non-stop to JAX, preferably on SY. My parents drive down there and stay through February while my sister and I fly down there to visit for a week. I don't mind connecting in ATL, but I'd take the non-stop option if it were available.

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Re: Minneapolis Aviation - 2024

I'll be snacking on some popcorn as DL and EI go at it on MSP-DUB. Fingers crossed the two can coexist, but if only one stays on that route I'd prefer EI. Has there ever been scheduled or charter flights on MSP-DUB in the past prior to EI in 2019? As for 2024 predictions, it would be great to see DL...

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Re: Challenging landing for AA 777 at LHR

So that's what my landings in X Plane 9 look like in real life.

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Tren Maya/Maya Train Begins Operations

I've only heard about this recently, so for those that don't know Tren Maya is a passenger rail service connecting Cancun (specifically near CUN) with destinations around the Yucatan Peninsula. The first segment between Cancun and Campeche opened a week ago, and more segments will open in phases. Mo...

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Re: Your 2024 Booked/Flown Flights

Booked for February:
JAX-ATL-MSP on DL, both scheduled with a 739ER

Taking Amtrak from the Twin Cities to upstate New York via Chicago to visit a friend, and then Amtrak from there down to Jacksonville via NYC to visit my parents.

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Re: Have you landed on the Alphabet - 2024!

Pretty sure these are all of mine. *New airport for 2023 A– AES*, AMS, ARN, ATL B- BGO, BOO, BOS, BRU, BUD C- CPH, CTS* D- DCA, DTW, DUB, DXB E- EDI F- G- GVA H- HEL, HKG*, HKT* I- IND J- JAX*, JFK K- KEF L- LAX, LHR M- MCI, MCO, MDW, MIA*, MKE, MSP, MUC N- NAS O- OSL, ORD P- PIE, PRG, PSP Q- R- RSW...

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Re: Anyone Never Flown on a 737/A320 Family Aircraft?

I'm sure I've never flown on a 737-600 and pretty sure I've never flown on a 737-100. I haven't flown on a 737 Max yet. Also never flown on an A318, A319 and the newer NEO A320 / A321 variants. This thread is about people who have never flown on any variant of the 737 or A320. Considering the lack ...

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Re: Aircraft orders that you wish happened

Delta A35K :duck: That and keeping the 787 order... Would've been interesting to see what routes DL would operate with the 787, assuming some or all of them were for expansion. Way back when NW ordered them one route idea they brought up was MEM-NRT. That of course was a very different time and I'm...

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Aircraft orders that you wish happened

Was there a time when a particular airline was seriously considering, or even ordered a particular aircraft type, but it never came to fruition and you wish it had? In 1987 Northwest ordered 20 A340-300s, but for a few reasons the order was cancelled in 1992 (more info on it here: https://northwesta...

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Anyone Never Flown on a 737/A320 Family Aircraft?

With the 737 and A320 family of aircraft being a very common narrowbody aircraft around the world, I'm curious if anyone here has somehow not flown on one. I can't say I'm one of them since my first ever flight was on an A320, and my first flight on a 737 was in 2007. While it took 14 years for me t...

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Re: Double- and triple hubs

Does SY offer connections via MSP? If so I’d consider MSP a double hub with DL and SY.

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Re: GTA 6 coming soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBZY2fkU-0

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Re: New Pacific Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

I think NP's Asia plans were already dead when they showed they can barely operate anything domestic. If there's any chance of US mainland-ANC-Asia it'll be through AS with 787s, not a tiny and struggling airline with aircraft that can't even do it due to having to avoid Russian airspace.

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Re: Minneapolis Aviation - 2023

Time to build an international terminal! Or just improvements to the existing terminals so MSP can handle more international flights.

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Re: Nordic Aviation - 2023

Anyone know the status on the proposed new airport for Bodø?

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