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  • April 22, 2010 at 1:55 pm in reply to: Price-fixing allegedly by Virgin and Cathay Pacific #560037
    LERX
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    Oooops.

    Interesting competition law: if 2 parties engage in anti-competitive behaviour, the party which blows the whistle first gains immunity.

    Summary: Virgin got shafted?

    (no pun intended) 😀

    April 7, 2010 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Engine cover falls from JetBlue A320 in flight #571709
    LERX
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    It is an interesting issue the crops up time and time again

    Interesting? Sounds rather alarming to me!

    Are there no safety implications of this kind of incident?

    April 7, 2010 at 12:38 pm in reply to: Dead passenger tries to board aircraft #571712
    LERX
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    Were they trying to board a Scairbus?

    😀

    Sorry, couldn’t resist that one…

    April 5, 2010 at 10:02 pm in reply to: Civilian aircraft in military use #2390807
    LERX
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    Fokker 50 – maritime patrol IIRC (RSAF)

    Boeing 757 transport (RNZAF)

    Dash-8-100 E-9A (USAF)

    I suppose the aircraft used for the controversial “extraordinary rendition flights” would not be included?

    April 4, 2010 at 8:12 pm in reply to: What are the most beatiful modern warplanes in your opinion #2392344
    LERX
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    Active:

    Mitsubishi F-2
    Rafale
    B-1B

    Retired:

    F-14D
    SR-71

    Protoype:

    F-16XL
    YF-23

    April 2, 2010 at 10:57 pm in reply to: MiG-19 Farmer #2394598
    LERX
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    My favourite Mig-19 variant is the Q-5/A-5 Fantan 😀

    March 26, 2010 at 1:50 pm in reply to: Red Stars over Lewis #2408227
    LERX
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    What are the RAF’s RoE in these scenarios?

    If a Tu-160 turned towards the UK mainland and accelerated away from any escorts, apart from being provocative & probably an unwise course of action, are RAF Tornados authorised to use lethal force if UK airspace is penetrated?

    Are the intercepts made with fully armed fighters?

    March 21, 2010 at 10:36 pm in reply to: Russian UAC Ilyushin Il-96/Il-98 KC-X Tanker Bid #2420336
    LERX
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    Blimey! Is this Russian UAC bid really going to go forward?

    I’ve always liked the Il-96 on aesthetic grounds and I find the virtual Airbus/Boeing duopoly of medium/long-haul jets increasingly boring.

    I think it would be good for competition for the UAC Il-96 chaps to join the KC-X party :diablo:

    It would be worth it just to irk US protectionists 😀

    March 12, 2010 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Goose strikes force two jets to make unscheduled landings #577408
    LERX
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    Surely there must be some mistake here?

    Surely you mean Geese strikes?

    😀

    March 7, 2010 at 8:08 pm in reply to: Serbian Air Force has started lookig in to new fighters #2428214
    LERX
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    As far as new aircraft go, I’d agree with proponents of the JF-17 as an affordable Chinese export fighter.

    Not sure what Sino-Serbian relations are like these days…..

    February 28, 2010 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Russian air defence gap? #2430330
    LERX
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    It would be even more interesting to see a UK equivalent…

    The circles would be drawn with dotted lines….. 🙂

    February 28, 2010 at 1:46 pm in reply to: How on earth did he not overshoot?? #581105
    LERX
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    I think those trees on top of that hill beneath the approach could do with a trim….

    😀

    February 20, 2010 at 2:20 am in reply to: Number of fighter types in service at the same time #2431674
    LERX
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    Like DJ, I was thinking of China PRC:

    Su-30MK
    Su-27SK
    J-11B
    J-10A (J-10B)
    J-8IID/-8IIF
    J-8E
    J-7E/-7G
    JH-7A
    Q-5II

    (source: SinoDefence)

    January 26, 2010 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Japan rolls out the CX and the PX #2407961
    LERX
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    Cooool!

    I await the stretched, 4-engined version with great interest:D

    😉

    January 20, 2010 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Air France fat surcharge. #487113
    LERX
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    Seems fair enough to me. It must cost more to transport a “fat” person than a slim one (fuel costs).

    It is not much fun sitting next to obese passengers, especially when their adipose tissue flops into their neighbours’ seats.
    Not fun at all.

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