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April 15, 2002 at 8:23 am in reply to: My experience with Air France. #2001471

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RE: My experience with Air France.

My experience with Air France between Manchester and CDG was good, the cabin crew were friendly and I had a seat with good legroom. Admittedly, they are not as great as Sabena were and they don’t serve Maes and the French as a race are not as friendly and don’t have the same good humour as Belgians do. CDG is the worst European airport I’ve ever been in, not as good as Brussels (god I can’t wait to go back there in September). [http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sabenabelgianairlines]

April 15, 2002 at 8:07 am in reply to: Flight Log Book? #673962

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RE: Flight Log Book?

I’m all for the idea too, but it wouldn’t be fair to exclude Monster 500, he has as much right to post in this thread as anyone else, and it would be interesting to see the routes he flies.

April 11, 2002 at 8:47 am in reply to: Beer of the Week #2002086

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RE: Beer of the Week

I like Samuel Adams, our local supermarket sells it. I don’t like Miller or Michelob, too tasteless.
The Henry Weinhards beers are sometimes available in the UK in special “gift packs” which are sold at Christmas, you can’t get them at other times.
Budweiser is more a “fun” drink, just to watch the TV with, or have with a curry. I think American beers are easier to drink than the Belgian brands because they do not taste as “heavy”, the Belgian ales are rather rich.

April 11, 2002 at 8:41 am in reply to: Whats your favourite car? #2002091

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RE: Whats your favourite car?

Chrysler PT Cruiser, superb economy (50 mpg) and sheer class.
Toyota Yaris for the fun of it (if you’ve ever played “Gran Turismo 3” on the Playstation 2 you’ll know what I mean)!!

April 11, 2002 at 8:38 am in reply to: Cuisine ? #2002094

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RE: Cuisine ?

I was going to ask this, but you beat me to it!!!
I like Italian – pasta, meat, fish etc.
Chinese – spring rolls, chow mein, fried rice.
Thai – yellow, red and green curry.
Japanese – tempura.
British – any.
American – buffalo chicken wings
Mexican – fajitas and enchiladas without beans.
French – seafood.
Icelandic – seafood.
Finnish – lovely salmon and perch.
Indian – mild curry, samosas, tikkas and anything which does not contain lentils.
Belgian – mussels in garlic butter (not the “natuur” variety which are boring as hell). Chips (best in the world). Whole plaice, not like the thin scrags served in the UK. Ice creams. Waffles, especially with hot cherries and cream. Kidneys in jenever with juniper berries (yum). Belgian beers except Orval and Duvel. Carbonade flamande (Flemish beef stew, often cooked in beer).

April 8, 2002 at 9:33 am in reply to: What is your all time favourite airliner? #677789

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RE: What is your all time favourite airliner?

Here’s my list. Vintage – DH Comet, VC10.
Others – TriStar (very photogenic with it’s beautifully shaped nose), MD82, Boeing 747-400, Avro RJ,, Boeing 727, Airbus A340, Airbus A320, Boeing 767 is not too bad, Fokker 50 and also the old F27 are fun to fly on. Least favourite is Boeing 737-400 owing to an unpleasant experience on an Icelandair machine.
I’ve never been on a Russian type, but I am very interested in them.

April 8, 2002 at 9:26 am in reply to: Your pic…. #2002440

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RE: Your pic….

I wish I had your nerve, when I get my scanner I’ll probably post pics taken when I went on a riding holiday. I can’t bear to look at the Belgium pics taken in the pub!!

April 8, 2002 at 9:19 am in reply to: Favorite weekend activity (keep it clean!) #2002444

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RE: Favorite weekend activity (keep it clean!)

My weekend. Up at 6.45am Saturday to walk the dog before it gets busy, as I live in a holiday town and my dog is a maniac and loves to go and greet everyone. Then, at 8.30 I go and help my Mum with the weekend shopping. Then I clean out the bird cage (I have five Bengalese finches). After dinner I usually go into town and browse round the shops. In the afternoon I usually have a go on my Playstation 2. After tea I usually listen to some CDs. At 7.30 I feed the dog (I take it in turns with my Mum to feed and walk the dog). Then I settle down with a bottle of beer and watch a video until late.
Sunday – have a lie-in and take the dog for a walk before dinner. After dinner go out for a walk on the cliff tops or the beach or in the town. Try and get some university work done. Have a go on the Playstation. Do the birds again. Listen to CDs etc. I’m hoping to go back swimming sometime, morning was my favourite but college interferes with all that. I used to go horse riding at weekend but the stables has closed down now. Also on Saturdays I sometimes work in a museum in Pickering.

April 8, 2002 at 9:08 am in reply to: Stamps from all of you guys. #2002448

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RE: Stamps from all of you guys.

I used to have a penfriend in Malaysia, and the stamps are really nice. Some English ones are okay as long as you don’t get the plain ones. The only other countries I can send you stamps from are France and Belgium, but you might have to wait until June and September for them.

April 8, 2002 at 9:05 am in reply to: A320 Winglets #677812

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RE: A320 Winglets

Thanks Kabir, I had always assumed it was the other way round and the plain wings was the older one.

April 8, 2002 at 8:35 am in reply to: Worst In-Flight Entertainment? #677821

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RE: Worst In-Flight Entertainment?

Worst films – Air New Zealand, even if you don’t want to watch their crap inflight entertainment, you have to close all the window blinds and suffer it (I prefer to look through the window when I fly). I had to endure “While You Were Sleeping”, “101 Dalmatians” (hateful film), “Caspar” and some other rubbish which I cannot remember the name of. Their audio entertainment is quite okay though.
Best – The much-missed Sabena.

April 8, 2002 at 8:30 am in reply to: Seats #677826

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RE: Seats

I found the seats on the Air France A320 to be quite okay, but I think it depends how long the flight is, even a seat which seems comfortable at the beginning can become horrid after 5 or 6 hours. I don’t like the seats on the Air New Zealand 747-400, horrid to be stuck in for the 10 hours 30 minutes it takes to fly from LHR-LAX. I don’t like the side “wings” on those seats.

[http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sabenabelgianairlines]

April 8, 2002 at 7:37 am in reply to: Beer of the Week #2002454

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RE: Beer of the Week

elp – if you can, please post details of some American beers. I like Bud Ice – the proper American version, not the “brewed under license” muck we get in the UK. Have you tried Red Dog, Icehouse and Henry Weinhard’s Blackberry Wheat? They are very good.

April 8, 2002 at 7:30 am in reply to: Which WWII aviator/aviatrix interests you most? #2111148

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RE: WWII aviator/aviatrix interests you most?

I would say I have to respect ALL female pilots who flew with the Air Transport Auxiliary for proving that they are just as capable as the men. For designers I would go for Frank Whittle for his work on the jet engine which revolutionised aviation. For individual pilots, the one I most admired was John Derry for his work on supersonic flight. I know that was after the war, but he learned to fly in the war and rose to rank of Squadron Leader. Plus I am very interested in De Havilland aircraft.

April 4, 2002 at 12:32 pm in reply to: RAF Lossiemouth in WW2 #2111367

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RE: RAF Lossiemouth in WW2

Thanks for the good info everyone. Yes, my Grandfather is still alive, he’s 94 and lives in a nursing home. The only aircraft type he really mentioned to me was the Avro Anson, but his memory is not good these days and I doubt he would recall the details. He was a mechanic who had been having flying lessons before the war but he never finished so he did not get his pilot licence. My Grandmother was a good source of info about the war, but she’s dead now.
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