RE: Political leaders

Aren’t clowns to make you laugh? This one scares me, so he can’t be a clown.

RE: American Invation and Agression

Garry,

The Dutch judges aren’t involved in this. It is an United Nations court, with international judges. The court will only be situated in Holland, but that is it.

RE: American Invation and Agression

the US is talking about “terrorist states’ all the time, but they are realy given a good example by doing this. It’s a shame we (the Dutch) signed for the JSF program last week. They want to sell us fighter aircraft but a day later they put a knife in our back. This will make Americans very popular

RE: Did Bush upset anyone else?

Hi Kev,

Here, in Holland, 2 photo’s of the event were published. In both, he was walking towards the viewers, so he could only see the back of the crosses while he walked over the graveyard. I understood this was done to give the best media coverage, so both the face of “the preseident” aswell of the names on the crosses were visible. Looks like it was all public relations, as was that stupid scene in New York with the fireman. Days after the inpact, but the search for survivors was completely stopped for hours because “the president” was there.

RE: Did Bush upset anyone else?

Well, thanks to his “daddy” he was safe during the Vietnam War, patrolling the Texas/Mexican border, and now this “very brave man” is ordering others to fight ( and die). He showed how brave he was on September 11, when he flew as far away from the impact places as he could in his Airforce one. I wonder if he know that the events in France took place in the night of june 5 and 6 in 1944. I doubt it. Strange man, that president. I hope he won’t become too dangerous, or is he already!

RE: Just to confirm…..

That should be nice Kabir. While there, can you check the fate of the Indian Super Connies? Is it true that most were scrapped ( some 5 ) and that only 3 survive? (BG-579 at Pone, IN-315 at Goa, BG-583 in IAF museum) (In-318, IN-319, IN-317, BG-577,BG-578: missing, scrapped around 1998?)

Best wishes, Roger

RE: Things to do at Newark International

Just back from the USA. Flew with Continental. Service and accomodation was good. I flew two times in a 767. However, Newark was a disaster Immigration took 3 hours and the following security check another hour. Everything in the photobag had to be opened and inspected (nice to see every of the 90 filmrolls to be opened) and even the camera’s had to put on (and test photo’s had to be made). After that, we were “free” to enter the terminal for the connecting flight. However, the field is crowded with “Ground Security Inspectors” which were 17 year old children giving the power to stop everybody and inspect them. It is very disturbing when you have to empty your bag, and put your shoes out, every 25 meters. This was what they did. As one team was ready with the tourists, the others were waiting within sight and did it over again, laughing to the first team and already signing to the next bunch of loosers with a badge which were already within sight to stop and “strip” the people again. Terrible, terrible terrible, it took us 9 hours to get our connecting flight to Orlando. Taking an interest in aircraft wasn’t apreaciated either, as we were not allowed to take photographs. However, videofilming was allowed. Newark (maybe just at the moment) is a very passenger unfriendly airport, although I realise that being hijacked is a million times worse. No problems later on Orlando, Houston and phoenix, were security was intense, but correct.