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  • September 14, 2003 at 4:49 am in reply to: Inflight meals #662641
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    Back in 1984, I flew on an Air Canada 767 Toronto-Saskatoon and found a bug my fruit cocktail. I asked the f/a if she could identify this particular piece of fruit. She took the meal away and none was replaced. Not that I would have eaten it anyway.

    September 13, 2003 at 11:55 pm in reply to: outrageous. IB quits meals…. #662668
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    Given the taste of most econ class meals, I wouldn’t pay for a meal. My advice: pack your own lunch. I once took some pizza onboard and asked the f/a to warm it up. I got a few hungry stares…I’ll give you a piece for $20! It’s better than the peanuts or pretzels. Didn’t one have to pay for food in the romantic days of passenger train and ship travel?

    September 13, 2003 at 10:55 pm in reply to: New Zealand Fleet Air Arm Museum #2081361
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    Thanks for the replys. The museum is listed on this webpage:
    http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/ResultsCollection.asp?Collection=Military

    No details are provided on it.

    There is another reference to it on this webpage:
    http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Museums/Museums_naval_aviation2000A-Z.htm

    September 13, 2003 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Interesting book #662928
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    I have the book; it is excellent reading. I wish though the author would have provided a little more background info on the events and aircraft. Just placing some of the exact dates of the incidents would have helped. It’s a good follow up to the Air Disaster series, but not as detailed. Some of the incidents did result in crashes though.

    It has 17 chapters on:
    1. British Airways 747
    2. Royal Navy Sea Hawk
    3. China Airlines 747
    4. Royal Navy Scimitar
    5. Aloha Airlines 737
    6. Trans World Airlines 727
    7. Air Canada 767
    8. Pan American World Airways 707
    9. Japan Airlines 747
    10. British Airways 1-11
    11. Kabo Air Charter 707
    12. United Airlines 747
    13. United Airlines DC-10
    14. Air Transat A330
    15. Cessna 188 & Air New Zealand DC-10
    16. Air Canada DC-9
    17. Fokker F.7/3M TriMotor “Southern Cross” epic story

    You can order it directly from the publisher: http://www.ausaviation.com.au/books/books.html

    September 11, 2003 at 4:11 pm in reply to: General Discussion #396037
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    Don’t women have an evil gene or something? 😀

    September 11, 2003 at 4:11 pm in reply to: Finally Proof that Girls Are Evil……….. #1974900
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    Don’t women have an evil gene or something? 😀

    September 11, 2003 at 3:59 pm in reply to: General Discussion #396039
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    Strategic Air Command was the one with Jimmy Stewart and the Peacemaker squadron.

    September 11, 2003 at 3:59 pm in reply to: Favorite aviation movies #1974901
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    Strategic Air Command was the one with Jimmy Stewart and the Peacemaker squadron.

    September 11, 2003 at 4:48 am in reply to: General Discussion #396172
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    How could I have forgotten the ones you mentioned?

    I agree these are good movies:

    Memphis Belle – nice

    Flight of the Intruder – Dafoe was cool in this one

    Final Countdown – Mr. Lasky, Go to Hell!
    Nice to see F-14s vs Jap Zeros!

    Fire Fox – Funny how the Boeing sonic cruiser resembled the Firefox in a way (He’s an American, Mitchell Gant!)

    Also:

    The Tuskegee Airmen

    Always – cool fire bombers!

    Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – I like the B-52 commander riding the bomb! The wheelchair Nazi was too funny trying to hold back his salute!

    September 11, 2003 at 4:48 am in reply to: Favorite aviation movies #1974962
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    How could I have forgotten the ones you mentioned?

    I agree these are good movies:

    Memphis Belle – nice

    Flight of the Intruder – Dafoe was cool in this one

    Final Countdown – Mr. Lasky, Go to Hell!
    Nice to see F-14s vs Jap Zeros!

    Fire Fox – Funny how the Boeing sonic cruiser resembled the Firefox in a way (He’s an American, Mitchell Gant!)

    Also:

    The Tuskegee Airmen

    Always – cool fire bombers!

    Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – I like the B-52 commander riding the bomb! The wheelchair Nazi was too funny trying to hold back his salute!

    September 10, 2003 at 6:47 pm in reply to: The ultimate aviation-blonde joke #666927
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    Didn’t these dumb jokes go out of style years ago?

    September 10, 2003 at 6:42 pm in reply to: Your local airport- most unusual visitor #666935
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    Buffalo Airways Canadair CL-44-O Skymonster! at CLE

    September 10, 2003 at 6:39 pm in reply to: Which Simpsons charecter are you? #1975006
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    Guess?!

    September 10, 2003 at 6:39 pm in reply to: General Discussion #396309
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    Guess?!

    September 8, 2003 at 12:11 am in reply to: John Kerry #1975190
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    Mixtec, glad you like it. I think it is a good quiz no matter where you stand politically. I think I’ll post it again as a seperate thread.

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