Yeah, the landing was made at Chino airport, about 10 minutes south of ONT and 2 minutes from my house.

Same here 😀 Can the A319 fly the route?

James

The Block times are listed as 5 hrs eastbound and 5:35 westbound. No problem at all for the A319.

That’s an interesting point-to-point route. There must be some interest in order to justify flying from a relatively small airport to Heathrow.

You’ve done a great job Lance. Your commentary was always appreciated. You might be just what the circus that is the GD forum needs in terms of moderation. Good luck on that front! 😉

you’re right, though, RB211’s are definately better than Pratts. :diablo:

Must to Bhoy’s and Bmussed’s dismay, I LOVE THE PRATTS!! 😀 Excellent report once again. I’m glad you had such a good experience in the states, although I don’t envy you driving across the desert in 100+F heat. It’s been over 100 here (SoCal) the last week and it’s driving my electric bill bonkers to keep the A/C running. I’m surprised so much of the overheard luggage space was taken up when you got on board. I usually have no problems on UA finding space in the overhead compartment. Southwest is definitely the worst. It seems like nobody checks in their luggage when flying them. I also am a big fan of the TED colours. It seems nobody was a big fan of it when it was first unveiled.

Ironically Sandy, I was just thinking the other day of starting a Varig thread, in my guess wondering what was going on with them, rather than giving an update, as you have done. Wow. It’s amazing how they can park so many planes in such a small space as they have done according to those photos. Interestingly enough, all their long-haul flights are still listed on the Star-Alliance timetable, updated on July 8th, although to the best of my knowledge, they stopped long-haul services a good month ago. Any idea how all the Brazilians that flew Varig to Germany for the World Cup returned home?

I spoke to somebody who was after aircraft for chartering aircraft to replicate the Miami Airport Cargo apron – I presume this is what the night work is all about!

Ironically, my hometown airport ONT has been used as MIA in the movie Catch Me If You Can. It’s also been used as LAX in series like LAX and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lot’s of commercials, as well.

Gerrard should be captain. He should have been captain this world cup.