RE: BA Vs. low cost carriers!

I agree with you, Mongu. Frequent Flyer mileage goes a long way in my book. I’m flying business class on Singapore airlines in one week because of my UA miles. And it’s true that they advertise those seats at that low price, but you have to get them so far ahead of time in order to ‘get them.’ The low-cost carriers do serve a good purpose, in competing with the big boys head on, and making them lower prices in most cases. Good on them for that, especially if they remain profitable in doing so. We do need more low-cost carriers in the industry.

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RE: Pic request

Austrian is a great airline, so is Aegean.

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RE: Future of 3 engined commercial liners

Every US major had a sizeable fleet of 727’s at one point. They are pretty much all gone by now. Northwest looks to be flying their DC-10’s for a few more years. Delta still flies the MD-11. Other than that, all those types will still be around for years to come as freighters. It would still be nice to see them in passenger configuration, however. I saw a Thai MD-11 at SYD yesterday, and it looked just immaculate. My alltime favorite is the tristar, followed by the 727-200.

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RE: Model Aircraft

A330Crazy, congrats on only being on this forum for less than a week, and already having 3 feedbacks. I’m a charter member and barely have 5!!! I probably own 50-70 models, all plastic snapfit Wooster, LongProsper, PPC, and Modelair types. Modelair has the best quality of the 4. Most of them have been put together, but I’d say the last 30-40 I have purchased are still in the box, as I have run out of room to display them on. In a few months I am moving into a house, so I’ll dedicate one room to all of my aviation ‘junk,’ so to speak. Initially I obtained 1/250, 1/180, and 1/200 scale types. After a year or so I decided to standardize on only the 1/200 types, as I feel that their quality is the best, among the plastic models. I’m not going to list the ones I have, as not only am I out of town and do not recall them all, but I’d be typing for a very long time. I do have United’s entire fleet practically, as I get the types I fly on, and I do have a Beluga, as well. I also get ones of schemes I enjoy, like the former WestPac Simpson’s plane. The only one I haven’t been able to obtain because it was phased out years ago, is the Wooster Olympic A300, 1/250 scale. Anyone know where I can get one of those?

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RE: BA plane at missile strike

Interesting that you bring that up, Mongu, as that is another debate in itself. I was born in the U.S., both my parents were born in Greece. Unlike your fiance, I have been to the old country 6 times, soon to be 7. We still retain all the customs and traditions, even living in the U.S. To that extent, I am very Greek, and the fact that I associate with my cousins and Greek friends rather often helps keep the Greek alive. I was, however, born in the U.S., live in the U.S., and will continue to live in the U.S. I pay taxes to the U.S., and they pay my salary. I consider myself, “Greek-American,” which I suppose is the politically correct thing to do. I support both nations when they play internationally, however Greece and the Greek way of thinking piss me off(especially after Sept. 11) quite a bit, especially when it comes to politics. But I’d rather not even go there. Hope that answers your question.

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P.S. I also have an Australian fiance Mongu, we have something in common. However, mine is Greek-Australian, rather than Italian.

RE: Latest issue

I hate to sound like a moron here: Is flaps a magazine that some of you guys publish? If so, is it only commerical aviation or does it include military, and how can I get it?

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RE: air new zealand to get a32

I just read an article on AirNewZealand in Airways. It didn’t say anything about that. It just mentioned that QF wanted to buy a stake in them, but it hadn’t happened yet. Was this recent? As far as ANA goes, the 747’s that they use on their short hops are -400D’s for domestic that have a beefed up undercarriage to cater for the increased cycles, no winglets, and I don’t think they have the extra fuel tanks either. JAL has these as well, and they are specific for this purpose. Any other airline who uses 747’s on short domestic services, well they are just using regular ones. I always thought JAL had the largest 747 fleet, including classics.

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RE: Anyone know the best day f

I’m not sure about Corfu, as I’ve never been there. However, when I was on Rhodes 3 years ago, Thursday was a haven for Condor, Hapag Lloyd, and Aero Lloyd. Sunday was primarily Premiair and Novair. Each Tuesday there was an El Al 747-200. That’s what I can best remember off the top of my head. I was an idiot back then, and did not take photographs. As far as Condor goes, I’ve already seen one of their 767’s in Thomas Cook colors.

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