…cheaper than the Mega Death-11.

LOL, nice! That’s the first I hear of that one!

The trick with the A340 is not to use it for long range, ie 12 hour flights. It works very well on 7-10 hour flights and handles full payload well in this area.

Well, that more or less counter-acts the purpose of the A343, which if I’m not mistaken, was designed to be an “ultra-long range aircraft.” Airbus was even touting is as the “longest range aircraft in the world,” long before the the A345 and the 772ER was around. That’s a pretty bold statement, considering the existance of one 747-400. Besides, on 7-10 hour segments, who needs an A340 when a 767 can do the job just fine!

BTW… the 777-3 can only climb at full power to 31 000ft before it develops serious aerodynamic buffeting, it then has to be nursed very carefully to get any higher. I’m not sure if this problem affects the -200.

Does this apply to the 773ER as well?

Sandy, I have tremendous respect for you. I consider you one of the top 2 or 3 contributors to this forum. However, I have tremendous respect for Hand, as well, and I did think your initial thread title was quasi-French bashing. One thing I admire about this forum is the relative absense of nationality/ethnic bashing. I can’t say the same for the general discussion forum, that’s for sure. That being said, I can tolerate the occassional ‘bloody yankee’ bashing said with tongue in cheek just like the next guy. On the other hand, you have every right to be critical of French aviation officials, but not the French people, at large .

unfortunately, a bit too short notice.

I work Mon-Fri

Yeah, me too.

My last flight in a TriStar was about 4-5 years ago LAX-HON on Aloha Airlines.

Are you sure about this? Aloha never operated the Tristar, or any other widebody, for that matter. Hawaiian operated the Tristar, but was phased out by ’94 when they took AA’s DC-10’s. Are you sure it wasn’t ATA or something? They operated the Tristar from LAX-HNL up until recently.

Heck, I’ll fly on that thing, regardless of how beat up her paintjob is!

It’s amazing how many people who’ve never flown a thing and offer opinions like they have. 😀

LOL, INDEED!! 😀

That’ll make the transatlantic flight more feasable.

Yet another example of great logic. :rolleyes:

I love the DC-10-1 and the 737-50!

Congrats, Lima Bravo Alpha. 😉