Those are some cool pics and videos you’ve contributed the last couple of days, geovien. Feel free to contribute to the forum in areas other than Kai Tak, as well. I’m sure you have a lot to contribute. 🙂 I’ll be visiting Hong Kong, I’d say in 2005 or 2006, most likely summer of 2005. When is it considered ‘high season’ over there?

Where are the 2 crazy chaps that were actually serious about starting their own airline/s? 😮

I agree, Dutchy. He is flying (no pun intended)! Looks like the landing at the end of “Airplane!” I don’t think the phrase from the name of the thread ‘is going to…’ applies to that last picture of the LH 747 but rather ‘already did…’ would be more appropriate. 😀

The 2nd of the first 4 took me a good 10+ minutes to download, and I have a pretty fast DSL connection. Don’t even bother if you don’t have broadband. The Korean one is very low quality and took less than 10 seconds to download.

Varig does GRU-CDG-AMS, and I just found out recently that you can actually purchase a revenue ticket on the AMS-CDG portion for roughly 200Euro roundtrip. That might be a little pricey compared to the loco’s, but you get to fly on a 777. I’d be all over that. Pity you can’t do the same between AKL and SYD on TG or SYD-MEL on UA.

How much more feasible is it for CX to do 2 one-stop services vs. 2 direct ones? Did they not used to serve MAN non-stop? Seeing as the continuation leg can never be full, a la UA’s continuing service to MEL from LAX-SYD (and they have 2 flights feeding 1).

Why did Boeing not offer the IAE V2500?

I don’t know, but it’s a good thing they didn’t. Look what happened with the whole “Superfan for the A340” debacle.

CFM’s are crap..put put put putttt

Ok, so now GE has essentially been thrown into the whole “RR rules and everybody else sucks” campaign. I was wondering what took so long. 😉

Also, you think an A340 Classic is a supercar?

Of course I don’t! I was just using your terminology.