Mobiles

The most irritating device invented!Maybe in the future on booking a flight you will be asked”mobile part of the cabin sir?” They are of course an integral part of todays lifestyle but an irritating one.I cannot see why people get so uptight about being asked to turn of during a flight.Incidentally while refuelling an aircraft once I forgot to clip on the anti stat to the airframe and watched in amazement the sparks jumping from the clip to the airframeand it was a petrol job!The fuel bowser was an old leyland Hippo .So judging from the posts people dont think mobiles could have sparks lurking somewhere!!I suppose kerosene fuel would need much more than a teeny weeny spark!!

Serial number

I have the book with this photo and if I remember correctly it is in fact WL745 so there!

gains

what would the total weight be of all IFE equipment on one wide body and obviously this would mean less fuel used so would they drop their fares?Personaly a good book would suit me!

look here

Tell him to look around the air raid shelters next to the road at the west end of the camp!!We always threw old stuff amongst them!! If they are still there next to the hanger!!

Highjacked

Watched it on the “classic movie channel”.I would hardly call it classic !Plot revolves around Charlton Heston as captain of a 707 and a demented soldier who wants to defect to Russia!Nice flying shots of the 707 and some good formation shots of “Thuds”(russian fighters!)formatting on the 707.Cheap let downs at the end at the supposed Moscow airport with loads of chevies and jeeps and the russian soldiers with M-16 rifles,never mind it passed a couple of hours!!

lights

Its now the “Songkran”festival in Thailand and you see thousands of lanterns!Probably the local Thai restaurant having fun!

sparks

Must have been big”sparks”to see them from the ground!Sounds like a good PR cover up here!Wish they wouldnt use the word Impacting!!