RE: Wheels Spinners

umm, because then they would land on the fins, not the tyres…

RE: NEWS:Man tries to storm aircraft cockpit

Sounds to me similar to the Kenyan who burst into the cockpit of a BA 744 en route London Gatwick – Nairobi, on the 29th December 2000.

(report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1092000/1092164.stm)

I can’t remember there being a much follow up reporting on that case, so not sure what happened subsequently to the man in question.

RE: Pic Of The Day-07/02/02!!

next stop Taipei…

RE: Lets see who guesses this!

er, think it’s a Trident. Not sure about airline, though.

RE: Holland

Well, Ryanair HAS announced a new route from PIK, but it’s not Eindhoven… it’s Oslo.
This may well be a smart move for Ryanair, as it’s the only flight to Mainland Scandinavia from Scotland.

RE: How many companies have signed on?

SIA have some ordered, too, as have Virgin Aylantic, Emirates and Air France.

RE: Aircraft crash at Birmingham

The two passengers killed in the Birmingham air crash were bosses of a firm which employs 1,800 people in Coventry.
AGCO Corporation president and chief executive John Shumejda and sales and marketing senior vice-president Ed Swingle died when the plane exploded.

The black box data recorder has been retrieved from the jet. Three crew were also killed in the crash.

Special lighting is being taken on to the runway at Birmingham so air accident investigators can continue their examination of the wreckage.

Airport managing director Brian Summers said: “Obviously it is a tragic accident. It is not something that any of us ever want to see.

“The real issue is the tragedy for the people involved. The disruption to passengers is secondary, frankly.

“The airport will effectively close for the remainder of today. We are still looking at the possibility of having some disruptions on Saturday.”

Fire crews reached the blazing jet within one minute of the crash, airport officials say. Witnesses described how a huge pall of smoke billowed above the aircraft after the crash.

The agricultural equipment giant for which the pair worked has its head office in Georgia, US. The plane had been due to fly to Maine in the US.

RE: Which Aircraft would be best for BEA?

I would suspect the Embraer, too.

Certainly, when Crossair were looking to replace their Avros, they came to the conclusion that the A318 wasn’t viable, unless part of an A320 family, as their are too many downsides in the scale of it. I think the 737-900 can be put in the same category.

Of course, they could go with Lufthansa, who’re getting Canadair RJ’s to replace their Avros.

I suppose it really depends on how integrated they are to Air France. AF have got the 320 family, maybe BE could gwt AF to maintain a fleet of 318’s, but I doubt it.