…in a little place called Banff.

Isn’t that in Canada… :p :diablo:

Only joking mate! 😀

Is it me or is this a repeating trend that Globespan seem to be dropping routes on a regualr basis? What could be the problem: finance, administration, personnell?

The cockpit was also bizzarely located in the tail of the aircraft was it not?

Yeah it was…it does beg the question as to how they could see where to land? :p

Online check-in ? Whats the advantage of that in a “holiday airline” ?

Well if you don’t mind queing up at check-in 2 hours beforehand, and to then be given a crap seat, I think you should reconsider this statement.

I appreciate that not many holiday airlines offer the online check-in service, probably due to cost implications, but its just another way of attracting customers…and I hope it proves to be a success, because then other ‘holiday’ airlines may well consider to intoruce it.

When I was working with FCA at Gatwick last year, we offered a Day Before Check-In service, whereby all the passengers bags (except handluggage of course!) was taken into storage, seat issued and boarding pass printed – and all for an extra £5! All they had to then was turn up, and report to a representative at the Ticket Desk 45 minutes before STD, and then they were allowed to proceed to the gate.

It saves soooo much time, and is great for passengers that have to travel long distances in order to get to the airport…

Fireflash was a nuclear powered aircraft if I remember rightly?

Yes you are right, Fireflash was a 6 engined atomic powered aircraft, capable of accomodating up to 600 passengers. It had a maximum speed of Mach 6 (approximately 4,500 mph or 7,200 km/h) and cruising height of 250,000 feet. The cockpit is located above the main fuselage and between the two banks of engines, and its First Class section was located in the wings. The radiation shielding must be maintained on a regular basis as passengers can only spend a maximum of 3 hours in the aircraft before succumbing to radiation sickness.

Having said this, based on its maximum speed, I calculated that it could do a LHR-JFK in 50 minutes, and LHR-SYD in about 2 1/2hrs 😮 – how cool is that! 😀

I know it is all fiction, but surley there are some boffins out there that could develop something on a similar principle…? I suppose the idea of flying on an atomic airliner would scare some people though due to health risks?

Some superb shots there.

Is it me or does the TAP Air Portual livery look really good.