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  • June 15, 2005 at 11:35 pm in reply to: On board photos #587043
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    The 757 suffered badly from the filters covering the cabin temperature sensors getting blocked with dust and fluff. consequently you’d end up with each end of the same section of cabin suffering from different temperature extremes with one controller to set both temps! Magnify that 3 times (due to the number of sections on board) and you end up inundated with cabin crew interphone requests for temp changes. The bus doesn’t seem to suffer from clogged filters (as 1L says) so the temps seem to remain constant and the only changes our crew make on their own panels are in order to aid sleep at night time.

    Interesting to see that Embraer have used the same system principle.

    June 15, 2005 at 11:20 pm in reply to: 1st Virgin Nigeria A340.. #587047
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    It was early in the morning so perhaps I didn’t see the colour correctly.

    I think at least initially we’ll be flying them. I don’t think the US will permit Nigerians flying into their country (at least that is what I’ve been told). Probable pattern – LHR-JFK-LOS-JFK-LHR and LHR-LOS-JNB-LOS-LHR.

    June 15, 2005 at 11:13 pm in reply to: This one isn't going anywhere! #587048
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    Nigerian controller cleared it to land on a closed runway at night that was undergoing construction work. Also the controller left the approach lights shining on the closed runway but not the open one! Doh!!!

    June 15, 2005 at 11:09 pm in reply to: Beauty therapy on board #587053
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    Some offer…but we’ve had this service for 15 years so it’s not really a novelty any more.

    June 15, 2005 at 11:05 pm in reply to: Anti Collision Beacons. #587055
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    Virgin use 10000′ as the cue for landing lights on/off. Taxi and turn off lights are switched at the same time as gear extension/retraction. My last company had an SOP where you switched these on when cleared to take off or land. I liked that SOP as you had a visual confirmation (switch position) of whether you had received take off/landing clearance.

    June 15, 2005 at 12:11 am in reply to: Beauty therapy on board #588679
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    It didn’t stop but a few ground rules had to be set.

    June 14, 2005 at 11:39 pm in reply to: On board photos #588688
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    200 hours in the last year!

    June 14, 2005 at 11:12 pm in reply to: In flight photos #588703
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    Yes, we came up on it from behind 1000′ above and then got some GPWS warnings from it being underneath us (‘Terrain terrain!’) so we flew an offset to the right (1nm) where I took the second picture.

    June 14, 2005 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Inflight Entertainment #588721
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    I went to Palma on bmi last month and was surprised to discover that there was no IFE and the food was just a handed out roll. In the charters you would have had good entertainment and a proper meal. For the sake of a couple of hours with presumanly a couple of inches less leg room i’d rather have gone charter!

    June 14, 2005 at 10:38 pm in reply to: 1st Virgin Nigeria A340.. #588847
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    At least we won’t be able to see the green from the inside!

    Are we sure the fuselage is white and not just a bad photo of the silver? I saw the A320 in Lagos recently and don’t remember the fuselage being white.

    I gather they had a lot of problems getting the engine cowlings to take the green paint over the old red.

    June 14, 2005 at 10:25 pm in reply to: Anti Collision Beacons. #588859
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    Interesting, I’d never thought about the vertigo side of things. When I’m going through Africa I fly with every light Airbus fitted switched on full brightness. I trust nobody down there!

    June 14, 2005 at 10:21 pm in reply to: 2000th post so here's a few pictures. #588864
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    More around the cockpit and cabin shots please. i’d like an idea of how much space there is in there.

    I’ll get some centre gear pics next time I’m on the 600 as that has some bizarre features (eg front right wheel is braked by the left pedal while the rear left is braked by the right pedal!). I’ve got some new onboard photos so I’ll show those in another thread.

    Regards

    June 14, 2005 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Fossett to fly Vickers Vimy Replica Across Atlantic #588870
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    No they are Brits. The website link is correct.

    June 13, 2005 at 10:55 pm in reply to: 2000th post so here's a few pictures. #589949
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    More please (and more tech ones please)!

    June 13, 2005 at 10:49 pm in reply to: Fossett to fly Vickers Vimy Replica Across Atlantic #589950
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    I met 2 of the guys that built it last month. They are currently about to start building a Handley Page HP42!!!!!!!! Probably my favourite commercial aircraft of all time and one I’d dearly like to have a flight in.

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