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  • in reply to: what a silly call sign TOPJET #727729
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    Yes, the Spanish didn’t like using Globe because it sounds very similar to a Spanish colloquialism for a condom. We had a poll amongst the pilots for suggested callsigns and then we voted for our favourite from the top 5. We chose Tommy however one of our management undemocratically forced the exceedingly arrogant Top Jet on us. I don’t know any line pilot that likes it.

    in reply to: Teesside & Newcastle Questions #727930
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    Sorry to minorly hijack this thread but I’m in the middle of doing 3 flights out of NCL at the moment. I did the Dalaman today, doing the Tenerife tomorrow (Tuesday) and the late Rhodes on Wednesday. Any chance someone can get some photos as I’ve only got one more 757 flight (back down at Gatwick) before I leave the company?

    in reply to: Ball Electric Audio Vario??? #437711
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    Try posting this question at http://uras.gliderpilot.net as they are experts at this sort of thing.

    in reply to: R.weaver P.I.C to Alderney #437712
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    I’ve got to agree with Skypilot, the Seneca is much more than 2 Warriors in close formation! Try getting your instructor to teach you losing a donk in a simulated early stage of the climb out and you’ll see what I mean.

    I’ve flown into Alderney several times (in Trislanders) and it’s a lovely place…when the weathers good! Take a visit to the terminal and look for the departure lounge’s take on passenger entertainment. It consists of an area where there is communal knitting! The idea is that you do a few lines (of knitting) while waiting for your flight. The result of many passengers efforts are turned into blankets for those in need!

    in reply to: Pilots have a pee problem #634214
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    Cathay have a toilet in the 744 flightdeck…not many others do. It depends on how the airline order their interior.

    in reply to: Malta tonight!! #634230
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    Thought you might like this shot I took a couple of weeks ago on a straight in approach to the south easterly runway. We had just flown over Gozo and you can make out just about all of the main island.

    in reply to: again #640752
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    Air Scotland 757 (well G-JMCG actually!) at GLA

    in reply to: 7E7 For British Cahrter Airlines #641137
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    BY are providing input to Boeing so that they can tailor it to the one class airlines.

    in reply to: NCL-ACE Saturday with TCX #641143
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    Annoying though it is, it’s probably a late response to a glut of late bookings.

    in reply to: Mid-air alert for Norwich-bound KLM flight. #641152
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    It was probably a case of a caution message appearing on EICAS. Each door has a microswitch which relays a signal up front telling us if it is closed or not. These switches fairly frequently pack up and failsafe to an unlocked condition. I would be very surprised if the door ever actually moved from the fully locked position, however the flight crew have to act according to the indication they receive.

    in reply to: Airbus A380 Question #641156
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    4eg – I would imagine that the Independents reporter heard the Mach number it will cruise at and then calculated the mph based on the typical speed of sound at the surface! Of course at the upper levels the same mach number will be slower.

    in reply to: Pic of the day #655121
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    That reminds me…I took this in TFS in December.

    in reply to: Pilots, Frequent flyers, post your pics here #655125
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    Downwind right hand for Runway 32 at Yundum International yesterday afternoon.

    in reply to: Pilots, Frequent flyers, post your pics here #655129
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    The west end of the Sahara dropping into the Atlantic…that’s some beach!

    in reply to: "D.B. Cooper" #655134
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    Wasn’t there an attempted hijacking a couple of years ago where they tried to jump from the back of an A330(?) and died?

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