I was on the last flight. Here’s one shot before I go to bed. More to follow in a day or two.

That looks very smart indeed! Is that being returned to Hendon after being on long term loan?

No, it will go to the new national military museum at Soesterberg. This new museum replaces the old military aviation museum at Soesterberg and the old army museum in Delft. The new museum is expected to open december 11th.

If accurate, it shows that Russia may be trying to be a good neighbor and trying to distance themselves from this. Is this some good news or will they revert to the old Soviet style of blocking or hindering the investigation.

I’ve been thinking on that, but the black boxes are pretty irrelevant. Perhaps the pilots mention on the CVR that they see a missile incoming. Perhaps the FDR data can explain where specifically the plane was hit. But that still does not answer the critical question of who did it.

For that you need missile debris containing serial numbers. And if that debris has not already vanished or been tampered with we need opennes from the Russian and Ukrainian military (or the missile’s manufacturer) to establish who owned the missile. Was it from Russian stock, or have the rebels stolen it from Ukrainian inventory.

I am not expecting such opennes from Russia as it would prove their involvement in the conflict, which they are still officially denying. Neither am i expecting such openness from the Ukraine as they want to prove to the world that Russia has started a proxy war. The missile manufacturer won’t do so either cause they are a Russian company.

Nice story, but it’s a sad reflection on the airline industry when a case of decent customer service makes worldwide news.

According to below site “The 369FF is basically a 369F with an up-graded drive system.”

http://all-aero.com/index.php/home2/5034-hughes-369-500

As I understand it, with a family name the lower case d is correct

Maybe the rule is different in English, but in Dutch when you only use the family name you start with upper case, but if the family name follows the first name you use lower case. For instance when you say “Peter ten Thije is great” you have to use lower case, but when you say “Ten Thije is great” you use upper case. Since De Havilland is a company name, and thus never preceded by a first name, you should use upper case on “De”.

While on the subject of the name De Havilland. The english word “The” in Dutch is translated as “De”. That’s why there is a “The Havilland” building at Eindhoven airport instead of a “De Havilland” building. Someone must have assumed that “De” had to be translated into English “The”!
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.457614,5.393028,3a,23.2y,44.13h,79.83t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGqmEVtnGSy_7vzu51fWdQA!2e0

I like that last one. Made my firs flight in one of those! Same colours as well (G-AKIF).