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  • September 15, 2004 at 2:54 pm in reply to: BA cancels 1,000 Heathrow flights #641131
    Mark L
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    Not really, they have the capacity they are just utilising it really badly. The A321s come online next month, and hopefully that will see some useful reorganisation of their resources.

    September 15, 2004 at 2:37 pm in reply to: Two things A340-300 and That hole?? #641141
    Mark L
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    I have never encountered an airport that bans APUs, however there are restrictions on their usage. What will normally happen is the APU will be run after landing, and then when on stand the GPU (Ground power unit) will be connected. The APU will then be shut down, and when the plane wants to go again, reboots the APU, and disconnects the GPU for pushback.

    General rule is APUs must be off 10-20 minutes after arriving on stand, and can only be switched on 30 minutes prior to pushback. There are of course associated problems when either the airport doesn’t have any/spare GPUs, or if the planes APU is broken (Seemingly the most common fault at BA at the moment!)

    September 15, 2004 at 2:34 pm in reply to: BA cancels 1,000 Heathrow flights #641146
    Mark L
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    The problem is a general lack of staff (including pilots) a general lack of capacity at Heathrow (Poor operations planning, filling A319s on routes suitable for 767s and running empty 767s 5 times a day to Frankfurt :rolleyes: ) and the huge problems involved with the ridiculous overworking of the entire Heathrow system.

    As we saw a few weeks ago, when things go wrong they go very very wrong, and these latest plans appear to be just a way of “loosening the belt” on an every increasingly bloated system. It may also be the operations controllers gaining a brain cell. Well I can dream 😉

    September 15, 2004 at 10:08 am in reply to: Two things A340-300 and That hole?? #641323
    Mark L
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    Yup, Steve is right, its the APU or Auxillary Power Unit. The vast majority of jets have them nowadays, and they are used to provide power on stand in the abscence of a ground based power unit, and are used for starting the engines during pushback.

    Newer planes tend to rattle and squeek more than planes that are a few years old, as all the parts are not worn in yet (Just like a pair of shoes :D) After a few months of heavy use the noises will start to subside.

    September 15, 2004 at 10:03 am in reply to: Next trip #641327
    Mark L
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    Biman don’t go “direct” to Dhaka, there is always a fuel stop in Dubai due to the range of their aircraft.

    September 14, 2004 at 10:34 pm in reply to: BA2037 LGW-MCO B772-236 #249598
    Mark L
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    Nice shots mate, its amazing, you even managed to replicate the exact number of people on that flight in the passenger cabin 😀

    September 14, 2004 at 2:36 pm in reply to: Transport of instruments: I need your advice please! #642238
    Mark L
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    When I flew to AMS a few weeks ago a girl and her father had a Cello that occupied the seat next to them. I reckon its worth ringing United and seeing what their personal policy is on the issue, they may surprise you 😉

    September 14, 2004 at 10:02 am in reply to: Vintage Loganair #642637
    Mark L
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    Superb stuff, really really eninteresting and remarkably good quality. The vast majority of these must be uploadable to some of the picture websites?

    September 13, 2004 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Next trip #642964
    Mark L
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    DC-10 and A310 would be nice, but for a sector that long? Direct from LHR with BA on the 777 is 10 hours there and 11 back, with Biman you would have to make a fuel stop in Dubai as well, adding to that time.

    It depends how long the trip to Bangladesh was for, and whether Business class is an option that would dictate my choice of airline, and as much as I’d like to fly on an A310, I wouldn’t for 12 hours+

    September 13, 2004 at 6:09 pm in reply to: BA 737 to Genova #249629
    Mark L
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    would that perchance be your copy of pmdg (chuckle chuckle)

    No it would be Dreamfleet as you never gave me PMDG :rolleyes:

    September 12, 2004 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Jet2.com Hits One Million Mark! #644074
    Mark L
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    I’ve just checked up on it again and its not actualy been sold but is in the process of going. Will be N80LA of L Wood Aviation

    September 12, 2004 at 10:14 pm in reply to: BA's new A321s into service #644234
    Mark L
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    The 321s will be going to Oslo from the beginning of October.

    The Aviation section is the only place that has those registrations, everything else I have seen says EUWA.

    September 12, 2004 at 9:37 pm in reply to: tf-atc Scrapped #644258
    Mark L
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    A lot of them have come out of the desert, I can’t think of any previous airlines off the top of my head, although the fleet stands at 26 747s now. 2 -400s, 5 -300s, and 19 -200s. Several have been scrapped recently, and there are no -100s left if they ever operated them?

    September 12, 2004 at 8:57 pm in reply to: BA's new A321s into service #644396
    Mark L
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    GB Airways from Gatwick, and BMed from LHR.

    All domestics go from T1, and will probably start to see the A321s in the summer. I doubt they will move to T4 as everything moves to T5 in 4 years 😉

    September 12, 2004 at 8:55 pm in reply to: tf-atc Scrapped #644407
    Mark L
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    2 744s operating for Iberia, but they have bought 5 or so more 742/743s in the last few weeks, presumably as they are so damn cheap at the moment.

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