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  • in reply to: Airbus' common cockpits vs Boeing's #647064
    Moondance
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    Sorry Matthew, but you are incorrect. If you do a 757 or 767 course your licence is validated for both types, the UK CAA regard them as different variants of the same type. As I said in a previous post, to transfer from one to the other is a minimal course. Once flying both types, the only recency requirements are to experience each type once every six months on the sim.
    Practically, the differences in operating 757 & 767 are very small. The flightdecks and operating procedures are almost identical. The major systems differences are in hydraulics – just follow the checklist VERY carefully if there is a problem.
    Many years ago I was dual-rated 737-200 & 737-300 (but the 300s had been ordered non-EFIS to ensure a degree of commonality – I’ve no idea of the current situation).
    I’m sure the bean counters would have is all flying everything possible, but the CAA, being the voice of safety, have the final word.

    in reply to: Mystery Canberra #2108479
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    Beat me to it – looking in “Canberra” by Ken Delve & co. (out of print but usually available second hand from Midland Counties) I should say Rhodesia – dates don’t quite tie in though – B2 RRAF165, delivered on 2/6/59. The book features a pic of RRAF163 & 169 in the same paint scheme as 165.

    in reply to: RAF Roundels #2108800
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    Spitfire T.9 PV202/G-TRIX was painted in a 2 TAF colour scheme (VZ-M of 412 Sqn) when first restored. C1 roundels were featued above AND below the wings, no sky rear fuselage band, plus black spinner.

    in reply to: RAF Roundels #2109103
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    The ‘A’ roundel of the early war years featured the colours in roughly equal proportions. During early 1942 a re-appraisal took place, concluding that they were much too conspicuous, especially on night flying aircraft. Hence the introduction of the ‘C’ roundel with much thinner white & yellow bands. The fuselage roundel (with the narrow outer band) was the ‘C1’ type. C & C1 roundels were also used on the upper wings of aircraft operating with 2 TAF within Europe in 1945.

    in reply to: Pic of the Day-Splashdown #649517
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    No, just a crap slide adaptor for my scanner – the original is perfectly sharp.

    in reply to: IATA codes #649878
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    Sorry Dartie, you’re incorrect.
    IATA codes are 3 letter (eg BHX, LGW, LTN, MAN etc.)
    ICAO codes are 4 letter (eg EGBB, EGKK, EGGW, EGCC etc.)

    in reply to: Anybody got a good memory? #650222
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    Try this site for the Gimli Glider http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

    in reply to: Pic of the Day-Splashdown #650223
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    Sorry, don’t recall that name.
    Back to Barra, if I can work out how to scan slides at a reasonable quality on my cheap scanner, I will attach some pix of LC aircraft, in a real LC colour scheme, on the beach.

    in reply to: Airtours/MyTravel #650225
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    Correct – a fantastic book is “British Independent Airlines 1946-1976” by A.C. Merton Jones published by The Aviation Hobby Shop. Kestrel Airways was founded at Lydd in October 1970 with C-47 G-AMFV to undertake ad-hoc pax & freight charter work. They moved to EMA in 1971, adding the Viscount G-AVJB to the fleet in March 1972. They did some work on behalf of Northeast, BMA & Dan-Air and went out of business in November 1972.
    Its a fascinating book, packed with information and scary to look at the index and realise how few airlines have survived from that time.

    in reply to: E-Ticket Help #650423
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    Vital to take some form of photo ID.

    in reply to: Great Flight – Flown By A FEMALE CAPTAIN!! #652361
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    The whole basis of the thread is sexist “FEMALE CAPTAIN!!”SHOCK, HORROR.
    A correctly licensed and qualified pilot is a correctly licensed and qualified pilot regardless of sex.

    in reply to: Great Flight – Flown By A FEMALE CAPTAIN!! #652548
    Moondance
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    I would love to be a fly on the wall when you are in the RHS, with a woman in the LHS.

    in reply to: Great Flight – Flown By A FEMALE CAPTAIN!! #652564
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    To be honest, with my limited (professional!) experience of female aviators, I would suggest that the average woman pilot is actually slightly better than the average bloke. I suspect there is a fair degree of sexism in flying, (although not nearly as bad as years ago) and for the a woman to succeed, she has to be marginally better than the competing men.

    in reply to: Pic of the Day-Splashdown #656542
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    Oh yes, many years ago (early to mid 80s). Just about the best fun you can have while remaining fully clothed, but it did mean living in Glasgow (sorry Ren, but I’m an English wimp) and earning (at the time) a glorious four figure salary. Sadly, LC couldn’t (and presumably still can’t) compete on terms and conditions, so it was off south eventually. Wouldn’t have missed it for the world!

    in reply to: Pic of the Day-Splashdown #657751
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    Don’t do it virtually, go do it for real – one of the truly great aviation experiences to be had in Europe. As wysi said on a different thread, Flight Sim is a very crude approximation of the real world – Barra, on one of those beautiful Hebridean days when the visibility is almost unlimited, is unbelievably gorgeous.

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