I wish, even at this late stage, they’d just cancel the Olympics.

Too expensive and too much trouble for what’s it’s worth.

Is that Thomsons new livery or is it a new TUI livery?

Isn’t it great folks have different aesthetic opinions:D

Imagine a World where there was just one design of everything:eek:…not good.

Once the 787 has been around a while, got the lived in look and many livery variations it won’t seem as bad to those of us that are not overly impressed.

Lets just hope it does live up to the claims of economy and reset the standards that should in the long run benefit us all with travel costs.

At the end of the day it has to perform well as a machine and it looks like it might.

The nine in service are quietly getting on with the job which is always a good sign.

Honestly…in my opinion, the 787 is about as ugly as a jet of that type could be.

Each to their own of course but it its up there with the Comet and Caravelle in the stakes for the ugliest jet of all time. :diablo:

It’s the nose of the last two that I find so ugly and the 787’s nose is reminiscent of that, which was basically the same in the European duo.

The extreme bend in the wings and the tail shape is rather odd on the 787 too.

Better though than the original impressions of the earlier idea for the fin shape.:D

Well.

Some people are good at making models..better than the average and good enough for museums etc.

Then there are a small band of folk who are just brilliant. You can see how they do it but wonder how they manage it and keep patience for all the time and care it needs to be something special

Then, now and again, you see this.

It doesn’t seem possible, the detail and craftsmanship is beyond comprehension.

It is truly outstanding and I can’t say more as there are not words to describe it.

Amazing

Alex…hope soon for a better future for you and of course everyone in Greece.

Garry

New one on me…I look into that

Got it

Air Service Nantes

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Air-Service/Sud-SE-210-Caravelle/1826150/L/&sid=05f7e5d34f2d610555ad3c5a048e5cb8

The aircraft was performing the inaugural flight on that route.

I did mention in a much earlier that it was possible that it was used by the authorities to show there were on the ball so to speak…But I’m not so sure they themselves would have had to put any effort into that.

I would think that media hype played a large part.

They were even going on about what sonic booms were and almost making it sound like War Of The Worlds.

I would think the security forces just did their job and the media and the public did the rest.

As ATR says, this sort of heightened scramble went on for years and it was just a part of life.

Nowadays they like to make the biggest thing they can out of nothing to fill the news.

Whether they did or not doesn’t really matter as this only happened because there was a perceived threat and as far as they knew at the time a real threat.

It is useful and perhaps to know that a quick response was forthcoming

As for cost to the taxpayer, if none of this happened and they dismantled the extra high security saving millions, you won’t see any reductions in you tax bill or a refund.