they wont all use “Air Force” as a prefix – i reckon countries – Dubai 001, China 001 etc.

“Air Force” will be a registered callsign with ICAO just sa Speedbird, Shamrock, American, Kestral are with the commercial carriers

from my last message it was APU not PAU and Loud not Load :S

I think the AN-124 would have been carrying parts from the Bombarder range ironically built at Belfast City

5 of em – presuming you’re referring to the PAU which is almost as load as the 4 eng,… errr… thingimabobs on the wings :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Selsport69
Questions have got to be asked why the Control Tower never even said anything even if it was too late. Somebody really has to go into China Airways and have a good look at them and see what the problem is whether it be training or what. the same was done at Korean Air where it was found that the mixture of ex fighter pilots and normal flight trained crew was an issue.

I think the Tower actually did right if you think about it – an a/c is roaring down a taxiway at approaching 90/100knts. An aborted t/o on the taxiway which was HALF THE LENGTH of the runway, would have cause a high speed run off onto a non approved overrun area – personally i think this was more dangerous – even if a call came and the crew hesitated for a second now they were halfway through the scenareo could have been disasterous. Very very lucky

OK n/p – would suit me better nxt week prob – revising ATM for exam tomoz and tied up most of the weekend!

where d’ya get the Iberia one from – u can get it a.net but with much better quality?

off to work now – will look tomoz or thurs for ya if u remeber the other!