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  • in reply to: A New Meaning For "Flyweight"? #506025
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    A superfat dude in the seat next to you – what fun on a flight! Perhaps a little sweaty … (Where are those cute girls in miniskirts???)
    People exceeding a certain width should be obligated to buy two seats. Just re-do the seats so that the armrests can be folded up without sticking out.

    And I’m also for having pax pay for their own weight plus their luggage weight.
    A base price plus a per-pound price. Then the overweight/number of bags issue vanishes.

    Yes, great idea… lets discriminate against people who may have an eating disorder or some other weight condition not attributed to eating too many pies!:mad: Hey what about the elderly/infirm having to pay a per second slow walking tax on board too? oh… blind folk!, surely they could be made to pay more for having the extra baggage in the form of a walking stick. Deaf folk definitely should pay more, since they never listen to the safety announcement?,Pregnant women… deffo!! all that extra weight, in fact, arrest them for assisting a stowaway? Snorers?? a hefty snore tax, the guy who laughs out loud at the Simpsons on the IFE? Tax the passengers who do not finish their inflight meals? could have saved valuable fuel by not having to carry full portions for those who don’t finish it. In fact anyone flying must fill in a questionnaire at time of booking detailing weight,shoe size,hair colour,religion,marital status,health conditions, how pregnant they will be at flight time, credit history, employment history, make of car they own, homeowner/tenant,average alcohol units per week, smoker and full details of all their neighbours in the street including a police check for all….. then a fair price could be worked out for each passenger and maybe, just maybe you won’t have to suffer a “superfat dude” on the plane beside you (alternatively you could just buy first class tickets for an entire row to guarantee this heinous act not ruining your flying pleasure!!!

    in reply to: Manchester AVP 27th Sept 08 #488647
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    Excellent stuff Matt.
    If i HAD to find any critcism about them, i guess, a screener at Anet might mention the cropping( a bit tight in some.. no breathing room)but for here or anywhere else they are a fine set of shots indeed.

    in reply to: Who owns Southend Airport? #507371
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    It WAS owned by Regional Airports Limited, who own Biggin Hill also, but, i believe they put SEN up for sale in January.
    http://www.regionalairportslimited.com/

    in reply to: Luton Friday #488684
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    Thank you,sir! There was actually 3 DHL A300’s in… never seen more than 1 at a time before myself.

    in reply to: M-INOR @ MAN 26 Sep 2008 #488897
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    It’s worse than you think, Scotty.

    There was an L100-30 in, too!

    N3755P, a somewhat dodgy machine belonging to a rather ‘interesting’ operator.

    Nice 125, by the way. 🙂

    Oh great!! cheers 😡 I NEED TO BE KEPT INFORMED OF THESE THINGS!!! :diablo::diablo:Hehe.

    in reply to: Last Chance to See ? Some Alitalias #488919
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    Well done Widdy!
    It will be a shame if the brand disappears. Especially after all the work that went into the recent livery change:dev2::diablo:

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    Thanks for the comments lads, just back in the door from London.. managed a few shots in great sunlight at Luton (to be posted later)
    Woody, it was indeed r/w 06 which i believe is the prominent runway at AMS(?) these were taken rom the 06 end of the Kaagbaan just adjacent the piano keys.
    Pieter: no worries, My company seem to possibly be getting a bit of a regular Telford-Schiphol run,so, hopefully next time i will get there… i checked out your post on the place… very interesting indeed… definitely worth a half hour jaunt.
    Thanks again all.

    in reply to: M-INOR @ MAN 26 Sep 2008 #488924
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    Nice one… Was going to jump into MAN as i was passing around 4pm but decided to steam on home.. my miss!

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    Dull grey Glasgow today……….
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_G-BPRJ_AS355.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_G-BYUN_Grob109.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_G-NETR_AS355.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_M-FSRE_Be200.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_AP-BEU_A310.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_N201UU_B757.jpg
    A couple of the Omni DC10 doing Monarch flights repatriating XL passengers home.
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_N720AX_DC10_1.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_N720AX_DC10_2.jpg

    Finally…. just a bit of fun:
    Easyjet captain practising his precise landing manouevres……..
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_EZY_1.jpg
    Nearly there……
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_EZY_2.jpg
    Nearly………..
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_EZY_3.jpg
    TOUCHDOWN!!!!
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_EZY_4.jpg
    Now… aim for the big hole!!!
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/240908_EZY_5.jpg
    Thats the lot folks, a busy busy few days, going for some well earned sleep.
    Finally a HUGE thanks to Pieter (Tenthije) whom i PM’d en-route for some info on AMS,and got some great invaluable info back… CHEERS PIETER!!

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    Final part of the sun rustling trip…..
    A drop into exciting Ostend….. everything in the same place as my last visit 2 years ago!!!
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_9G-BAN_Dc8.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_9G-BAN_Dc8_2.jpg
    A real shame.. this former LX- DC3 rotting away……….
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_DC3.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_DC8.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_ramp-1.jpg

    Having safely grabbed the sun and stowed it in the van to smuggle it back into Britain, it was off to Calais and a quick drop into MAN in the middle of the night (why oh why oh why!!!)
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/230908_G-OOOZ_B757_1.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/230908_G-OOOZ_B757_2.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/230908_Ramp.jpg

    So, emptied the smuggled sun out of the van at Prestwick…………..
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    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/album%204/230908_UR-82007_An124.jpg
    Unfortunately, Prestwick was up to it’s usual “busy” standard….. The freed sun disappearing as quickly as it was freed….
    Following next………. normal weather resumes today at Glasgow……….

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    McDonalds safely devoured….. time to hit the motorway homeward…. Via Rotterdam, Antwerp and Ostend………..
    Rotterdam first.
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_Ramp.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_OY-CKS_BN2.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-ECI_Ce535.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-HGO_Ce152.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-HLR_RobinDr400.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-HZI_B737.jpg
    A Jetstream just a wee bit under the weather???
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-KJB_JS31.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-LUU_Ce172.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-RPS_Bo105.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-XPI_Pa31-350.jpg
    What is it with these Dutch pilots trying to catch birds????
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-XRX_B737.jpg

    And onward to Antwerp, a really old fashioned retro style place (I won’t be slagging off Prestwick’s 50’s style terminal after visiting here!!)
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_G-CEJB_Pa46.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_OO-GPS_Ce404.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_OO-TMF_Pa28.jpg
    VLM Logo Prop!!!
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_OO-VLP_Fk50.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_OO-VLP_Fk50_2.jpg

    Final part to follow……………..

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    Some more from AMS on Monday:
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    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BFL_B747.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N801NW_A330.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BFV_B747.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BQG_B777.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-MCW_Md11.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BQN_B777.jpg
    A 737 spitting out some birds………
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BXG_B737.jpg
    For an MD11 to eat up!!!!!
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    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BXU_B737.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N707TW_B757.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-LXT_Fk50.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BFS_B747.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-MCL_B767.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-MCL_B767_2.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N66051_B767.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-XRW_B737.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_S5-AAF_CRJ.jpg

    Then McDonalds SpottersPlats was calling!!!
    Next up Rotterdam……………….

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    Part 2: Schiphol on monday morning for a few hours in sun!!!
    Went to The Kaagbaan where i believe a lot has changed,but, plenty of parking spots and good shooting available here.
    In no particular order:

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    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_9A-CTF_A320.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_C-FDAT_A310.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-KXH_Fk50.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_CS-TNP_A320.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_EI-DFA_A319.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_EI-REL_Atr72.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_F-GRGC_Erj145.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_HA-LOH_B737.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-MCJ_B767.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_HB-JJA_B737.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N1610D_B767.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N36FD_Eclipse500.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-AOH_A330.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N545US_B757.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_PH-BQI_B777.jpg
    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/tartanpics/220908_N820NW_A330.jpg
    More to follow from Monday morning……….

    in reply to: Emirates A330 A6-EAK at Newcastle 29/5/08 #489347
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    Nice shots there.
    Read an article today about EK adding more services to the UK with Luton next on the cards (daily A332), MAN getting a third flight (A332) BHX going twice daily B77W and NCL being upgraded to a B772ER with LHR getting A380’s So you may be shooting something a little more tasty in a couple of years.
    About the underbelly titles: I thought the underbelly titles were not on any A330’s? can’t recall ever seeing one with it, mostly the 777 and A380 now.

    in reply to: First photo accepted on Airliners.net #489973
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    Well done you, and a great shot too!
    I have gave up trying to wow the all knowing screeners at AL.net.

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