Cheers guys:
Dean: sorry ’bout that lol
Richard: Perils of driving for a living!!
Lance; Correct a Stampe SV4A
James: normally take a wee hour or so, but, weather poor and not much happening so just a touch n go.
Fabke and Sam: Yes, bleeding clouds seem to be attracted to my van!!!
Jamie: Cheers, the Sun d Or done the El Al flight btw. (enjoy yer trip to Luton also )
Damian: I agree, there was a 10 minute period with 8 747’s 3 A346’s and 5 777’s (nearly all G-!!!)
Nice shots Iain. Did you manage any of the challenger??
BTW the Sun d’Or did the El Al flight, no more expected for the game and the 757 leaves thursday after the footy.
Cheers Tartan, very helpful 🙂
Plus at Mojave they build and fly the aircraft that are built like the Virgin GlobalFlyer machine, can’t remember what they call them but they are funny looking aircraft! Just call them experimental aircraft lol. Also, when I was there DC9 N932ML was there, which is an electronic testbed aircraft which was actually being worked on
Sam
Maybe you are meaning the Rutan factory?? Burt Rutan built the spaceship 1 that went into space,and of course is making the virgin Global flyer. Rutan certainly makes some weird looking machines 😀
Never knew they were at Mojave.
N932ML…is’nt that the one that looks like a hedgehog with all the antennae and the funny nose??
Good stuff Sam
Never done the desert fields, thinking of doing so maybe next year.
The following site may help with tie-ups, but, i see they have now created a group which must be subscribed to…anyway, hope this helps: http://www.cactuswings.com/storage/index.htm
Glasgow Tuesday, again rotten weather!!
And a nice visitor in an Australian Challenger, unshootable 😡 thanks to the good folks in the follow me wagons parking it behind other stuff!!!
Thats it for now.
Spot on there Robert!!
Very good catch with the foggy 777 engines too.
I must have passed you at gate 3 today, as i passed as the lump was taxiing down as the Saab landed (no camera out today,so never bothered stopping!!)
Been in storage for quite awhile and a bunch of Qantas guys have been working on it, cleaning it up etc. Will be flying out some time in the next few weeks i guess :confused:
Cheers,
Sam
Ahh, thanks guys. Never knew this was ex Qantas, remember seeing this bird in LHR loads of times,saw it at SEN on my visits and thought she was to be cannibalised. Great news she will once more fly.
Now….off to hassle the boss for a job to Southend 😀 😀 😀
I agree Wisywig, my point is they are making excuses, instead of pulling the route, claiming a sick aircraft is the cause is just embarrassing for them. (IMO of course)
LOL talking of which i heard omething rather ammusing waiting for a train the other day.
“we are sorry to announce that the 18:36 First Great Western service to Redhill is delayed by approximately 35 minutes due to the driver being locked in a toilet at Reading”
was laughing for ages! 😀
😀 😀 😀 Hope he had some leaves to wipe his botty 😀 😀
Take all your points on board Peter, but, to me, as someone not in the industry and looking in from the outside,this still seems very poor excuses, as Scott said in an earlier post, they are part of Star Alliance, surely the partner airlines can help a fellow alliance member out??
Still find it VERY hard to believe a big airline like BMI can’t get some sort of replacement!!,OK so they may get a “crappy” 767 that does’nt have their interior designing,BUT, they would not be losing revenue on what is said to be a very lucrative route, as an example (distant one at that) if my van had to go off the road for a long period, i would find a suitable replacement from somewhere rather than just lose all my business it generates for a few months.
There are aircraft easily suitable out there, maybe soon even A330’s since the charter airlines will be winding down a bit for winter.
Naahhh not buying it BMI!! you don’t close the shop because the sherbet bon bons are sold out!
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