MD83’s are only A320 size. I think back in 1991 Airtours went for them because they couldn’t get hold of any 737’s.

Make your mind up, Tommy.

You asked why Airtours got rid of the Mad Dogs, not why they acquired them in the first place.

That’s just fantastic! I really like the look of that. Apologies to our younger members, but the liveries were better then.;) I used to like seeing this livery on the 1-11s and the 737s at LHR in that scheme, I think we saw a 747 once, can’t be sure of that. Attention ‘sage’s’ does anyone here know if EI ever put a 747 into LHR?…Much obliged I’m sure.

I’m sure I’ve seen Aer Lingus “lumps” in Heathrow, many many moons ago.

Indeed, Lance. Things known as moderators funnily enough!

That’s the very word I was looking for. 🙂

That isn’t quite true. To ‘shut down’ a nuclear reactor you have to cool it to a point where reactions no longer take place; there’s no on/off switch and until certain conditions exist it can’t be considered as being shut down. The problem in Japan has been the failure of the cooling systems that allow those conditions, hence the importance of cooling them quickly with sea water even if that means the reactor will never start up again and it’s essentially written off.

Another important ingredient is the presence of a material that will absorb stray particles and prevent the chain reaction from sustaining itself.

Sea water is actually very good at this.

York’s a good city to shoot – and a good city for drinking in! 🙂

And for standing outside the main entrance of pubs saying “I wonder where the nearest pub is?” 😉

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As an aside, I agree with pageno1.

I remember a time when we used to have interesting and stimulating discussions in here.

Oh well…..

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Altogether now…………………………..WHEN IN ROME, etc and for the umpteenth time PLEASE KEEP IN TUNE!!

Presumably you feel the same way about Brit expats who buy homes in Spain, France and Italy and resolutely refuse to learn the local lingo and expect all the local tradesmen, etc, to speak English?

Don’t tell me they don’t exist. I work with two of them. :p

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