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Forum: Propellor Driven Airliners 9th May 2011, 15:42
Replies: 2
Views: 25,149
Posted By Ally
The Super Connie at Luqa Airport is featured in...

The Super Connie at Luqa Airport is featured in this article. She was impounded in 1968 after gunrunners used her for smuggling. She was converted to being a restaurant in 1974 and was destroyed in...
Forum: Propellor Driven Airliners 9th May 2011, 12:49
Replies: 2
Views: 25,149
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Chef transforms grounded transatlantic airliner into an a la carte restaurant

More here...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385115/Chef-transforms-grounded-transatlantic-plane-la-carte-restaurant.html

Done a nice job of it too...would be worth the trip over there...
Forum: Jet Airliners 6th May 2011, 17:45
Replies: 1
Views: 23,726
Posted By Ally
In this report from RiaNovosti, Russian Air Force...

In this report from RiaNovosti, Russian Air Force chief Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin has stated that the plane 'behaved in such a manner because its control system failed in the air' and that the crew...
Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 5th May 2011, 22:51
Replies: 5
Views: 28,899
Posted By Ally
The original 'dry run' for liquid explosives on...

The original 'dry run' for liquid explosives on board an airliner occurred on December 11, 1994.

Ramzi Yousef, a known & very active Al-Qaeda operative who was responsible (and subsequently...
Forum: Jet Airliners 5th May 2011, 22:15
Replies: 1
Views: 23,726
Posted By Ally
TU-154 behaving badly (Video footage)

The BBC News website has some quite extraordinary footage of an old TU-154 filmed on April 29 this year that makes a rollercoaster look positively tame...
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Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 5th May 2011, 20:40
Replies: 5
Views: 28,899
Posted By Ally
Last night I watched a fascinating documentary on...

Last night I watched a fascinating documentary on NatGeoTV about the now infamous liquid bomb plot that was thwarted by British intelligence & police in 2006. It was an almost exact copy of the...
Forum: Aviation News from around the World 5th May 2011, 20:28
Replies: 6
Views: 14,145
Posted By Ally
I guess that now they have the recorders, they...

I guess that now they have the recorders, they might not need to recover much more wreckage to discover the real reason for this tragedy.

The trouble is that now they have found and recovered a...
Forum: Millitary Aircraft 5th May 2011, 20:22
Replies: 1
Views: 24,667
Posted By Ally
Restored bomber brings old pilots back ...

Some mixed emotions in evidence in this article, ex-servicemen sharing their experiences flying the B17 when given the opportunity to take to the skies in one again over Buchanan Field, Concord...
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Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 5th May 2011, 19:37
Replies: 5
Views: 28,899
Posted By Ally
Question With recent events, do you think airport security will increase?

There can't be a single person anywhere on the planet that has not seen or heard about the death of Bin Laden.

The EU nations have been pressing for the removal of the liquids ban in...
Forum: Aviation News from around the World 5th May 2011, 19:23
Replies: 6
Views: 14,145
Posted By Ally
With the recovery of the 52nd body...51 of them...

With the recovery of the 52nd body...51 of them recovered from the surface of the sea in the weeks following the crash...I cannot help but wonder what the families must be going through. The latest...
Forum: Aviation News from around the World 2nd May 2011, 19:09
Replies: 6
Views: 14,145
Posted By Ally
Tbh..after 2 years and at the depth it was on the...

Tbh..after 2 years and at the depth it was on the seabed, its close to a miracle that they found the plane wreckage, let alone the business end of the FDR. Think very small needle in very large...
Forum: Aviation News from around the World 2nd May 2011, 18:18
Replies: 6
Views: 14,145
Posted By Ally
AF447 FDR found & on the way back to Paris

This tragedy has touched many, not just those who lost loved ones but anyone with even the remotest interest in aviation.

Whether the time underwater has done any significant damage remains to...
Forum: Propellor Driven Airliners 2nd May 2011, 14:01
Replies: 0
Views: 23,013
Posted By Ally
Air France - 75th anniversary of Dakar services: a DC3 takes to the air again

More here...

http://www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/airline/75th-anniversary-of-dakar-services-a-dc3-takes-to-the-air-again.html
Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 1st May 2011, 19:49
Replies: 3
Views: 35,609
Posted By Ally
Thanks for the links.....oh to see those planes...

Thanks for the links.....oh to see those planes in the air with the man at the controls again...sadly not to be, but it was good to see them up where they belong and in the hands of a master...albeit...
Forum: Millitary Aircraft 1st May 2011, 16:59
Replies: 0
Views: 23,879
Posted By Ally
Belgian Les Diables Rouges to appear at 40th Fairford Air Tattoo in July 2011

This display team has not appeared at Fairford since 1972, so should be quite a display from them this year...
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Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 30th April 2011, 19:37
Replies: 14
Views: 54,176
Posted By Ally
Some say that if you buy a home that is close to...

Some say that if you buy a home that is close to an airport, you buy the airport too. Personally, I would love to live near an airport...the bigger the better :)

I spose my favourite current...
Forum: Propellor Driven Airliners 30th April 2011, 18:29
Replies: 3
Views: 147,123
Posted By Ally
Red face Shame.....although it would be nice to have the...

Shame.....although it would be nice to have the Duxford Britannia fire up those engines again....just to stand and listen to them once more :o
Forum: Say Hello 30th April 2011, 15:27
Replies: 3
Views: 27,462
Posted By Ally
From one newby to another, welcome to the family...

From one newby to another, welcome to the family :)
Forum: Millitary Aircraft 29th April 2011, 18:00
Replies: 0
Views: 23,687
Posted By Ally
Still fighting to keep the Vulcan in the air

Next month, the airshow season begins once again and the Vulcan is fightling to stay in the air yet again...

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Forum: Jet Airliners 28th April 2011, 20:01
Replies: 2
Views: 23,669
Posted By Ally
Question Do you miss the flightdeck visits on airliners?

I can remember being able to go up into the flightdecks of many airliners as a youngster on the way to the family holidays years ago. To me it was a real highlight of the whole trip, seeing the...
Forum: Aviation News from around the World 28th April 2011, 18:03
Replies: 0
Views: 9,381
Posted By Ally
Plymouth City Airport to close in December 2011

It has been announced that the current operator of Plymouth City Airport will be closing the airport down as of December this year. The local council are trying to find an alternative operator for...
Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 28th April 2011, 17:53
Replies: 3
Views: 35,609
Posted By Ally
Question What happened to Spencer Flack's warbird collection?

Does anyone know what has happened to all of Spencer Flack's aircraft, please?

I remember seeing a couple of them at Cranfield in the late 70's/early 80's...Sea Fury, Hunter, Spitfire. Always...
Forum: General Aircraft Discussion 28th April 2011, 17:25
Replies: 6
Views: 32,202
Posted By Ally
Question Pilot celebrities - have you met any

Has anyone met or flown with a celebrity who is also a pilot...whether in general aviation or commercial?


During the time when I used to visit Cranfield in the 1970's & 80's, I was fortunate to...
Forum: Propellor Driven Airliners 28th April 2011, 17:11
Replies: 3
Views: 147,123
Posted By Ally
Question Whispering Giants

Just wondering if there are any Britannia's still in airworthy condition anywhere in the world?

I was lucky enough to watch the filming of G-BRAC doing her TV series 'Buccaneer' in the late 1970's...
Forum: Jet Airliners 27th April 2011, 19:52
Replies: 5
Views: 34,788
Posted By Ally
If anyone could have got Concorde back into the...

If anyone could have got Concorde back into the sky where she belongs its Branson. I too wish that he had managed to wrestle a couple of them from either BA or Air France, to see her flying in VA...
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