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General Chat / Re: The Welcome back thread

« on: April 11, 2016, 02:40:12 pm »

Cimber doesn't have ATR anymore In fact, the ATR I flew was a former Cimber plane now flying with DAT

My guess is it will be either Jet Time, DAT, Alsie, FlyBe, Braathens, ASL, Etihad, Precision or Swift air. Or Thomas Cook.

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General Chat / Re: The Welcome back thread

« on: April 11, 2016, 11:46:51 am »

Maybe. Depends where I get a job

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General Chat / Re: Explain this plane and its weird looking engine

« on: April 11, 2016, 09:48:31 am »

Looks like the camera was moved during the photo. Check the window row.

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General Chat / Re: Trains I take around the commonwealth

« on: April 11, 2016, 09:47:40 am »

They really like purple, no?

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General Chat / Re: The Welcome back thread

« on: April 11, 2016, 09:43:10 am »

I'm back!

Went to Dublin in March to fly the ATR-simulator at Sim-Tech. Went for my first ATR flight on saturday from EKCH to EKAH, with landing excercises at the destination. The most awesome aircraft ever!

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General Chat / Re: The Word Association Game #2

« on: October 13, 2015, 09:50:15 pm »

Crack

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: October 13, 2015, 09:49:58 pm »

3921

I think it's a reference to the year 1247, the year Robin Hood died.

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 27, 2015, 01:46:40 pm »

3915

True.

Good:

• 747SP
• 737-500
• 737-100/200
• 737-600
• A318

Bad:

• CRJ-100/200
• Dash-8 Q100/200

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 10, 2015, 11:27:04 am »

3911

Yes, but the A340-300 has those teeny-tiny engines. The A310 might not be nice, but it has lots of character, just like the 747SP. How can you not love stubby planes?

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 10, 2015, 08:11:59 am »

3909

IMHO, the A330-300 nails it just perfectly with the balance between fuselage length and width.

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 07, 2015, 09:44:44 pm »

3907

Indeed, a freak indeed!

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 07, 2015, 11:30:01 am »

3905

I'll have to agree on that

And I agree with you

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General Chat / Re: The corrupted wish game.

« on: July 06, 2015, 07:53:27 am »

Wish granted! The venice of the mountains!

I wish for a new government.

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 06, 2015, 07:51:56 am »

3902

The Tu-204 is certainly "interesting". Looks nicer than the 757 though

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General Chat / Re: Count to 10,000

« on: July 05, 2015, 05:44:22 pm »

3900!!!!!

I like how the L-1011's nose looks like a dolphin's. Tristars certainly looked better than the DC-10.

It looks like a porpoise. The Fokker 27 looks like a dolphin though RR Darts FTW!

As for the MD-11, it is just a failure. Worse than expected fuel burn translated to airlines cancelling orders.

It wasn't quite that bad. 200 sold over 12 years, as opposed to 246 A340-300s and A340-200 sold over 20 years. The A340-300 itself (the direct competitor to the MD-11) sold only 218. When the MD-11 production ended, Airbus had only delivered 160 or so. Assuming the A340NG family didn't come out, I doubt the A340 would have surpassed 200 orders. Once the engine no.2 issue was solved, the fuel burn was on par with it's competitors, the A340-300 and 777-200. So it really isn't as bad as some would think.