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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
    So I'm leaving Australia tomorrow and will be making another journey on the Airbus A380 which I'm looking forward to. Singapore Airlines have recently bought brand new A330s for flights to/from Australia so I'll also be boarding one of these for my flight to Singapore.

    cool
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
    LSH wrote
    So I'm leaving Australia tomorrow and will be making another journey on the Airbus A380 which I'm looking forward to. Singapore Airlines have recently bought brand new A330s for flights to/from Australia so I'll also be boarding one of these for my flight to Singapore.

    cool


    SO.
    ENVY.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
    Have a good and safe flight Lee cool beer

    Are you looking forward to returning to the UK?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
    Timmer wrote
    Have a good and safe flight Lee cool beer

    Are you looking forward to returning to the UK?


    I have mixed feelings about it really. When I reflect on the last few weeks - which were soooo great - I think I'd like to be back on the east coast doing everything again and more. On the other hand, I spoke to one of my best mates on the phone last night and we had such a good long conversation, at last I actually began to feel homesick and eager to meet up with him again.

    So there you go.... smile
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
    D, I thought you might enjoy this little anecdote from BBC war journalist John Simpson's book 'A Mad World, My Masters'....

    In Brazil I flew in a single-engined plane over the jungle with the sole survivor of seven pilots. Each time one of them had crashed, he said, he had replaced parts of his own plane from the wreckage

    'So you're a mechanic?'

    'No, not at all,' he answered, and hooted with laughter.

    At such a time, looking out at the forest canopy as it reaches unbroken for hundreds of miles in every direction like the surface of the ocean, you find yourself listening very carefully to the note of the engine.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2009
    Timmer wrote
    D, I thought you might enjoy this little anecdote from BBC war journalist John Simpson's book 'A Mad World, My Masters'....

    In Brazil I flew in a single-engined plane over the jungle with the sole survivor of seven pilots. Each time one of them had crashed, he said, he had replaced parts of his own plane from the wreckage

    'So you're a mechanic?'

    'No, not at all,' he answered, and hooted with laughter.

    At such a time, looking out at the forest canopy as it reaches unbroken for hundreds of miles in every direction like the surface of the ocean, you find yourself listening very carefully to the note of the engine.


    biggrin

    That's great. I hope I can tell an anecdote like that sometime... (as soon as I finish uni)
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2009
    Indeed! beer
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2009
    Timmer wrote
    D, I thought you might enjoy this little anecdote from BBC war journalist John Simpson's book 'A Mad World, My Masters'....

    In Brazil I flew in a single-engined plane over the jungle with the sole survivor of seven pilots. Each time one of them had crashed, he said, he had replaced parts of his own plane from the wreckage

    'So you're a mechanic?'

    'No, not at all,' he answered, and hooted with laughter.

    At such a time, looking out at the forest canopy as it reaches unbroken for hundreds of miles in every direction like the surface of the ocean, you find yourself listening very carefully to the note of the engine.


    I did buy this book on your recommendation a few months ago although I'm yet to read it. Sounds great. smile
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2009 edited
    It's a great book full of incredible stories the likes of which, I'll wager, none of us here will ever experience and in the majority of cases none of us would want to experience.

    It's an incredible life, I'd recommend the book to anyone.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Air France


    This is not looking like good news. sad

    The plane should have landed in France a while ago now.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Not looking good!

    http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 … rance.html

    :crossing fingers:
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Timmer wrote
    Air France


    This is not looking like good news. sad

    The plane should have landed in France a while ago now.


    All the passengers and crew are now presumed dead. sad

    The last report from the pilot was of an electrical fault following severe turbulence.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8077304.stm

    1303 GMT: Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he fears British citizens may be on board the aircraft.


    What a ridiculous fear to express. People are people regardless of nationality. Bloody media.. rolleyes
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      CommentAuthorWilliam
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Steven wrote
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8077304.stm

    1303 GMT: Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he fears British citizens may be on board the aircraft.


    What a ridiculous fear to express. People are people regardless of nationality. Bloody media.. rolleyes


    Word. beer
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Or..Or...Bloody Gordon wink
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Steven wrote
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8077304.stm

    1303 GMT: Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he fears British citizens may be on board the aircraft.


    What a ridiculous fear to express. People are people regardless of nationality. Bloody media.. rolleyes


    It's like the news only becomes more "worthwhile" if Brits are involved. rolleyes
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Well he's a wanker, we in Britain know that all too well.
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    When I first heard the news I immediately thought "Lost island", but then realised it's not at all funny as the plane has probably crashed. sad
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    It really is a terrible and terrifying story. I flew on an A330 yesterday. slant
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Anthony wrote
    When I first heard the news I immediately thought "Lost island", but then realised it's not at all funny as the plane has probably crashed. sad


    You thought of LOST too? Now i know we are sick shame
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    LSH wrote
    It really is a terrible and terrifying story. I flew on an A330 yesterday. slant


    I think it'll be some time before we find out details, it's an immense search area.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Christodoulides wrote
    Anthony wrote
    When I first heard the news I immediately thought "Lost island", but then realised it's not at all funny as the plane has probably crashed. sad


    You thought of LOST too? Now i know we are sick shame


    Don't worry, my friend at work is worse. When I mentioned "Lost island", someone else said "Where is that?". My friend replies "It's not a case of where the island is, it's a case of when." shame
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Anthony wrote
    Don't worry, my friend at work is worse. When I mentioned "Lost island", someone else said "Where is that?". My friend replies "It's not a case of where the island is, it's a case of when." shame


    shocked
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Can we leave out the pathetic LOST stuff here, it's irritating and unnecessary.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009 edited
    So the Americans are going to help by using their spy satellites to scan the area apparently? Have there been any more developments as the last time I caught the news was at 6.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009 edited
    They're concentrating their searches in one specific area to which they've narrowed down.

    For all the CONFIRMED updates, follow:

    http://avherald.com/h?article=41a81ef1&opt=0
    http://www.flightglobal.com/
    http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 … paris.html
    http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec … 20090601-0
    http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/3759 … ssing.html

    And for God's sake, stay as away as possible from the general news' sites / stations!
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    Why?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    The only news we are getting, is there was one Dutch person on board. Our newsstations are very much concentrated on the nationality of the passengers, not so much the actual whereabouts of the plane itself, which is just stated 'missing' last time I checked.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2009
    'Cause they're full of pseudo-aviation know it all jouirnalists who are reading pprune.org, blowing it up with crap and transmitting all the kind of junk, as it happens with every major aviation disaster.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.

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