• General

  • Last boeing 747 rolls off the production line

Hursty The one in Dubai is huge, too big imho

There are 3 at DXB. Agreed, one of them is huge. I don’t mind that though - but prefer the smaller ones.

Al Mourjan lounge in DOH is awesome - one of the best.

      vinnyt77 Al Mourjan lounge in DOH is awesome - one of the best.

      Yeah, pretty amazing experience that.

        I’ve had a nightmare with flights - been up to see my dad in Scotland - 5 hour delay on the way up Sunday and then cancelled twice on Sunday and had to stay overnight to fly this morning. I’m on the plane, but even that’s in doubt. Freezing temperatures really shouldn’t be a problem these days.

          Along_the_Wire
          When we came back from Copenhagen last year they just sprayed the fucker with de-icer and off we flew.

          Safe trip. Enjoy the cup of tea and biscuits.

              I don’t think you were in any danger MC.

              If, for example, the wing engine failed, the plane could still quite easily be glided home using the endless reels of flannel being somehow generated from your mouth.

                Mad_Cyril
                Happened to me once when I was flying to Nepal a few years ago at Istanbul airport. It was snowing . They just sprayed the wings and we went.

                  Take off is never an issue in bad conditions, the issue is always landing and the conditions at destination. Go-Arounds and low-vis conditons stack planes in holding patterns and it slows the whole process down. With the amount of planes in the air nowadays we can expect Winter conditions to cause consistent delays in the future. Welcome to hell.

                    seanc80
                    This is a fair point, thanks for bringing to my attention Sean.

                    Look forward to your funny pic off the Google in 5 days or so

                      I liked Sean’s latest one about the blokes in the bar with an agenda, that had already been all over the place weeks ago.

                      Mad_Cyril de-icing, to keep the leading edges aerodynamic and so the slats can move.

                      • LT42 replied to this.

                          Given the content in the funny pics thread i thought i had at least 8 years before it was deemed old.

                          Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

                          seanc80 If, for example, the wing engine failed, the plane could still quite easily be glided home using the endless reels of flannel being somehow generated from your mouth.

                          Lol!

                            Cue Hugo writing a three paragraph explanation about how you wouldn’t need any ‘flannel’ to glide a plane, and if anything it would actually impede the pilot’s ability to control the plane.

                              bosstrabs
                              LOL

                              Sean posted a funny picture about that last week on his MySpace

                                How many incarnations of the same post do you reckon you can come up with today MC?