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    #242
    ProfessorPlum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭ProfessorPlum


    Oh Christ. That should be all we need to start a mass panic!


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    #243
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Here's the weather in Bermuda!!!


    Look at this TAF for Bermuda Airport (TXKF).......


    TAF TXKF 171736Z 1718/1818 13045G55KT 9000 -RA SCT014 OVC030
    TEMPO 1718/1806 3200 RA BKN008 OVC012
    PROB40 TEMPO 1718/1806 1600 +SHRA BKN008 OVC012CB
    PROB30 TEMPO 1718/1806 0800 +TSRA SCT005 OVC008CB
    BECMG 1720/1722 14065G90KT 3200 BLPY BKN008 OVC012
    BECMG 1722/1724 15090G120KT
    TEMPO 1723/1801 VRB25KT
    BECMG 1800/1802 27090G120KT
    BECMG 1802/1804 27065G90KT
    BECMG 1804/1806 27045G65KT 6000 -SHRA BKN015
    BECMG 1806/1808 29025G35KT
    BECMG 1812/1815 27015G25KT 9999 NSW SCT015 BKN065
    BECMG 1815/1818 27015KT=


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    #244
    ProfessorPlum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭ProfessorPlum


    Tenger wrote: »
    Here's the weather in Bermuda!!!


    Look at this TAF for Bermuda Airport (TXKF).......


    TAF TXKF 171736Z 1718/1818 13045G55KT 9000 -RA SCT014 OVC030
    TEMPO 1718/1806 3200 RA BKN008 OVC012
    PROB40 TEMPO 1718/1806 1600 +SHRA BKN008 OVC012CB
    PROB30 TEMPO 1718/1806 0800 +TSRA SCT005 OVC008CB
    BECMG 1720/1722 14065G90KT 3200 BLPY BKN008 OVC012
    BECMG 1722/1724 15090G120KT
    TEMPO 1723/1801 VRB25KT
    BECMG 1800/1802 27090G120KT
    BECMG 1802/1804 27065G90KT
    BECMG 1804/1806 27045G65KT 6000 -SHRA BKN015
    BECMG 1806/1808 29025G35KT
    BECMG 1812/1815 27015G25KT 9999 NSW SCT015 BKN065
    BECMG 1815/1818 27015KT=

    Must be hurricane season!!



    (Quivers in boots!)


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    #245
    eatmyshorts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 821 ✭✭✭eatmyshorts


    ProfessorPlum wrote: »
    Must be hurricane season!!



    (Quivers in boots!)
    Be grand. Sure take it to minimums and have a look!! :-)


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    #246
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    have a look!! :-)
    Out the side window :)


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    #247
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    This is a new twist....
    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Dominican Republic officials say they have arrested a woman who was carrying more than $70,000 in her stomach and $69,000 hidden inside her suitcase.
    The spokesman for the National Drug Control Agency says the money in the woman’s stomach was divided up among 16 capsules and the cash is likely tied to drug trafficking.
    Spokesman Dario Medrano said Friday that the 40-year-old woman was arrested at the airport in the popular tourist district of Punta Cana after arriving on a flight from Brussels. Her name has not been released.
    Dominican authorities say this is the first time they have arrested someone who was smuggling money in their stomach.

    How on earth do you swallow money?


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    #248
    ProfessorPlum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭ProfessorPlum


    smurfjed wrote: »
    This is a new twist....



    How on earth do you swallow money?

    I've heard stories of prisoners from the joy turning up in the Mater A&E having swallowed all manner of stuff. The best I heard was a guy who linked his bed springs together and swallows them.
    But that is a lot of money all the same!


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    #249
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Where's the drone thread gone ?


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    #250
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Lapin wrote: »
    Where's the drone thread gone ?

    Quick, call the men in black...........he is asking too many questions..........










    If you mean the "possible drone over the North Sea" thread....it was moved to Military as seemed might get a better response over there.


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    #251
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    This is a pretty neat seat design..... can you imagine MOL ordering them :)

    http://www.paperclipdesign.hk/meerkat.html


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    #252
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    We had a discussion about the A321 NEO with additional fuel tanks, the topic is closed, but you might find this article about the ACT interesting.

    http://www.airbus.com/support/publications/?eID=dam_frontend_push&docID=17453

    Its from 2004, so has absolutely nothing to do with the NEO-LR :)


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    #253
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-ENK performing flight FR-3595 from Pisa (Italy) to Luebeck (Germany), was enroute at FL360 southeast of Zurich (Switzerland) in contact with Switzerland's area control center M4. The crew requested to climb to FL380 however without mentioning their call sign "Ryanair 3595".

    A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A319-100, registration CS-TTD performing flight TP-706 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Prague (Czech Republic), was enroute at FL370 southeast of Zurich in contact with area control center M4, both aircraft were on converging tracks but sufficiently separated vertically.

    Another Ryanair flight, callsign Ryanair 6DW, reported on M4 frequency at FL360 and was instructed to climb to FL380. The crew of FR-3595 acknowledged the instruction with callsign "Ryanair 3595", which was not picked up by the controller. The crew of flight RYR6DW did not react/read back and did not climb.

    A short time later the short term conflict alert activated on M4 radar identifying FR-3595 and TP-706 to be in conflict. The controller queried whether FR-3595 was still at FL360 and after the crew replied in the negative instructed FR-3595 to immediately descend to FL360 again. In the meantime TCAS resolution advisories were generated in both cockpits, both crews complied with the resolution advisories which resolved the conflict.

    Both aircraft continued to destinations for safe landings.

    Switzerland's SUST released their final report reporting the separation between the aircraft reduced to 0.8nm laterally and 650 feet vertically involving a high risk of collision
    Wonder how this is going to play out in the DM tomorrow....


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    #254
    eatmyshorts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 821 ✭✭✭eatmyshorts


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Wonder how this is going to play out in the DM tomorrow....

    "Orphanages for homeless kittens were barely missed by pilots wrestling for control."

    "the cabin crew were crying. We were convinced we were going to die"

    "how will this terrifying ordeal affect the price of your house? "

    "it was probably the fault of Labour voting, Guardian reading, lesbian feminists who snuck into the country on the back of a lorry"


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    #255
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    eatmyshorts wrote: »
    "Orphanages for homeless kittens were barely missed by pilots wrestling for control."

    "the cabin crew were crying. We were convinced we were going to die"

    "how will this terrifying ordeal affect the price of your house? "

    "it was probably the fault of Labour voting, Guardian reading, lesbian feminists who snuck into the country on the back of a lorry"

    Amazing.


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    #256
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Sitting on my first FR flight in over 4 years. So far so... nothing wrong anyway.


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    #257
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    damage-to-engine-by-buffalo.jpg

    Airplane v Buffalo....

    http://www.inquisitr.com/1591752/boeing-737-crashes-into-stray-buffalo-india/


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    #258
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Leeds equivalent of InDublin has a half page advertorial extolling the virtues of EI, placed by the airport. LBA must be looking up the road a bit as using them as justification for scheduled TATL to start


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    #259
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Something interesting looking went into Baldonnel on Friday 7th at about 17.30, well light up as it went in. Could be just a CASA, but does anyone know what it was? Can't find anything on FR24.


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    #260
    islanderre
    Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭islanderre


    Morning all,
    Sitting here in Emirates A380 en route Melbourne. ... we currently at 35k feet / 567mph.
    Yesterday's flight dub to dubai was good too with only minor turbulence in spots.
    Able to send this as Emirates have kindly allowed all on board 10mb of wifi.....
    11hrs 17min to destination....


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    #261
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    islanderre wrote: »
    Morning all,
    Sitting here in Emirates A380 en route Melbourne. ... we currently at 35k feet / 567mph.
    Yesterday's flight dub to dubai was good too with only minor turbulence in spots.
    Able to send this as Emirates have kindly allowed all on board 10mb of wifi.....
    11hrs 17min to destination....

    Enjoy


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    #262
    Bsal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭Bsal


    A screw from the engine comes loose in flight and gets lodged in a pax window :eek:

    http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/this-airline-passenger-heard-something-come-loose-mid-flight-wait-until-you-see-what-happened-to-his-window


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    #263
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Just thought to pop this in here..... quote from the Weather forum and the daily forecast from M.T. Cranium. (Great source for on the ball daily weather forecasts)

    Seems that the weather models are trending towards a sharp drop in temperatures after the 25th. Cold weather over the north Atlantic and a predicted drop in the west-east jetstream will open us up to Arctic weather.

    Lets see how this affects aviation between Xmas and New Year.
    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    Thursday, 18 December, 2014
    Forecasts for Ireland

    No consensus yet on the potential for wintry weather in the days after Christmas, although some of the guidance continues to show potential for snow and freezing temperatures. The weather on Christmas Day itself looks relatively settled and chilly although not quite as cold as what might follow.


    ..................WEDNESDAY (24th) will become colder with strong westerly winds at times, passing showers becoming mixed on northern hills, highs about 6 to 8 C.

    CHRISTMAS DAY looks like a rather settled, cold day with morning temperatures close to freezing and daytime highs of 5 to 7 C. There may be more cloud than sunshine but not very much if any precipitation. Any that does develop could be mixed showers over northern counties at least.

    From 26th to 28th there is too much of a range in the available guidance to say much more than this -- be alert for the possibility of wintry weather and even rather severe snow and cold in this period, but we cannot yet rule out a variety of weather including brief snowfalls changing to rain and back to snow, or just a dry cold with local snow flurries near Atlantic coasts. There is one model showing a heavy snowfall event on the 27th. It now appears that the most active weather would be 27th-28th more so than St Stephen's Day, but these trends are not too reliable yet.

    I hope we can be more definite by the weekend on this important weather period, but still waiting for a better consensus to develop. I continue to think that a significant wintry outbreak is inevitable within the next two weeks given the large-scale pattern changes underway.......


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    #264
    man98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭man98


    Can I just say that I despise FlyBe now, people!


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    #265
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    man98 wrote: »
    Can I just say that I despise FlyBe now, people!

    Any reason? :D


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    #266
    man98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭man98


    Giving the middle finger to their 2 best routes. Waterford- Birmingham and Reykjavik - Birmingham... Low cost service, full service prices ;)


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    #267
    jamo2oo9
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    333008.jpg

    Apparently a Boeing 787, 777 and Airbus A380 = A320....


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    #268
    Growler!!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Growler!!!


    QNH 1040! The Kollsman only goes up to 1050..


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    #269
    Growler!!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Growler!!!


    Growler!!! wrote: »
    QNH 1040! The Kollsman only goes up to 1050..

    It went up to 1042 at one point, that's the highest pressure I've seen:D Eva!!


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    #270
    martinsvi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭martinsvi


    holly f***, Americans at their best - http://avherald.com/h?article=47f968b7&opt=0

    look at the tarmac in the last picture, how do you not feel that something's a miss..


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    #271
    man98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭man98


    I love how the YouTube video itself is listed under "comedy".


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