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Aviation & Aircraft Photo Discussion Thread *Mod Warning Post 1*

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  • #782
    Bocages75
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Bocages75


    Hi,
    Will there be any photography enthusiasts at Dublin on Sunday around lunch time?
    I’d really like a pic of an aircraft that’s being retired next week.
    Please pm me if you’ll be out that way.
    Thanks,
    Boc


  • #783
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Awesome selection of Russian aircraft show by Islandeer

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2055093842/385


  • #784
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,794 ✭✭✭Jude13


    ^^^That is some Russian plane porn alright. I thought my pics were exotic compared to the boeing/airbus standard but they are class. i have so many Q's about them so I am off to google.


  • #785
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,822 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Bocages75 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Will there be any photography enthusiasts at Dublin on Sunday around lunch time?
    I’d really like a pic of an aircraft that’s being retired next week.
    Please pm me if you’ll be out that way.
    Thanks,
    Boc

    There's a Dublin Airport spotters thread here:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055357904

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #786
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    I doubt he leaves them outdoors to rot :(

    The cars and bikes are stored inside, the sad part is that this collector is almost 90 and his family don't share his enthusiasm for the collections.


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  • #787
    kmart6
    Registered Users Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    Have been on Aer Lingus flights over the weekend and is it a new thing for them to insist over the ear headphones can’t be worn jurying take off and landing? Haven’t heard this before and certainly can’t understand the logic to it, especially when they specifically say in ear are allowed.


  • #788
    Stealthirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Stealthirl


    kmart6 wrote: »
    Have been on Aer Lingus flights over the weekend and is it a new thing for them to insist over the ear headphones can’t be worn jurying take off and landing? Haven’t heard this before and certainly can’t understand the logic to it, especially when they specifically say in ear are allowed.

    I was chastised before about 6 years ago for having in-ear ones. I'd forgotten to take them out and had noting playing on them.
    It's so you actually hear the safety demo and in case the worst happens you hear the instructions given to you, just like dimming cabin lights and leaving blinds open.


  • #789
    kmart6
    Registered Users Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    That doesn't hold up though, they announced over the ear had be removed but in ear could be left in. Both types have noise cancelling so someone with in ear can be continue to watch/listen and they would not be able to hear announcements, even though no matter what headphones you have on you will always here an announcement IMO, it's more whether you choose to engage with it or not.


  • #790
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,717 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    It's not really a choice. If the airline have it as part of their safety rules then it's comply or don't travel. You agreed to comply with all crew instructions when you bought the ticket.

    My guess is that they had to draw a line somewhere, all earphones off, or just the big cans. Somebody decided to permit inear.
    Or perhaps the potential kinetic energy of large headphones was a consideration.

    And my in ear Bose are a lot different to my wife's big over the head Bose even though both are noise cancelling. The airline does plan on announcement system potentially being non functioning in a serious incident.

    In the past I've been asked to remove my inear on a Ryanair flight, even though I had switched the music off for the demo. I understand that the crew are probably instructed to actively police this rule rather than rely on Joe Public saying "Its OK, I turned it off"


  • #791
    Jack1985
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Jack1985


    It's an IAA mandated safety restriction for larger headphones, FR added it to their automated safety announcement too - Listen here;

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8Fc3FzDL0


    The reasoning is larger headphones especially cable types can become trip hazards in an emergency evacuation also together with wireless headphones the larger volume can prohibit hearing evacuation announcements.

    In-ear are permitted at the moment however this will probably change shortly with the release of Apple's AirPods which come with a noise cancelling feature.


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  • #792
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Winter winds, also some nice joy riding machines if you have €500 to spare


  • #793
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Some more.


  • #794
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    I had my post removed on the pic page of Boards - sorry for deviating Mods. I forgot that there is no comment allowed on that site.

    I was mentioning about Manama, and what a dump it is. Another person also commented after me, and I hope my opening message there didn't cause Him/Her any hassle.

    Sorry.


  • #795
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    I love these things, their takeoffs are like following the curvature of the earth

    514141.jpeg

    514142.jpeg


  • #796
    Dardania
    Registered Users Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    The vodka burner is rolling!: https://youtu.be/ZyvY2GK9B3M


  • #797
    IrishPlayer
    Registered Users Posts: 702 ✭✭✭IrishPlayer


    Wasn't sure where to post this,hope its okay to post.

    Looking through my Grandfathers stuff and found Aer Lingus tickets from February 1967 to from Dublin to London,a flight he went on after getting married.

    gs3lKqH.jpg

    DYj4N5Z.jpg

    Also found a letter from Aer Lingus from April 1970 in relating to job application he applied for

    oJidGnR.jpg


  • #798
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    OP, mind me asking, the cost of the ticket? I cannot make the fare out - sorry


  • #799
    jucylucy
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭jucylucy


    Looks like £15-40-0.....pounds ,shillings and pence.....wonder how much that is now?


  • #800
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 16,965 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    I only found websites for £ sterling which calculates that £15 - 40 - 0 was about £341 in 2000 prices. Used the inflation calculator to get £578 in 2019

    http://www.concertina.com/calculator/

    https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator


  • #801
    IrishPlayer
    Registered Users Posts: 702 ✭✭✭IrishPlayer


    More pictures of the other pages from the tickets, £15-40-0 as mentioned is the cost of the ticket,hope these are more clear pictures

    JQvB3K3.jpg

    RiDkrBn.jpg

    Z11aanH.jpg


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  • #802
    Mebuntu
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Mebuntu


    jucylucy wrote: »
    Looks like £15-40-0.....pounds ,shillings and pence
    That Aer Lingus ticket reveals a lot.

    In 1967 my monthly salary was £51 - that was in what would have been described in those days as good and "secure" employment.
    The airfare is, therefore, 30% of my monthly income then.

    Imagine if you were earning €3,000 a month today that would be the equivalent of €900 for one return trip to London.


  • #803
    Inquitus
    Registered Users Posts: 13,729 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    Mebuntu wrote: »
    That Aer Lingus ticket reveals a lot.

    In 1967 my monthly salary was £51 - that was in what would have been described in those days as good and "secure" employment.
    The airfare is, therefore, 30% of my monthly income then.

    Imagine if you were earning €3,000 a month today that would be the equivalent of €900 for one return trip to London.

    No wonder most people took the Ferry back then!


  • #804
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    In 1982 I paid 240 Punts (approx €305) for a return ticket Dublin/Birmingham/Dublin.

    In 2007 I flew Dublin East Midlands return for €70.


  • #805
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    RadioRetro wrote: »
    In 1982 I paid 240 Punts (approx €305) for a return ticket Dublin/Birmingham/Dublin.

    In 2007 I flew Dublin East Midlands return for €70.

    In 1984 I paid IR£600 for a return Dub/Fra/Jnb. The Fra/Jnb also stopped in Nairobi on both legs. AFAIK it's still €600 today, though not sure now after the current CV19 fiasco, coupled with the demise of SAA.


  • #806
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,822 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    It's £15/4/- i.e. fiftteen pounds, four shillings and zero pence

    20 shillings to a pound (in 1971 the shilling became the 5p and the florin (2s) the 10p) so in decimal this fare was £15.20, or €19.30

    £277.97 or €352.95 according to the Bank of England inflation calculator

    In terms of a proportion of a month's wages it'd be far higher again.

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #807
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    IrishPlayer wrote: »
    Wasn't sure where to post this,hope its okay to post.

    Looking through my Grandfathers stuff and found Aer Lingus tickets from February 1967 to from Dublin to London,a flight he went on after getting married.

    DYj4N5Z.jpg

    The price of the ticket is very interesting at £15 and 4 shillings. Bearing in mind that the average weekly wage in 1967 was £12 15shillings and 5pence, that would put it at approximately 125% of the average gross weekly wage.
    If you take the average gross weekly wage for the last quarter of 2019 at €784, that would make the cost of the fare at €980 approx.
    I took these figures from the Central Statics Office

    https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-hes/hes2015/aiw/

    https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/ep/historicalearningsseries/theaverageindustrialwageandtheirisheconomy1938to2015/P-HES2015TBL1.1.xlsx

    https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/earnings/earningsandlabourcosts/


  • #808
    Stealthirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Stealthirl


    Must dig out my 1989 Australia ticket, think it was £1200 punts return Dub-London-Thailand-Perth on the way out with 10 days in Singapore replacing Thailand on the way back.


  • #809
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,822 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Economy? Lot of money in those days!

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #810
    roundymac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    I remember the early eighties it was approx £250 rtn Cork LHR. Mid noughties I got Stansted rtn for €50 for myself and wifey.:eek:


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  • #811
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,822 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113846908&postcount=4660

    Waving the flag ever more vigorously as their nation disintegrates around them.

    Life ain't always empty.



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