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Just watched the maiden flight of this new bird on Discovery last night. A new low cost mid range fighter jet.

Copyright Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle - link will be provided to original story.

hahaha I stared at the woman and the bridge trying to figure out why you thought there was 1 more logical image in the sequence. In fact, what is the sequence...oh, I see it now.

Hi,

Airline and aircraft anyone ?

Looks like a DC-10 to me. I am stumped on the airline. The colour looks like Korean, New Zealand or KLM but I can't find a match to the pattern.

This is my contribution to the quiz .

Same plane and airline is now landing in Bangkok , however this picture was taken in Europe.

What is the name of the plane and airline ?

Love the wing flex. Gives it a real bird look.

An amusing anecdote on 'holds' while we are on the subject. I don't know a lot about them but I do know, when flown properly, the track on the radar should look like a flattened oval; i.e. like a car racing track.

So when a friend of mine, while training as a controller, observed a trainee pilot in a hold, the hold looked more like a light bulb than an oval. Knowing it was his responsibility to maintain the integrity of the airspace, my friend was quite concerned for 2 reasons. First, he did not know what phraseology to use to address the situation, and second, inability to use phraseology correctly is cause for cease-training in our industry at a certain point.

Going out on a limb he said, "XXXX, do you require radar vectors for the hold?"

The pilot trainer, laughing, replied, "Sorry sir, we will correct."

Feeling a bit foolish, my friend turned back to his trainer to observe several veteran ATCs standing and grinning.

His trainer said, "Very tactfully said."

He eventually checked out and now works terminal in BC.

Just for something different ... ever wonder why you sometimes circle above an Airport?

A number of reasons ...

One being the wind changes and the Pilot must wait time and redirect the Aircraft to approach the airport from a different direction.

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Planes are landing, approaching from the South as the prevailing wind is from the North, or it's relatively calm.

Suvarnabhumi Airport is that Blue Dot near the words Samut Prakan

Then the winds changes and (I presume) Air Traffic Control then direct incoming Aircraft to change their approach line.

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The wind changed to blowing from the South, thus the plans try and fly 'into' the prevailing wind and approach from the North.

Any of the Aviation guys wish to add to that or correct my presumptions ...

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Interesting post, David. I work in Air Traffic Services but not as a controller so my knowledge is more limited.

The aircraft that you can see are in a hold at published points. There are approaches for both RWY35 and RWY17 from that direction with holds that are quite close together, maybe 30 miles apart. It's possible there was a change in RWY being used but that would not necessarily precipitate the need for the use of holds on its own. To my knowledge there are 6 basic reasons to utilize a hold:

• controller error, whereby a controller has not previously provided enough space between aircraft;
• pilot error; I have had pilots need more time to descend safely for the approach;
• congestion, in the case of an airport becoming unexpectedly busy, possibly due to ETA's affected weather, emergency landings of overflights, etc;
• weather, such as low visibility causing the need for greater separation
• dangerous situation on field,
• designed for the approach, in particular Heathrow's very famous 4 approach towers.

or a combination of 2 of the above. But congestion and weather, I think, would be the most common.

I found the approach plates for BKK/VTBS on the internet and was going to post them here but then I noticed the little copyright symbol and decided against it.

Plane Spotting 2 ...

PSP 2 #022

Try for the ...

• Airline

• Make and Model

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A Jet for the week-end

A small local Airline / Charter Company

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I'm stymied. It appears to be a smaller Learjet but I can't nail it down. Best guess is a Lear Jet 28. No idea on the airline.

De Havilland Beaver?

Well ... since tomorrow is the first day of the month ... I might just sneak in before Dancealot usurps me (again) with ...

I am looking at the front tyre pressure and they do seem a little over inflated?

That front wheel seems to be beyond the specs of 187 PSI

Second opinion?

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Yep.

Undercarriage looks in good order though.

Not surprisingly at all, I also was looking at the front tire pressure. It's possible these are liquid filled. This new, non-traditional form of inflation allows the landing gear to bounce back into original form after a particularly hard landing.... I could go on but I enjoy this forum and do not want to be kicked off.

I noticed you spelled tire incorrectly. No worries, I notice a lot of guys spell soccer incorrectly too (football? - not even close.)

My favourite must be Concorde, It could still be flying if Virgin was given the chance.

I saw a very lonely one at LHR yesterday.

If they changed their ways, maybe they wouldn't be lonely. Ohh wait, were you talking about the airplane or the virgin?

Korean Air A380? Wild West guess that one...

A380 is correct but it is not Korean Air.

Hint: Flew into Singapore late August. However on the way out, in September, the counter clerk mentioned they would not be flying it to Singapore in the near future. We were relegated to the B777 on the flight home.

Must be BA then.. QF don't have the 777...

No wait... Air France...

Well done. The photo is of the 'Media Lounge' in Classe Affaires Air France A380.

Boarding in Paris

Seating

Come on, the French can do a meal!!

During taxi and takeoff, a camera located on the top of the tail played out the scene outside on our TV monitors. Unlike other jets, the initial pressure felt when taking off was very minimal. I did not feel like I was being pushed back into my seat. Very smooth. Very pleasant ride from CDG to SIN.

Speaking of CanadaAir, they were the maker of an early type 'Drone' aircraft.

The CL-227 Sentinel is a remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Canadair.

It displays a distinctively unusual bulbous hourglass profile. Lift is provided by a set of coaxial rotors emanating from the waist of the system.....

Just sharing because it's so different from what we see today as 'drone' aircraft and, for me, an amazing bit of engineering.

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Very interesting. That's the first time I have seen that.

Interior shot. To my knowledge it is unique, my apologies if it is not.

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Aircraft type and airline

Korean Air A380? Wild West guess that one...

A380 is correct but it is not Korean Air.

Hint: Flew into Singapore late August. However on the way out, in September, the counter clerk mentioned they would not be flying it to Singapore in the near future. We were relegated to the B777 on the flight home.

Interior shot. To my knowledge it is unique, my apologies if it is not.

Aircraft type and airline

Plane Spotting 2 ...

PSP 2 #016

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Try for the ...

• Airline

• Make and Model

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Hornbill Skyways? CL60 Challenger 605 used for state flights

Thanks for your replies

If it's Suriname Airways then it is an A340-300 at Amsterdam

Nice catch!

I will be arriving in country via Singapore late Thursday night - ETA 10:05 pm. I have seen the rows of telcos at Swampy and appreciate that there are English speakers there. Does DMK have the same? Would they still be open after 10pm?

I am looking for a Sim for my phone and wifi for my BB Playbook (does not accept cell signal). I would appreciate doing it at the airport if possible. Last time I bought a sim card at the mall and it took forever because I don't speak Thai.

I don't think it is AMS.

I mean, the plane. Does anyone know the carrier?

Hi,

Surinam airlines by any chance.

Nice! Well done. I searched high and low for that livery - wasted a lot of my employer's time (no I didn't - just kidding boss).

The U.S. has become much, much easier to visit for me since 9/11. As a single man from Canada I was oftentimes searched and questioned. But now the profile has changed and I am waved through without a second look. I find I get way more hassle and attitude from bigshots protecting the Canadian frontier (not to mention they routinely cut open my mailed coffee packages from Dom Rep spilling beans all over grrr). Of course it's odd, now that I can come and go as I please to the States, I don't visit much anymore - still, a nice place though. Also, the Thai border folks give me no problems at all but have only entered at Swampy.

Never heard of fake potholes being used here. Given the markings on the road in the top 2 pics (Feels like power suspension), I would say that someone took a guerrilla marketing campaign and used it for their own purposes - potholes on Samui.

hmmm... this forum can sure be difficult to get straight answers to a simple request of suggestions. I always enjoy the breakfast buffet at Café Mozu in lebua at State Tower. Opens at 6am. I don`t know the price for non-guests. A large mix of local and international delicacies, pastries, fresh baked breads, cheeses, homemade preserves, eggs to order, hot cakes, REAL sausages, juices, Thai, Japanese, American and British. Also included is pork products which is sometimes left out of Bkk breakfast buffets. Newspapers are available to read. And the café opens up to the open-air swimming pool so you can sit outside or inside. Reasonably decent coffee and tea.

The only other that I am familiar with (I am just a sometimes visitor) is the Lohas Suites, formerly Amari Sukhumvit Residences on soi 2. I do not recommend it. Good egg station but poor selection, weak coffee and no pork .

From the story linked above, “We know he wants to escape my house to go back to the forest so we have to keep an eye on him now.”

Now that's flawed logic if ever I read it.

Would you be willing to give a little more info on hashing in general? How long (distance) are the courses? Is it suitable for those of us not used to running much - run a few minutes, walk a minute, etc? How much time is involved?

Of all the women I know, I assume every single one of them has had their butt pinched, their boobs groped and had some drunken letch proposition them lewdly, not to mention that a few have been date-raped. To my knowledge, not one of them has shot or otherwise caused the deaths of their offenders. The ladyboy touches a man's penis and its a big frikkin deal - ooooo