Algemeen Luchtvaarttopic #31: #Orangepride

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Op woensdag 20 juli 2016 00:56 schreef NewHorizon het volgende:
What the fuck

Overigens was ik altijd in de veronderstelling dat het gewoon vrij uploaden was? Zit daar nog een moderator tussen dan?

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Emirates Invited to Test O’Hare’s A380 Operations for a One-Time Commercial Flight on 19th July 2016

Thursday, July 14, 2016 — Dubai, U.A.E. – For the first time in the airport’s history, on July 19 2016 Emirates will fly one of its flagship A380 aircraft into Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Emirates has been invited by O’Hare International Airport, the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the City of Chicago to test the gate, operations and significant infrastructure improvements that have been implemented to accommodate A380 service.

“The arrival of Emirates’ A380 plane to O’Hare International Airport is exciting for the city of Chicago,” said CDA Commissioner Ginger S. Evans. “The improvement we’ve made at O’Hare to accommodate the A380 is one of many projects underway that will make Chicago more competitive and attractive for passengers and businesses. I want to thank Emirates for its commitment to Chicago.”

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flightradar24 twitterde op woensdag 20-07-2016 om 00:24:04 Today’s #EK235 A380 (A6-EOE) was slightly damaged by a jet bridge at O’Hare upon arrival. Return possibly cancelled. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 20 juli 2016 18:50 schreef FredvZ het volgende:
Er bestaat een gerucht dat Airbus ooit met een verlengde versie van de A350-1000 komt met de naam A370 en drie motoren.
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Traveller thought he was opening an overhead luggage bin on a new Cathay Pacific Airbus A350; the flight left three hours late after repairs

A hapless traveller delayed fellow passengers by three hours after he mistakenly tore off a section of ceiling on a brand new Cathay Pacific aircraft on Wednesday.
The 280 passengers on the flight to Bangkok by an Airbus A350 on Wednesday morning were forced to wait while engineers carried out repairs to the aircraft before it was cleared for take-off.
The unnamed traveller, seated towards the rear of the plane, had attempted to open an overhead luggage bin, but instead managed to pull off a piece of ceiling panel, exposing a redundant space above and causing serious damage to the plane.

Engineers managed to repair the piece, but flight CX705 took off three hours late.
It is believed the passenger was allowed to continue on the flight without sanction.
Most airlines use signs on their aircraft to inform passengers not to open the non-existent overhead bins, but this aircraft did not.
The airline said the incident was a blip, and praised the introduction of its latest aircraft. It took delivery of the second of 48 next-generation aircraft last week. They will cost HK$124 billion in total.

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Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has landed safely in a field on a private property in West Australia after setting a world record for circumnavigating the world solo in a hot air balloon.

The 64-year-old Konyukhov emerged from the balloon's gondola after more than 11 days aloft expressing his appreciation for the smell of the earth, and "how wonderful it is", according to millionaire businessman and fellow aviator Dick Smith, who was on hand to assist with the landing.

Konyukhov, who embarked on his epic journey from Northam in Western Australia on July 12, set the record of just over 11 days when he passed above the township 100 km north east of Perth, Australian national broadcaster ABC reported earlier.

The Russian balloonist beat the previous record of 13-1/2 days set in 2002 by the late Steve Fossett.

In completing the epic journey, Konyukhov flew directly over Northam, a feat described as "incredible" by Smith.

"After going 34,000 kilometers around the world he crossed the runway where he took off from," Smith said. "That's never happened before. It was mainly luck and it's just unbelievable."

Smith completed the first solo circumnavigation of the world by helicopter in 1983.

When Konyukhov broke the record he was directly over Northam at an altitude of approximately 6,000 meters and traveling at 60 kilometers per hour, Smith said.

He said the Russian had been advised to fly for another hour in search of safer terrain on which to land.

During the journey Konyukhov flew as high as 10,000 meters and dealt with extreme temperatures - as low as minus 56 degrees Celsius - that caused his oxygen masks and drinking water to freeze, ABC reported.

Konyukhov also had to cope with the failure of his heating system and fierce electrical storms, ABC said. On the last leg of the journey he was pushed far south toward Antarctica as he crossed the southern ocean between the Africa and Australia.

"It is scary to be so down south and away from civilization," Konyukhov wrote in one entry in a blog he updated at various points during the flight.

"This place feels very lonely and remote … just a thick layer of cyclonic clouds below me and dark horizon to the east."

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Op zondag 24 juli 2016 17:45 schreef FredvZ het volgende:
Nooit geweten. Bijzonder ook tijdens de Koude Oorlog.

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Op maandag 25 juli 2016 21:45 schreef OEM het volgende:
De kleine verschillen tussen een A340-500 en -600, ofwel het betere prutswerk bij Etihad aldus een post op pprune:

Etihad flight delayed 20hrs due wrong tow bar

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SCHIPHOL - SWISS zet vanaf het winterseizoen de Bombardier CS100 ook in op vluchten van Zürich naar Amsterdam. De Zwitserse luchtvaartmaatschappij introduceerde het nieuwe vliegtuig eerder deze maand als eerste ter wereld op lijndienstvluchten. De CS100 zal vooral op rustigere momenten op vluchten naar Schiphol worden ingezet.

Routesonline meldt dat SWISS de nieuwe aanwinst komend winterseizoen op bijna veertig routes binnen Europa inzet. In het geval van Amsterdam gaat het slechts om een tot drie vluchten per week.

De CS100 (125 passagiers) wordt vanaf 30 oktober met name in het weekend zo nu en dan op vluchten naar Schiphol ingezet, zo blijkt uit de dienstregeling van de SWISS. De overige vluchten worden uitgevoerd met grotere Airbus A319’s, A320’s en A321’s.

Brussel hoort deze zomer al tot de vaste CS100-bestemmingen. Düsseldorf wordt vanaf 3 oktober door SWISS met het nieuwe vliegtuig bediend.

SWISS heeft in totaal dertig CSeries-toestellen in bestelling staan. Vijftien daarvan zijn CS100’s en vijftien zijn grotere CS300’s. De toestellen vervangen de Avro RJ-vloot van de Zwitserse luchtvaartmaatschappij.

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Op woensdag 27 juli 2016 18:30 schreef derLudolf het volgende:
Gvd... Een towbar is een stuk ijzer met wieltjes eronder toch?

Zit er geen sleepoog aan een vliegtuig

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Op woensdag 27 juli 2016 19:30 schreef FredvZ het volgende:
Waar hebben ze die 747-400BCF's vandaan gehaald?
Volgens mij heeft KLM alleen ERF's en heeft alleen Martinair nog één BCF over.

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Op woensdag 27 juli 2016 20:57 schreef derLudolf het volgende:
Leuker kunnen we het niet maken...

Worden towbars nog wel veel gebruikt? Ik zie eigenlijk alleen maar pushback trucs die het neuswiel optillen.