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by dfarrow
20 Jan 2024, 18:28
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: FS9 AI Traffic for the 1970's.
Replies: 20
Views: 1948

Re: FS9 AI Traffic for the 1970's.

Ben , that last shot is a very nice view of Perry Oaks sludge [ sewerage works ] works , where they produced 'Cinagro .... [ Organic backwards ] fertiliser .. Now of course it's Terminal 5 . And don't those T-birds look clean . Back then even tech log entries asking for a clean didn't do any good . ...
by dfarrow
02 Dec 2023, 17:07
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??
Replies: 23
Views: 5978

Re: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??

B12 , That's why I mentioned ... '' Delivery flts could perhaps be classified as 'Private , and the 1 hr rule ignored '' . Still an interesting challenge , even if the stepping stones [ ETOPs 'wordology ] are much further apart , and what your own attitude to risk is . Ernest K Gann , in ' Fate is t...
by dfarrow
30 Nov 2023, 18:42
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??
Replies: 23
Views: 5978

Re: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??

Aharon , that should be good as an en-route alternate for a non ETOPs route across the Tasman .

rgds dave f.
by dfarrow
30 Nov 2023, 06:42
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??
Replies: 23
Views: 5978

Re: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??

CS , in commercial service the B732s were not certified as ETOPs a/c [ Extended range Twin Operations ] . Thus with pax on you had always to be within 1 hour [ at single engine speed ] of a 'Suitable A/D . Not sure how long the RWYs at Lord Howe and Norfolk Island are ? If long enough that would per...
by dfarrow
22 Nov 2023, 18:02
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Amazing New Aviation Fact
Replies: 9
Views: 1811

Re: Amazing New Aviation Fact

Pete , correct for Hamble . When taxying used to have to look out for engines pulling tank cars carrying oil products from the oil terminal at the Hamble shoreline .

rgds dave f.
by dfarrow
22 Nov 2023, 17:55
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??
Replies: 23
Views: 5978

Re: How To Get 737-200 From England To New Zealand??

Aharon , Looking at map ,and remembering back to '86-'87 [when we { BA Airtours } leased WE from Britts ] . It looks like a 5 leg trip to NZ . With pax , 732s could easily make UK- Eastern Med . Without pax , they might have got to the Gulf . Thus a 1 stop , 1st days work UK-S.India . 2nd day S. Ind...
by dfarrow
19 Oct 2023, 14:49
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Interesting Airline Rescue Operation By Eastern Tristar
Replies: 6
Views: 1998

Re: Interesting Airline Rescue Operation By Eastern Tristar

Aharon , thank you for this . Remember the story in '' The Friday Firelighter '' [ BA weekly newspaper ]. Girlfriend at the time was Cabin Crew No 8 flight [ flew Tristars ] . N323EA was reputed to have 'The Ghost of Flt 401' on board .. Mostly seen in the under floor galley late at night ! The stor...
by dfarrow
24 Jan 2023, 15:57
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: HJG's Latest "Great British" Releases
Replies: 10
Views: 1343

Re: HJG's Latest "Great British" Releases

Mark C , a belated thank you for this info ...been travelling in NZ ! Will start to look up the HJG site again . In the real world , whether you liked them or hated them . Different tail liveries were operationally a real pain ...... In Milan airport ramp crew bus ... ''Ee no 'ere'' from driver .. 1...
by dfarrow
11 Jul 2022, 16:40
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Return of the Mac.
Replies: 165
Views: 11601

Re: Return of the Mac.

Brian , being a colonial ; well knows of Jimmy Buffet . He's not so well known in UK [ bit less than the Singing Postman ] . Over here , think only well known tune is ' Come Monday ' . Singer song writer from the Gulf Coast , forebears Blue water sailors . Aviator , well known for his Grumman Albatr...
by dfarrow
11 Jul 2022, 11:12
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Return of the Mac.
Replies: 165
Views: 11601

Re: Return of the Mac.

Paul , Is the Tindal VOR a TACAN ? A TACAN is for Mil a/c. only , and is same frequency spectrum as VORs/ILSs. One like Yeovilton VLN 111.0 ...is not received by real Civi a/c VORs . However the DME part of it sometimes is . But Flt Sim doesn't seem to know it's a TACAN and it operates as a VOR. In ...