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by alemaobaiano
02 May 2009, 14:03
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: VARIG Electras
Replies: 14
Views: 2130

Re: VARIG Electras

He was, but the Electra has a very special place in the heart of many Brazilians, passengers and crew alike. It was the end of an era, not just because it was the last turboprop service (at the time), but it represented the end of a level of service we haven't seen since. The crews routinely flew al...
by alemaobaiano
01 May 2009, 19:47
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: VARIG Electras
Replies: 14
Views: 2130

Re: VARIG Electras

Thanks Garry, that's a sight for sore eyes. I loved the scenes from the top of the Sugar Loaf...

This clip is a new report about the last flight of the Electra between Rio and Sao Paulo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8CsA-WGcjw

Enjoy
by alemaobaiano
17 Apr 2009, 14:18
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Your First Flight?
Replies: 55
Views: 8189

Re: Your First Flight?

The details of my first flight are very sketchy, and based mostly on "guesswork". My grandparents took me on holiday to Mallorca to celebrate passing the 11 plus exam, the flight was from Luton to Palma, and I remember that the aircraft had rear mounted engines.....so I think it would prob...
by alemaobaiano
21 Mar 2009, 12:05
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Sacked Pilot loses his appeal
Replies: 19
Views: 3095

Re: Sacked Pilot loses his appeal

Skippy, does this help? The RAF Military Aircraft Accident Summary into the incident

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/00E4A3B8 ... 0may91.pdf

TTFN
by alemaobaiano
20 Mar 2009, 12:55
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Sacked Pilot loses his appeal
Replies: 19
Views: 3095

Re: Sacked Pilot loses his appeal

The Biggles of Birmingham :brick: This was not his first disciplinary infraction, and he was once saved by a command ejection initiated by his back seater when he pushed the limits in a Tornado. If he is happy to disobey this SOP, what others does he feel are not relevant to his good self? I'm curre...
by alemaobaiano
20 Feb 2009, 09:54
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: Rising from the ashes........
Replies: 16
Views: 3331

Re: Rising from the ashes........

Whatever the outcome of this trial, piracy is here to stay, with or without Pirate Bay. It is a sad fact of life for any software company today, especially in the poorer countries like Brazil. I'm considered very strange by friends and colleagues because I won't use something I don't own, even busin...
by alemaobaiano
19 Feb 2009, 12:50
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: Rising from the ashes........
Replies: 16
Views: 3331

Re: Rising from the ashes........

Hmmmmmm...it's not really an announcement that sets my shorts on fire. In their heyday (FS2002) PSS produced some of the most advanced simulations available, and I still like their BabyBus (heavily modified, it must be said), but they were really left behind in later years and produced some "le...
by alemaobaiano
08 Jan 2009, 11:27
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Windows 7 beta available Friday
Replies: 21
Views: 2912

Re: Windows 7 beta available Friday

Reports are its Vista with XP performance... I'll try it... when its released ;-) I've already got XP performance.....from a stable, reliable OS.......what's it called again? Ah yes......Windows XP :lol: In our household Windows is losing ground to Linux, and that's a trend that will continue when ...
by alemaobaiano
08 Jan 2009, 11:11
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: PMDG MD-11
Replies: 19
Views: 4176

Re: PMDG MD-11

I've been waiting for this one............and at that price I'm going to continue waiting :roll: Level D has similar functionality at a lower price, and is IMHO the top end of the payware market (~$50) in that most people can justify the price for the quality of the product. Beyond that price range ...
by alemaobaiano
14 Dec 2008, 21:51
Forum: CNB Forum
Topic: AH P-38 Lightning any good?
Replies: 8
Views: 1235

Re: AH P-38 Lightning any good?

DaveG wrote:
J0hn wrote:...something that Dave Garwood might turn out...
I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not :lol:
Very much of a compliment Dave, if it's half as good as your stuff it will be pretty damn good :welldone:

TTFN