Emerald Airways
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Good idea Chris. For anyone thats interested... theres a long debate on the future of Emerald on pprune, with all the ins and outs and financial jargon (and members competing to see who has the most experience in insolvency/debt/equity/venture captial etc etc) :roll: Not too much on the reasons for the AOC being pulled, though those have been covered here, with the exception perhaps of the personnel issues.
The Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus, nicknamed budgie), the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus, is a small parrot belonging to the tribe Platycercinae, or broad-tailed parrots. Known for it's laidback attitude and tendency to say "You'll be right, by crikey" to potential predators.Garry Russell wrote:A budgie is what we call a Budgeregard (Spelling?)
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SLUF,BUFF and STOOF but to name a few. .Chris Trott wrote:Haven't heard "Pig" for a 737. I've only heard "Guppy".TobyVickers wrote:Budgie is the nickname for the Avro/HS/BAe 748 airrcaft, like "pig" for a B737-200 or "Albert" for a Hercules etc
'Whale' for the 747, 'Pocket Rocket' for the 727 Advanced models, 'Diesel-8' for the DC-8, 'Douglasaurus Rex' for the DC-10, and a few others that shouldn't be mentioned in a public forum....
Heard a 737 captain talking to Manc.ATC a few years back.
ATC must have heard him or his right seater say something wasn't right.
They came right back and asked if he wanted to call an emergency.
He said no everything was OK,it's just that they were flying the fleet pig
that night :gigle: :gigle:
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You could see him thinking "Bleedin'pilots,don't know nuffin.All glammer" He's probably right.
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Is it likely that Emerald won't be resurrected, and in that case, I wonder what will happen to the 748s?
People like our Jonesey who hang around Liverpool Airport watching 'Budgies', must be getting withdrawal symptons! :sad:
Does this mean we have no 748s flying to the UK at the mo? (apart from XW750)
People like our Jonesey who hang around Liverpool Airport watching 'Budgies', must be getting withdrawal symptons! :sad:
Does this mean we have no 748s flying to the UK at the mo? (apart from XW750)
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Hi Kevin
I don't know if any 748's are flying in the UK apart from XW750 I can't think of one. But from what I can remember XW750 is about finished.
I read recently it was being retired about June but I can't say if that was fact or rumour.
It that is the date then it may already have stopped aprt from the odd quicky.
Garry
I don't know if any 748's are flying in the UK apart from XW750 I can't think of one. But from what I can remember XW750 is about finished.
I read recently it was being retired about June but I can't say if that was fact or rumour.
It that is the date then it may already have stopped aprt from the odd quicky.
Garry
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