Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / August 2004

Over white powder found in the bathroom?  Since when did Virgin Blue
introduce bathrooms on their budget airline, a cut above Qantas and Jetstar!
Possibly a cleaner was a bit sloppy with the Ajax.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518019318.html

Great news - the Airservices board has decided to windback NAS - The areas
of most concern - E around C and D Towers will become Class C again - roll
on Nov 25.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10591628%255E23349
,00.html

I couldn't help wonder why QF has removed the ball ended metal knife that
would do less damage than the metal fork, the plastic serration alone would
tear skin easier, while contemplating this I also thought about the long
star ended steering lock key I had in my cabin bag, it could ...

Does anybody know where I can find the complete list of items
prohibited from cabin baggage?
Thanks.

Anyone know what the green plane at Heathrow is with the ends of the wings
chopped off sitting outside the Virgin Atlantic hanger?
T.

Is it newsworthy or not?
180 min ETOPS requires an inflight shutdown rate of 0.02/1,000 hours, which
translates to 1 shutdown per 50,000 engine hours. As there are 2 engines
then there could be 1 event per 25,000 hours.

A PC-9 using the callsign Torch 200 transited Tamworth today.  Anybody know
which squadron or unit it belongs to?

I've seen the Greek Airforce in the news a bit and it looks like
they're still flying the mirage.
Are my eyes deceiving me?
Cheers

Both Jetstar and Virgin have announced direct flights from Syd to Hervey Bay
from June 2005, that should give investors a boost and make the Baby Boomer
settlers happy. R

Hello folks:-)
I did an airside tour of sydney airport last weekend, and a very
enjoyable way to kill a couple of hours as well!
For $30 it's good entertainment by my thinking, so if you get the

From "Travelbiz Daily"
Alcohol abuse saved travellers' lives
Six young Russian men are alive today because they were so drunk airline
staff refused to let them board one of the two planes that crashed in the

Day Seven: Tamworth- Parkes- Griffith
Tamworth is famous for its country and western music jamboree, but
neither of us knew that other significant cultural events have a home at
Tamworth. There is a neat art gallery located just behind the Tamworth

Hey guys,
Can someone please tell me whether QANTAS Airbuses fly International Routes
please? Thanks for your time...
Cheers!

the beauty  http://www.airliners.net/open.file/639542/M/
franck

This is my first post to this group and so hello from me.  In short, I live
in Sydney, am learning to fly with Basair (pre solo) and since I was a small
boy, can happily watch planes land and take off all day.  :)
The grand plan is to complete the PPL asap and gain experience as ...