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Sydney Intl	30 Jun 2009 12:24 GMT	8
Having just returned home from Borneo and having a pretty long stop in Singapore's Changi Terminal 3 it was a real shock to transit Sydney. No free 3 minute driverless trains to change terminals here. No wide open spaces to greet people either. Talk about a crappy arrival ...
Some serious reading	29 Jun 2009 15:01 GMT	3
http://www.lonelyscientist.com/ The whole book can be downloaded here. Some serious reading. ...................................................................................
Missed approach at Brisbane due to fog	29 Jun 2009 11:40 GMT	8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldbrXxuMsmo 15 seconds in. I've never flown as pilot in those sorts of conditions. Could he have had the runway in sight only to lose it on descending into the fog?
R22 claims another victim..	29 Jun 2009 06:19 GMT	34
** See: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/27/2610219.htm http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25698436-3102,00.html I wonder which aircraft type has been involved in the most passenger and air
QANTAS cancels Dreamliner orders	27 Jun 2009 01:50 GMT	2
QANTAS has cancelled 15 of its B-787 orders and deferred delivery of a further 15 aircraft.
Terrified tourists boycott Thomas Cook flight home after being told to sit at back 'to help balance the jet'	26 Jun 2009 22:42 GMT	12
Terrified tourists boycott Thomas Cook flight home after being told to sit at back 'to help balance the jet' More than 70 holidaymakers refused to board a flight home after being asked to sit at the back to balance a Thomas Cook plane.
Boeing Postpones 787 First Flight!!!	26 Jun 2009 09:47 GMT	20
Current plans were for the Dreamliner to fly by next Tuesday at the latest. Suddenly - in the wake of AF447 Boeing have decided some last minute strengthening is required and this has just been announced - EVERETT, Wash., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA)
Unusual contrails over Brisbane	25 Jun 2009 11:21 GMT	2
On the way to work this morning, there were (what looked like) unusual contrails. The best way to describe them is a 180 degree arc overlayed by a reversed "S" with a short stroke in amoungst them.
A Day at the Office	25 Jun 2009 07:11 GMT	4
In cockpit ride with the Blue Angels - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GhhyUtXbjA
Ground the Airbus? - (Long)	24 Jun 2009 11:40 GMT	15
FWIW from the Daily Kos - Don't shoot the messenger :-) Ground the Airbus? by WilliamJohnCox Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 01:33:03 PM PDT
AF447 - More recovered wreckage pics	24 Jun 2009 09:13 GMT	1
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu79/DorianBanks/th_echo-1.jpg http://s635.photobucket.com/albums/uu79/DorianBanks/?action=view&current=fox-1.jpg http://s635.photobucket.com/albums/uu79/DorianBanks/?action=view&current=alfa_ga stao_motta.jpg
Geese Gassed	24 Jun 2009 07:43 GMT	7
NEW YORK (AP) -- About 800 Canada geese have been trapped and gassed around New York City's two airports in an effort to reduce the kinds of bird strikes that led to the ditching of a jetliner in the Hudson River last winter
Vale Ed McMahon	24 Jun 2009 06:54 GMT	2
Best remembered as Second Banana to Johnny Carson for 30+ years not many may know that during World War II, McMahon was also a decorated United States Marines fighter pilot flying Corsairs in the Pacific. He also served as a flight instructor and test pilot.
CVR/FDR pinger heard	24 Jun 2009 05:45 GMT	5
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2009/06/23/les-boites-noires-de-l-airbus-r io-paris-reperees_1210102_3224.html Les boîtes noires de l'Airbus Rio-Paris repérées LEMONDE.FR \| 23.06.09 \| 06h59 • Mis à jour le 23.06.09 \| 08h21 Le sous-marin de poche Nautile de l'Ifremer a plongé ...
Hey Coop - Time to retire Dorothy ?	24 Jun 2009 05:05 GMT	2
http://waikeriegliding.com/cgi-bin/album.pl?album=thingsflying/alsjet20