Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / July 2009

Looks good for cheap flights and not too much of a crowd. Anyone flown
with them yet?
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V Australia load factors on Pacific flights remained poor in May

Footage of A380 "arrival" on RWY 36 at Wittman Field from Toulouse via
MKE (Milwaukee).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6TtDwmmwY4

New Terrafugia flying car beats traffic jams
Article from: The Courier-Mail
July 30, 2009 11:58am
A NEW type of flying car has successfully been test-flown - but you'll

Watched that show, "Airways" last week. For those who haven't seen it, it's like
the pommy one, "Airline" and is centred on Tiger Airways.
I found it amusing for the short time that I watched it. Passengers missing
their flights because they failed to adhere to the strict check in ...

This is HOW TO FOOL/SCAM TIGER AIRWAYS FOR FREE!
When you book a flight, you only get 7KG of Luggage for FREE.
Everything else is $15 per kilogram.  That's how they make their
money.

http://www.sleepinginairports.net/oceania/perth.htm
Lasting Impressions.... (Perth)
"seems like a fine squat" (?)
"The security guards are pretty paranoid though but if you play dumb and

Overlooked trim led to 737's post-V1 abort
Investigators have traced the post-V1 abort of a BMIbaby Boeing
737-300's take-off roll to an oversight which left the stabiliser trim
set in the wrong position.

And he used a 1934 Aircraft
Mr Bleriot earned worldwide fame and a £1,000 cash prize, courtesy of
the Daily Mail, for his 1909 achievement.
His cloth and wood monoplane, which dates from 1934, is identical to the

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25739181-2,00.html
Jetstar claims NZ flights were sabotaged by Air New Zealand
July 06, 2009 12:00pm
A SLANGING match has broken out between Jetstar and Air New Zealand

Our daughter has left for the US, flying on UA840.
http://www.melbourneairport.com.au/Flight-Passenger-Info/Flight-Information/Live
-Flight-Radar.html
According to the flight radar the flight has departed. But it said this at 1100
when departure time was supposed to be 1120. (UAL ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/Business/India-Business/29-pilots-failed
-test-for-alcohol-consumption/articleshow/4805219.cms
NEW DELHI: Pilots flying for the ``king of good times'' seem to be having a gala
time themselves. On Tuesday, aviation minister Praful Patel ...

Some might be interested to see the thinking of a senior Taliban
commander.  This is from a Pashtun language propaganda source.  Much
of the semi-literate nature of the ranting is faithful to the source.
INTERVIEW WITH MULLAH BERADER

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/flight-test-singapore-airlines-a380-20090624-cwi
f.html
So far, every review of the A380 that I've read in this newspaper has centred on
either first class or business. What I'd like to read is a review of a paying
passenger of what it's like down the ...

How come FA's need ASIC's but pax don't ?.