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Boeing has now stopped delivery of all Dreamliners

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21095056

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There really not have a good time over this are they.

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Theres a hole in my bucket, my bucket.

Sorry that should be, theres a hole in my roof. :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21095503

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I was just watching a cat play chicken by sitting in the middle of the lane when I saw to the South what I thought was a firework going off in the sky. It was travelling from South to North and flew right over me at a relatively low height, below the low clouds. There were just 4 very bright crimson red navigation lights grouped closely together in a N.S.E.W. Formation, not touching each other but very close. Within just a few seconds it had flown over me in total silence, my question, what was it?
WE are on the flight path to Manchester Airport so I am used to seeing aircraft fly over, in fact far in the South a plane had just turned onto it's final approach, I have seen flocks of birds flying in a V formation at night which take on the appearance of salmon coloured lights and we see the police helicopter flying around a lot and that cannot be described as silent, even ignoring the silence I have never before seen anything flying at night with just four very bright crimson navigation lights grouped so close together, so again, what was it? I'm sure one of you will know.

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Iran shows of its new stealth plane

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f79_1359795485

Is it just me, but it looks awfully small, like a big model in fact.

:dozey:

"It carries the message of peace, friendship and brotherhood...." ;)

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I think they used the technology from the downed drown to help them build this model. ;)

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More likely that they used technology from B&Q and the local timber merchant.

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THe guyd who made this are awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...eature=related

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This one you look inside a terminal:shocked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9IlPDOar7E

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I would so want this in my living room. Shame I dont have the money or the space.

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If you don't speak German click on the envelope type icon on the left of the cog and select English subtitles

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looks awesome :D

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Saw this in my (very) youth at Farnborough. Eight Lightnings in a staggered take off then going vertical (although the link says six, count them!)...

Link

Support this project if you can, let's get one flying again...

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Stunning plane

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Boeing are presenting plans to fix Dreamliner battery problems today

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21548113

Interesting final sentence

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I wonder whatever happened to the three flying lightnings (one T5 and two F6) which belonged to Thunder City in SA before it went bust in 2011??

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They're up for auction 31st March:

http://www.go-dove.com/en/event-1579...tary-Jets/lots

Got any spare cash? :D

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Entire F-35 fleet grounded due to cracked turbine blade

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21554331

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ANA has cancelled all scheduled 787 flights to end of May

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21571545

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WW2 pics

http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/plaat...ns-ww-ii-14273

Click on each image to enlarge.

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New regs say you can't even send them airmail any more I heard.

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FoxNews Live right now. Small plane preparing for emergency landing after reporting landing gear trouble.

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safe landing, well done Pilot :tu:

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You want a Vulcan display for your present? OK!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a1_1362692897

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I have some raffle tickets to win a personal display for the winner & up to 29 family & friends if anyone's interested? Second prize is a visit to Aston Martin Lagonda, Aston Martin Racing & Prodrive. Third prize a Triumph Bonneville, fourth prize an overnight luxury stay for two at the Savoy Hotel.

Tickets are £4 each & I only have 5. You can find out more & order tickets for yourself at www.vulcanxh558raffle.co.uk

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Magnifico Post..Thanks.

I've only on one occasion seen a Vulcan in real life flight & that was by accident, my car had broken down about 3 miles from RAF Valley.

While under the bonnet this most magnificent aeroplane did a fly by over head, I'm not sure if it landed or a touch & go on the runway but OMG those engine rattled my head for ages. :)

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Takes me back to the late 50's at Biggin Hill aerodrome and watching a squadron of 9 + 1 taking off - it's a sight and sound I'll never forget. :)

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First one I saw was when I was very young, I was playing on the local common and a shadow passed over me, when I looked up there was a Vulcan flying slow at low level, next day it was in the local paper, the Vulcan was doing a flypast over the local AVRO factory as a thank you to the workforce who had made parts of the plane there. I knew what the plane was because I used to collect Turf cigarette cards, we were producing new models of aircraft what seemed like every month back then so it was a very exciting time for a young boy.
Last time I saw one was at the opening of the Manchester Air & Space Museum, again it was a low speed low level pass, incredible how they creep up on you almost silently then as it passes all hell breaks loose, I think every burglar alarm for miles around the museum went off.

My two favourite aircraft of all time are the Vulcan and the English Electric P1, the P1 always looked very futuristic to me. On the way to Blackpool on the A6 there was an English Electric showroom at a busy road junction, a P1 was on display outside in front of the showroom for a number of years.
Happy days.... :Yes:

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I did my passing out parade in front of a lightning at Swinderby back in 1990. As for the vulcan used to see it at Finningley and also Barton (manchester) at the airshows along with classics like the Mosquito before it crashed.

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I suspect some forum members will crank up the volume and watch this clip on loop:


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.par...0yeovilton.avi

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Looks like he got that approach wrong..

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Get some in...:D

I passed out at Swinders 1974, and the fly past was five Phantoms at low level, and when I was Digby afterwards, we could see Vulcans take off from Waddington when we drove to/from Lincoln.

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E/A-6 crash in the US :(

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/sheri...-wash-1.211359

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C130 doing unarrested carrier landing plus unassisted take off (not shown)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84

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Plane vortex rips holes in house roof

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21904501

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787 goes on test flight...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21932955

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Virgin's Little Red service has started from Manchester

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-21987433

Love the name of the plane...

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Another water landing, this time a 737 off the coast of Bali as it overshot the runway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22134380

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Only 2 months old.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20130413-0

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Video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22134182

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Such a new plane! Will end up being scrapped.

Thankgoodness no one died.

I find the 737 a very reliable plane.

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Apparently it didn't overshoot the runway, came down short according to the text in my video link...

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Stall?
Ran out of Fuel?
Weather problems? Reported cloudy and no ILS.

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Hmmm....

LionAir B737 incidents and accidents.

From avherald
Lionar B738 at Denpasar on Apr 13th 2013, overran runway and came to stop in sea
Lionair B734 at Pontianak on Dec 30th 2012, runway excursion on landing
Lion B734 at Pontianak on Nov 1st 2012, overran runway on landing
Lionair MD90 at Jakarta on Mar 9th 2009, departed runway on landing
Lionair B739 at Pekanbaru on Feb 14th 2011, runway excursion on landing
Lionair B739 at Pekanbaru on Feb 15th 2011, overran runway on landing
Lionair B734 at Pontianak on Nov 2nd 2010, overran runway on landing
Lionair B734 at Pontianak on Nov 2nd 2010, overran runway on landing

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Yep, they changed the report, initially it went off the runway but then it was changed to a short landing..

Either way they were lucky..

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22134380

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I'm aware of the BBC news report. But until we have the detailed final report, there is still specualtion as to what caused this.

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Just been watching the BBC news coverage of the move of a T7 Meteor from where it's been the gate guard at RAF Innsworth (now Imjin Barracks) over to the Jet Age Museum at the nearby Gloucester Airport.

They strapped it to a harness and used a Chinook to move it the 1.5 miles :D

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Boeing say they may never find the cause of the 787 battery problems

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22251756

Plus they've started replacing them with the new design

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22244882

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Video Link for above

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22246388

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earlier last week had a lovely WAH-64 flying over and it was the 1 with longbow radar was pretty low as well about 100 meters above ground.

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Wow that was pretty cool!
In a way it has flown again.

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RAF Afghanistan drones now piloted from Waddington instead of Nevada

http://news.sky.com/story/1083059/ar...-flown-from-uk

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A civilian cargo plane crash at Bagram Air Field north of Kabul in Afghanistan has killed seven people.


Horrific footage of the crash.


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c32_1367332518

It looks like 747.

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Horrific indeed. :(

The wide-angle lens of the camera used for that footage may be distorting things somewhat, but the aircraft's angle of attack seems quite steep to me. It does appear as if the plane stalled and came to almost a complete standstill in mid air.

Anyone with any experience of these things care to offer an opinion?

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Rumours say a shifted load. It was carrying "vehicles" to Dubai.

http://theaviationist.com/2013/04/29...%28Aviation%29

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Another US plane (military this time) feared crashed. No details yet apart from the ticker headline on BBC



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Link with more info

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22397266

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Flying Pencil to be salvaged

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380915

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as aircraft engineer have worked on many aircraft mainly military over the last 20 years but before that on civil aircraft

lots of technology has been passed down to other disclipines like vehicles and even broadband

Been fantastic with working on the line seeing in and seeing off aircraft

But is not the best job in the winter remember working on the line with three pairs of gloves three coats and it was snowing so not always the best

appreciated a nice warm hangar

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I work in aviation, I'm a Technical Librarian, and we mainly do C-130 stuff especially gear and wheels.

Boy are the main wheels hugh

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Seen the legs being refurbished and the brake sets look quite complicated

worked on secondment at a company that specialized in c-130

to be honest best thing is watching them on the pan maneuvering

For a big aircraft excellent

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First carrier launch for the unmanned X-47B

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=05e_1368572906

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any comments

http://www.baesystems.com/article/BA...in-uk-airspace

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Sky Angel .... Russian Knights 22nd Anniversary show


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.par...ersary%202.avi

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From the same show... they love their flares...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.par...%20knights.jpg

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A PIA 777 from Pakistan to Manchester has been diverted whilst being escorted by RAF fighters.. Just watching it now on ADSB on approach to Stanstead

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Now landed

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They've now got it sat on the far side of the airport

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Quite a day for planes, first the A319 that blew the covers off both engines and landed safetly with smoke pouring from the starboard engine and now this unexpected diversion.

:(

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Someone's probably going to get their wrists slapped... Rumours on PPrune have it that the engine cowl latches may not have been shut on the A319 that had the emergency landing at Heathrow today

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lets hope the engines are to badly damaged as they cost roughly $5,000,000 each.

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I don't think you even need a rumour mill to establish this was a maintenance failing - both cowls came loose within minutes of take off, the odds against that occurring as a result of mechanical failure must be vast.

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BBC latest ticker: Initial report finds hatches on both engines of the BA A319 left unlatched after maintenance.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22732582

A ruptured fuel line ... this incident could have been a whole lot worse. :erm:

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Here's the actual report...

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...3%20G-EUOE.pdf

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Thomson's first 787 arrived at Manchester today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-22719853

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Thought powered helicopter

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22764978

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'Flying Pencil' finally raised

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22846645

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Just saw it on the BBC news site.. Well done them.. :clap:

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The future of flying?Link

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Airbus A350 due to have it's maiden flight today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22899952

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Great little article on the A350 engines

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22889969

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I will post pics of a work colleges soon He's a NDT Engineer.

Yesterday he flew on a A380 to Dubai for a night, then today he flew to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Rather him than me,

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There has been a 'problem' on an Egyptair 777 from Cairo to New York.

http://bit.ly/11Ply43

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Not your usual ground crew out to meet it... :erm:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/06/27.jpg

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Five Syrians on the Egyptair flight claim asylum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22926987

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Cheap appartments in Russia. Any takers?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c46_1371397279

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Some interesting visitors at Liverpool last week. Refuel stop on the way to Belfast for G8.

Attachment 24641 Attachment 24642

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X-47B carrier suitability testing spring 2013.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b44_1371822647

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Clearly a fake, the jet wash coming of that would damage the building.

Plus the flaps aren't deployed, thus cgi from somebody who knows squat about 747s

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:tu:

Here's a video of the first carrier take off

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Just a heads up to anyone who might want to watch it, The Antonov 225 will be landing at Manchester at 11.30ish am on Monday 24th june

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:tu: nice one i will go and watch that come in.

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Damn, I'm at work. Hopefully the Beeb will carry a video

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:shocked: is Manchesters runway 30 odd miles long :dunce: is that the biggest plane in the world?

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wow! have you guys got decent video cameras? :D

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I once heard the 225 land at Glasgow Prestwick airport, boy was it loud.

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Perhaps as long as this runway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-23005848

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Blast from the past, the Kestrel.....

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=00c_1371856755

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I have and i will take it on Monday

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Where do you go Sirius ? I plan on going to the visitor park £3 an hour but good views

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You're better off on the other side of the airfield from the avp, up on the bank past the crash gates. Under the runway tunnel towards Wilmslow and first left at the small roundabout onto the service road then up onto the bank. There will be nowhere to park up there though so it means dumping the car (there's a pub and a hotel if you're discreet) and a bit of a trek on shanks's pony. The light is far better in the morning for photography and videos plus you won't have to fight the stinky crowds in the viewing park.

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:D

:D

:( wish I was going.

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The hill on the other side of the runway

Thats the place :)