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I'm sitting in an A320 that was supposed to depart 20 mins ago. We've been waiting for the "hydraulic fluid to be topped up" and now the captain also wanted us to know that we'll be starting an engine at the gate because the cross bleed system for starting off the APU isn't functioning. Delta's a mess!
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Jealous Cow posted:I'm sitting in an A320 that was supposed to depart 20 mins ago. We've been waiting for the "hydraulic fluid to be topped up" and now the captain also wanted us to know that we'll be starting an engine at the gate because the cross bleed system for starting off the APU isn't functioning. At least they tell you what's going on, I'm sitting out here in the bushes clueless, waiting to photograph your drat plane!
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May 13, 2016 20:53
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Ola posted:At least they tell you what's going on, I'm sitting out here in the bushes clueless, waiting to photograph your drat plane! 
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May 13, 2016 20:56
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I've had far sillier-sounding reasons than that for delayed aircraft. Few months ago, I had a plane sitting half an hour waiting for me to fetch a pair of gloves from my warehouse for it. Crew had lost a pair of fireproof gloves somewhere...
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May 13, 2016 21:05
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Jealous Cow posted:I'm sitting in an A320 that was supposed to depart 20 mins ago. We've been waiting for the "hydraulic fluid to be topped up" and now the captain also wanted us to know that we'll be starting an engine at the gate because the cross bleed system for starting off the APU isn't functioning. I like how you used quotation marks like that not a real thing. "hydraulic fluid" 
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May 13, 2016 21:08
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Oh poo poo, a thousand pages! 
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May 13, 2016 21:10
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Oh my god a 20 minute delay where is my mileage compensation
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May 13, 2016 21:13
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Linedance posted:I like how you used quotation marks like that not a real thing. "hydraulic fluid" Grammar posted:each of a set of punctuation marks, single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”), used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage or to indicate that a word or phrase is regarded as slang or jargon or is being discussed rather than used within the sentence. Which use of quotation marks do you think I intended? sellouts posted:Oh my god a 20 minute delay where is my mileage compensation Did I complain about the delay? You guys are cranky today.
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May 13, 2016 22:11
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Jealous Cow posted:I'm sitting in an A320 that was supposed to depart 20 mins ago. We've been waiting for the "hydraulic fluid to be topped up" and now the captain also wanted us to know that we'll be starting an engine at the gate because the cross bleed system for starting off the APU isn't functioning. I had a flight delayed about 15min because someone took a row of safety cards. I wonder what they'd have done if they weren't at a hub.
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May 13, 2016 22:20
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hobbesmaster posted:I had a flight delayed about 15min because someone took a row of safety cards. I wonder what they'd have done if they weren't at a hub. Find a copier? I saw a passenger removed because his seat wouldn't stay upright and it was a full flight. Dude was pissed.
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May 13, 2016 22:27
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hobbesmaster posted:I had a flight delayed about 15min because someone took a row of safety cards. I wonder what they'd have done if they weren't at a hub. Probably inop the row and leave passengers behind.
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May 13, 2016 22:37
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the lavatories stopped working. What the gently caress is up with this plane.
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May 13, 2016 23:28
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Jealous Cow posted:
Airbuses don't seem to age as gracefully as McDonnell-Douglass. Northwest bought those A320s in 1990. Which is relatively young for the Delta domestic fleet!
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May 13, 2016 23:33
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Last time I was on a Delta 737-800 one of those lavatories was broken too.
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May 13, 2016 23:34
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hobbesmaster posted:Airbuses don't seem to age as gracefully as McDonnell-Douglass. This one has a 11/1993 in service date. The interior looks brand new though.
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May 13, 2016 23:38
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Jealous Cow posted:The interior looks brand new though. Delta even put new interiors on their DC-9s in like 2012.
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May 13, 2016 23:40
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hobbesmaster posted:Delta even put new interiors on their DC-9s in like 2012. Yeah, I just flew a quick hop to DC on Delta Super 80s, 737s, and a 757 and all had great, clean new interiors. They're doing great lately, IMO. Also, woo, 1000 pages!
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May 14, 2016 01:20
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Happy page 1000 everybody
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May 14, 2016 14:26
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Page 1000? 
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Page 1000? I was just thinking the same thing. Is this thing a private jet only? CRJ fans rejoice - a 1000 is being made A350-1000 Twin Commander 1000
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May 14, 2016 16:22
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To take 1000 kg of bombs to 1000 km of range at a 1000 kph...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgfjXaJxV8
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May 14, 2016 16:34
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 Page 1000, Pratt and Whitney 1000g geared turbofan.
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May 14, 2016 16:41
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Nebakenezzer posted:I was just thinking the same thing. Is this thing a private jet only? The Lineage is just an E190 turned into a bizjet. So I guess the very short answer is "no"!
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May 14, 2016 17:09
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hobbesmaster posted:Delta even put new interiors on their DC-9s in like 2012. When the last B-52 goes to the boneyard, the crew will fly home on a Delta DC-9.
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May 14, 2016 18:33
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I was desperately trying to find any kind of plans for this but all I got was a model: The Vickers-Armstrong V-1000. Or, what happens when the British Government wants a new transport jet for the military but wants a state owned airline to pay for it. The wings off a Valiant strategic bomber, attached to the body of what would sort of eventually become the VC10.
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May 14, 2016 18:36
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LostCosmonaut posted:When the last B-52 goes to the boneyard, the crew will fly home on a Delta DC-9. The oldest of which is still newer than the newest B-52.
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May 14, 2016 18:44
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:I was desperately trying to find any kind of plans for this but all I got was a model: Avro tendered for the same contract, with the same 'convert a V-bomber' idea. The Avro Atlantic was a version of the Vulcan with a wider, taller fuselage and 6-abreast seating, all rear-facing Like the V-1000/VC-7 they were going to do a civilian model when the RAF programme was killed but no orders were placed. I think Handley-Page hawked around an airliner version of the Victor too, which would have been something!
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May 14, 2016 19:17
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  because it is 1000 years old
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BalloonFish posted:I think Handley-Page hawked around an airliner version of the Victor too, which would have been something! They did, twice. Like their rival V-Bomber airliner derivatives, neither made it much past the model stage:  HP.97  HP.111
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May 14, 2016 19:49
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StandardVC10 posted:Last time I was on a Delta 737-800 one of those lavatories was broken too. Aeronautical Insanity: Last time I tried to take a poo poo the lav was INOP
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May 14, 2016 20:09
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SeaborneClink posted:Aeronautical Insanity: Last time I tried to take a poo poo the lav was INOP This is pretty good.
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May 14, 2016 21:20
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Wait, there are connoisseurs of the CRJ? also content: 
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Content: Vought V-1000, proposal for export fighter program that was eventually won by F-5E Tiger II. One of the variants was supposed to be F100 powered   
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Butt Reactor posted:Wait, there are connoisseurs of the CRJ? daaaaawww. Lil' baby hawker jet.
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Gervasius posted:Content:  
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God drat the F8U-3 is cool. It's kind of interesting how the competitor to the F-4 Phantom had a similar brutalist aesthetic going on. StandardVC10 fucked around with this message at 05:50 on May 15, 2016 |
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May 15, 2016 03:45
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Gervasius posted:Content: After a few kids and a few decades
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May 15, 2016 03:50
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Bro, do you even area rule?
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intakes like that always make me think of 
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shame on an IGA posted:Bro, do you even area rule? Who needs area rule when you have THRUST. Exhibit B.
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