29-10-2010, 16:46
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Interesting.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11654390
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Several cargo planes have been grounded at separate US airports as authorities investigate suspicious packages, the Transportation Security Administration has said.
An unconfirmed report by CNN said that a bomb had been discovered on a UPS flight to Chicago from Yemen when it was stopped in London.
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How regular are cargo flights and their routes? I assume you can't get a GPS signal without an external antennae but if their approach takes them over populated areas and a certain time it could be an easy way to cause mass casualties.
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30-10-2010, 11:17
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Yeah I've been hearing eveything from it being a suspected bomb to it being a printer cartridge.
That is my local airport and I often see the UPS planes coming in.
Let's hope this reminds everyone not to reduce the security at airports.
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31-10-2010, 18:14
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31-10-2010, 20:27
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Originally Posted by G UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Halcyon
Yeah I've been hearing eveything from it being a suspected bomb to it being a printer cartridge.
That is my local airport and I often see the UPS planes coming in.
Let's hope this reminds everyone not to reduce the security at airports.
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The annoying thing is that that kept saying toner ink ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](images/smilies/rolleyes.gif) .
Toner is a powder, NOT an ink.
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04-11-2010, 11:29
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Some good pictures of the Quantas A380 that suffered the engine problem here...
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10-11-2010, 17:14
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
And now problems for Boeing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11728915
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Boeing has halted test flights of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner after smoke in the cockpit forced an emergency landing in Texas on Tuesday.
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04-01-2011, 11:57
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
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Absolutely stunning - thanks Kymmy
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08-01-2011, 14:50
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Quote:
F16 jet fighter makes emergency landing at Prestwick
An F16 jet fighter aircraft has made an emergency landing at Glasgow Prestwick Airport after suffering a fuel leak.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-12142963
Any pictures anyone??
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11-01-2011, 10:55
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
No links yet (or pictures/diagrams)
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Originally Posted by BBC Breaking News
China confirms that it has conducted its first test of a stealth fighter, US secretary of defence says
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---------- Post added at 10:52 ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 ----------
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...r-on-film.html
Including some video
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/...tealth_fighter
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Why does the J10 their last fighter to go into production look like a typhoon and their new J20 stealth looks like a raptor
Are they ever gonna produce anything without ripping off another countries hard work???
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11-01-2011, 11:01
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Are they ever gonna produce anything without ripping off another countries hard work???
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Why go to the bother of spending billions on design when they can just use spies to get technology a few years old at a fraction of the cost?
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11-01-2011, 11:08
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Because in the end they get it wrong and end up with an inferiour product as they don't have the initial testing..
May I remind you of Concordski in Paris
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11-01-2011, 11:09
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
I always thought that imitation is flattery
but yeah China's airpower is basically cloned from Russian, European and US manufactoring companies.
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