Forum: Air travel
November 20th, 2007, 09:24 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 1
Views: 360
Japan starts to fingerprint all visitors
Japan is starting today to photograph and fingerprint all foreigners
entering japan, following in the footsteps of the USA. They say it is to
prevent terrorism.
As with the USA, foreigners have no...
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Forum: Air travel
November 7th, 2007, 08:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,227
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Forum: Air travel
November 2nd, 2007, 12:35 AM Posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air,aus.aviation
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,159
Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Arnold Sten wrote:
Those four plane crashes were, in my opinion, not accidents, but
deliberate and pre-meditated acts of suicide and murder. To me, that
would explain why those did not make...
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Forum: Air travel
November 2nd, 2007, 12:05 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 0
Views: 620
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Forum: Air travel
October 31st, 2007, 06:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 0
Views: 639
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Forum: Air travel
October 30th, 2007, 04:04 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,aus.aviation
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Replies: 1
Views: 577
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Forum: Air travel
October 25th, 2007, 09:31 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,473
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Forum: Europe
October 17th, 2007, 05:47 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,110
Boeing to delay first delivery of 787
me wrote:
Well, but they came along with their -8 which is sorta "one foot
in both yards". Big, but not the biggest, yet still compatible with
the existing infrastructure.
Not quite...
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Forum: Air travel
October 17th, 2007, 05:47 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 129
Views: 4,114
Boeing to delay first delivery of 787
me wrote:
Well, but they came along with their -8 which is sorta "one foot
in both yards". Big, but not the biggest, yet still compatible with
the existing infrastructure.
Not quite...
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Forum: Air travel
October 11th, 2007, 04:50 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 15
Views: 923
Engine Noise and Seating
mrtravel wrote:
Nonsense. Have you ever sat anywhere near the back of an MD80?
Nowhere near as bad as seating in the back of a pesky F28 with two very
loud noise makers next to both your ears.
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Forum: Air travel
October 9th, 2007, 01:24 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 14
Views: 524
WN at it again
Justin Case wrote:
... and, in my opinion, not enough for the wearer to be denied passage on a
common carrier.
If the punch line on the t-shirt was made up of two separate words,
Master and...
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Forum: Air travel
September 29th, 2007, 02:25 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,603
boarding faster
another is to not give assigned seats, have one flight attendant or
gate agent go to the back of the aircraft, you walk onboard to the
flight attendant and take the seat they point you...
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Forum: Air travel
September 28th, 2007, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,412
ATC failure in Memphis
Password wrote:
Communication Link)before the FAA canned it. The dip ****s
in FAA management decided to kiss the ass of big business
and go with phone companies. The hell with air safety just...
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Forum: Air travel
September 28th, 2007, 11:07 PM Posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,412
ATC failure in Memphis
Judah wrote:
What makes microwaves better than cell phones?
The RadarRange in the control tower can also cook turkeys :-)
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Forum: Air travel
September 28th, 2007, 06:47 PM Posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,412
ATC failure in Memphis
JA_MORAN wrote:
what about backup systems
a Microwave point to point could work, how about different feeds from
different circuits? or a SAtellite dish...
Microwave only has limited range,...
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Forum: Air travel
September 27th, 2007, 02:35 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,412
ATC failure in Memphis
Martin wrote:
Really? I have a television set, but it doesn't receive CNN.
It would if you attached a satellite receiver.
And why would a non american ever want to watch CNN ? It isn't news...
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Forum: Air travel
September 24th, 2007, 07:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,264
Sikhs oppose new turban rules
mrtravel wrote:
If the Supreme Court states they should be permitted to wear their
standard headwear, the obviously this is according to the laws of
Canada. Are you complaining that they are...
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Forum: Air travel
September 24th, 2007, 02:55 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,264
Sikhs oppose new turban rules
the_niner_nation wrote:
How ironic it is that the Sikhs, a peaceful people who do wear ceremonial
daggers and whose way of life is sooooooo incompaitble with North america
are the ones to...
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Forum: Air travel
September 24th, 2007, 02:37 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,212
Window blinds...
DevilsPGD wrote:
FWIW, I've only been on two AA flights in the last six days, neither
mentioned anything about window shades.
Were they nightime flights or daytime ? For daytime, it doesn't...
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Forum: Air travel
September 23rd, 2007, 06:56 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,264
Sikhs oppose new turban rules
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Granted Skihs have been wearing turbans for a long time, but in
the context of everybody else having to remove their shoes and -
presumably - other types of headgear,...
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Forum: Air travel
September 23rd, 2007, 06:39 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 24
Views: 786
This Airport is Missing a Few Marbles
Jim Davis wrote:
I'm far from paranoia. I'm only defending the fact that the girl did
a stupid thing. Please try to keep up.
Actually, she did a very smart thing. It sensitises people to how...
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Forum: Air travel
September 22nd, 2007, 07:11 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,212
Window blinds...
TMOliver wrote:
more effectively. I vaguely recall some "cite" of an FAA regulation that
blinds be raised for landings and TOs, likely for the reasons given in a
response above. Makes...
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Forum: Air travel
September 19th, 2007, 05:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 12
Views: 629
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Forum: Air travel
September 4th, 2007, 05:20 PM Posted to rec.travel.air,alt.impeach.bush,alt.conspiracy
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Replies: 85
Views: 3,534
American Airlines - "9/11 Didn't Happen"
mrtravel wrote:
Ok.. How did they get thousands of pounds of the explosives into the
building? Where did they hide it?
Actually, that is simple: they loaded the explosives into the airplane...
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Forum: Air travel
September 3rd, 2007, 03:06 AM Posted to rec.travel.air,alt.impeach.bush,alt.conspiracy
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Replies: 85
Views: 3,534
American Airlines - "9/11 Didn't Happen"
Al Dykes wrote:
After 6 years of whining, nobody in the "Truth Movement" has published
anything that makes sense to anyone with relevant expertise.
The real conspiracy here is that the...
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