Forum: Air travel
March 16th, 2011, 05:37 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,845
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Forum: Air travel
March 22nd, 2010, 12:56 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 2
Views: 837
Captain Clarence Oveur, dead at 83
John Doe wrote:
Trans American Airline's most famous pilot, Captain Clarence Oveur died
last week ( Sunday, March 14th) at the age of 83.
A better, more complete, obituary is available from the...
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Forum: Air travel
March 22nd, 2010, 12:45 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 2
Views: 837
Captain Clarence Oveur, dead at 83
Trans American Airline's most famous pilot, Captain Clarence Oveur died
last week ( Sunday, March 14th) at the age of 83. He died of a heart
attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., said Fred...
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Forum: Travel - anything else not covered
February 7th, 2010, 07:54 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.misc
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,244
Carrying a bike w/ AerLingus, Ryanair, Easyjet
SB wrote:
bikes. Would any or all of these airlines allow one to carry a bike
in the heavy-duty cardboard box in which it was originally delivered
to the bike shop?
Yes. However, those...
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Forum: Air travel
February 4th, 2010, 10:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 2
Views: 583
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Forum: Air travel
January 22nd, 2010, 11:43 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 6
Views: 841
Your view of profiling
Fred Kay wrote:
I understand that airlines of Israel are considered the safest due to
passenger profiling. Also that at least one of the 9/11 planes may
not have left the ground if...
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Forum: USA & Canada
December 29th, 2009, 10:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.usa-canada,rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,689
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Forum: Air travel
December 10th, 2009, 07:23 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,014
Anchorage - [Reykjavik stopover?] - Frankfurt
From Anchorage, aren't there bus tours that bring tourists to Wasila
Alaska, where Sarah Palin was mayor ? I hear that from her house, she
could see Russia. That is bound to be some tourist...
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Forum: Air travel
October 3rd, 2009, 06:30 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,558
airport to train
Shawn Hirn wrote:
PHL offers direct regional rail service.
There is a difference however between airports that have municipal
transit at airport, and airports that have intercity transit at...
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Forum: Air travel
October 3rd, 2009, 02:02 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,558
airport to train
AES wrote:
A system where the airport is "connected" to the train or subway by some
scheme where you have to schlepp your stuff up and down escalators or
elevators to a shuttle stop . . . is...
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Forum: Europe
August 28th, 2009, 03:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,917
Go figure... (air fares puzzlement)
Alan S wrote:
Why can't he just not take the excess flights he doesn't need? Book to
Paris via London, but miss the next leg and it's return, rejoining the
final flight?
When you miss a leg,...
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Forum: Europe
August 28th, 2009, 03:06 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,917
Go figure... (air fares puzzlement)
Hatunen wrote:
I doubt it. The train fare from Tucson to NYC is exorbitant,
Sorry, I thought I had seen PHL instead of PHX. Philadelphia to New York
is very doable by train.
, I flew JetBlue or...
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Forum: Europe
August 27th, 2009, 07:48 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,917
Go figure... (air fares puzzlement)
Hatunen wrote:
What kind of sense does that make, $240 less to Paris than to LHR
using the exact same PHX-LHR flights???
It is called price fixing or competition, whatever way you want to call...
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Forum: Air travel
July 6th, 2009, 05:13 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 5
Views: 772
Obese passengers caused crash of Air France 447
John Mayson wrote:
I think it would have crashed on take-off, not after burning several
hours' worth of fuel.
No. If you have an ogre in the plane, he may have eaten up all of the
food in the...
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Forum: Air travel
July 4th, 2009, 02:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 6
Views: 798
Crashlanding In Alleged 40mph Wind Kills 153
I have taken off once in 35mph winds w/50mph gusts from CVG. It was a
very bumpy ride all the way to DTW where we landed in 45mph winds.
Was once waiting to board a DASH-8 at Toronto island....
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Forum: Air travel
June 4th, 2009, 01:45 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,295
Air France jet 'disappears' over Atlantic.
Steve wrote:
From today's New York Times:
"The Airbus 330 is a fly-by-wire plane, in which flight controls are
activated by electronics.
One needs to remember that, at least on the A320,...
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Forum: Air travel
June 2nd, 2009, 02:24 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,295
Air France jet 'disappears' over Atlantic.
wrote:
can't they use GPS to find the jet
Not sure if the ACARS system trasmits the aircraft's current location or
not. But even if it does, having an aircraft at 33k feet...
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Forum: Air travel
June 2nd, 2009, 12:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,295
Air France jet 'disappears' over Atlantic.
Kurt Ullman wrote:
missile test or perhaps run afoul of America testing some new laser
weapon. Not much Conspiracy Theorists can do with space junk.
It was Dick Cheney and his ilk still...
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Forum: Europe
May 17th, 2009, 08:35 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 4
Views: 770
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Forum: Air travel
May 17th, 2009, 08:35 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,190
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Forum: Air travel
May 15th, 2009, 08:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
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Replies: 5
Views: 665
U.S. TV Network News Theme During Past Few Days
Robert Cohen wrote:
would ya believe $23,000--$24,000 per year
How crazy is this?
In the past, these were considered entry level jobs and the pilots would
quickly move to 737s/DC9s.
But the...
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Forum: Air travel
May 14th, 2009, 11:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,190
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Forum: Air travel
May 13th, 2009, 11:09 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,190
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Forum: Europe
May 9th, 2009, 10:09 PM Posted to misc.consumers,rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 4
Views: 663
Ryanair considers a fat tax.
This whole debate will spark a very important supreme court challenge.
At one point, Ryannair will decide that pregnant women beyond a certain
stage of pregnancy will need to buy two tickets. This...
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Forum: Europe
April 23rd, 2009, 11:03 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,479
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