eddy Posted February 29, 2020 Share ............................ Good luck finding crew and pax keen to fly on the max for the first year.If the price is good, I'll gladly fly on a Max once returned to service. I won't let my daughters do so though..... DJR and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted February 29, 2020 Share Thanks, that sounds relatively straightforward. I guess tyres get turned regularly to avoid "flat spots"? The video has some interesting comments on Boeing's plans to monitor social media.They supposed to. When we "mothball" aircraft we still have to do a weekly check each week and that involves towing it around to get things moving. Lotus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted February 29, 2020 Share If the price is good, I'll gladly fly on a Max once returned to service. I won't let my daughters do so though.....Spoken like an adventurous man with good life cover and a life lived well. Bateleur1, barrykm and eddy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted February 29, 2020 Share I guess they will have been parked-up and stored sensibly, so hopefully not too much trouble getting them back on line. I'm sure I read somewhere that fuel doesn't stay as fuel if it sits too long, so drain, flush and refill needed too . . . I think they go around periodically and do start ups etc which must be expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted March 2, 2020 Share One of the sexier looking airliners being builtListen to the engines at end Edited March 2, 2020 by SwissVan Bateleur1, LBKloppers and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted March 2, 2020 Share One of the sexier looking airliners being builtListen to the engines at end Plenty cool that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawieO Posted March 2, 2020 Share One of my favorite places is the Boeing factory in Everett, north of Seattle. The tour is absolutely amazing and the scale is off the charts. The single assembly hall is 1km long and 500m wide, all under a single roof! Highly recommended if you are ever in the area. Also Boeing field, where they do refurbs and upgrades AND has a really mind blowing museum. Lotus, SwissVan, Bateleur1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted March 3, 2020 Share One of the sexier looking airliners being builtListen to the engines at end Awesome video. Although I think that both the 787 and the A350 are remarkable aircraft they in my opinion are not the pretiest of aircraft. Just like the A380 is just an absolutely incredible aircraft I think they ran out of creativity when the put the nose together of the aircraft. That is why the 747 still remains my favourate. I like to caption this image ... "Beauty and the beast" Lotus, Long Wheel Base, Warthog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwaziEagle Posted March 3, 2020 Share Finally got to fly on Mango!! Check out my review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted March 3, 2020 Share what did I see ? My folks stay pretty close to Rand Airport, the result being many small aircraft flying directly overhead. i can pick out the sound of a harvard from miles away as they used to fly over the house to many times a day to count. Anyway on sunday we're sitting outside an I hear this loud prop plane, when it eventually comes over I see its pretty strange looking, small wings in front, large wings at the back and it looked like the engine was in the middle at the back. never seen anything like it.What was it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawieO Posted March 3, 2020 Share Perhaps a Rutan Varieze? https://lmgtfy.com/?q=rutan+varieze Edited March 3, 2020 by DawieO SwissVan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted March 3, 2020 Share Perhaps a Rutan Varieze? https://lmgtfy.com/?q=rutan+variezethe silhouette certainly was the right shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted March 3, 2020 Share what did I see ? My folks stay pretty close to Rand Airport, the result being many small aircraft flying directly overhead. i can pick out the sound of a harvard from miles away as they used to fly over the house to many times a day to count. Anyway on sunday we're sitting outside an I hear this loud prop plane, when it eventually comes over I see its pretty strange looking, small wings in front, large wings at the back and it looked like the engine was in the middle at the back. never seen anything like it.What was it ?What colour was it? White with some blue stripes? ZU-FFR possibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooryder Posted March 3, 2020 Share Cape Town airport might become a parking lot for some A340-300s in the next few days .First E-bikes and now A340's! What is the Argus coming to!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted March 3, 2020 Share Cape Town airport might become a parking lot for some A340-300s in the next few days .You should get them to fly a couple of thousand bicycles to Cape Town for free! Long Wheel Base and Bateleur1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted March 3, 2020 Share You should get them to fly a couple of thousand bicycles to Cape Town for free! Are you nuts!!! They will load the plane full, fly them down and pawn them at Muizenburg to help scrape in some much needed funds. I would not trust SAA with my bike at the moment DJR, Long Wheel Base and Bonus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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