Long Wheel Base Posted December 29, 2020 Share Some operators choose not to allow flight radar to show their flights for a variety of reasons, mostly privacy and competition amongst charter operators. When I was working for a CAMO most of our customers who owned their own aircraft did this.So these are the people that don't allow blue ticks on whatsapp.................. Bonus and SwissVan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 29, 2020 Share So these are the people that don't allow blue ticks on whatsapp.................. We have a daughter like that! "Didn't see your message" despite living with the phone attached to you 24/7.... Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 29, 2020 Share That challenger is a beaut!!! Must be my favourite. My father used to fly them. ZS-OSG was the last one he flew. IMG_0396.jpg(Image stolen from: https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/ZS-OSG)Edit: forgot to attach picMan, I never thought I would come across anyone who thought the Fat Duck is beautiful! I suppose in certain light and if you squint! Honestly though I have had a good time on the 605 particularly last year. A summer around the Med and a round the world trip in November. I only have 2 years and 8 months on type including this horrible 2020 but did manage a few trips. The aeroplane is a solid performer for its design requirement and has been very very reliable. I am fortunate to be heading to Initial Global 7500 type rating course in 3 weeks in Canada and am super happy to be going back on a Global. I shall miss the Challenger a bit though! I have been lucky to fly a few bizz jets over the last 10 years and the Global has been an outstanding Gentleman’s aeroplane, does everything effortlessly.I confess to never having flown a Falcon and the only Gulfstream was a GIII perhaps built a little after the Wrights took to the air! I have a few friends on the Gulfstreams......fine aeries all of them but I am a solid Global fanboy! (Don’t get me started on the DC8)I owe the Challenger 605 a lot of gratitude. The boss agreed to keep his original Global crew on (I being one of them) and Type Rate us for these almost 3 years between selling his Global Express and the arrival of the Global 7500. Enough rambling, back to the books! dirtypot, SwissVan, Bateleur1 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 29, 2020 Share AntoniI also lifted this from Jetphotos.....years ago. This was our Classic Global Express, airborne out of Changi in Singapore. It was significant for us because on the very same day, arriving in Hong Kong we were captured on approach and the photo was uploaded to Jetphotos! Two pics, same day, I confess, I got a kick out of that! BigDL, dirtypot, Long Wheel Base and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 29, 2020 Share Righty Oh, since I was banging on about it..........this is us arriving in Hong Kong, same day as the above pic. Was a big coincidence to find the pics on Jetphotos. Perhaps 6 years ago!! Long Wheel Base, BigDL, dirtypot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 29, 2020 Share Beautiful plane, and nicely noisy. Saw it at various displays in the UK some years ago. One year it was "holding" over Worthing Town for 10 minutes (where I lived) before swinging over to Shoreham Airshow to display. I was very fortunate have climbed the crew ladder and clambered about in this very aeroplane. I would need to check dates on photos but perhaps about 2009. I was flying our DC8 freighter on a British MOD contract out of RAF Brize Norton. We had just landed back from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus which was a tech stop from Karrachi, itself a night stop from the freight drop in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Anyways, the crew of 558 were prepping to fly to Scotland to I legged it across the apron to request a “look see”! They were very accommodating. I do have a video of the take off somewhere in the deep depths of my shed load of aviation photos.Separate to this, a few years back I visited the aviation museum at Le Bourget ( Le Baguettes) in Paris and found a 1/72 model of 558 in the shop. It was bought and awaits construction (along with about 30 other diverse models) Bonus, SwissVan and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted December 30, 2020 Share There hasn't been much to rave about in movies this year, but I'm watching this and it's riveting. Well-filmed footage, no CGI. Did you know the 8th Air Force lost more men than the Marines in WW2? Sad but true. The Deep Blue (2019) trailer https://youtu.be/Tmwm4VPW7RY Edited December 30, 2020 by Lotus Bateleur1, dirtypot, Spokey and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 30, 2020 Share I was very fortunate have climbed the crew ladder and clambered about in this very aeroplane. I would need to check dates on photos but perhaps about 2009. I was flying our DC8 freighter on a British MOD contract out of RAF Brize Norton. We had just landed back from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus which was a tech stop from Karrachi, itself a night stop from the freight drop in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Anyways, the crew of 558 were prepping to fly to Scotland to I legged it across the apron to request a “look see”! They were very accommodating. I do have a video of the take off somewhere in the deep depths of my shed load of aviation photos.Separate to this, a few years back I visited the aviation museum at Le Bourget ( Le Baguettes) in Paris and found a 1/72 model of 558 in the shop. It was bought and awaits construction (along with about 30 other diverse models)Man your stories are always so cool. You would be welcome at a braai at my place anytime. You have a lot of lekker flying memories. Thanks. Bloukrans, BigDL, Spokey and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 30, 2020 Share Man your stories are always so cool. You would be welcome at a braai at my place anytime. You have a lot of lekker flying memories. Thanks.Thanks for the kind words. I do stop over in Josie periodically as I do my FAA medical there, my son lives there and my brother is in Kempton...........take you up on that offer sometime!! Bateleur1, BigDL and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 30, 2020 Share That challenger is a beaut!!! Must be my favourite. My father used to fly them. ZS-OSG was the last one he flew. IMG_0396.jpg(Image stolen from: https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/ZS-OSG)Edit: forgot to attach picAntoni Found this for you. Our 605 landing in Seattle last year....lifted from Jetphotos.She is for sale if you want to max your credit card! Edited December 30, 2020 by Spokey BigDL and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Thanks for the kind words. I do stop over in Josie periodically as I do my FAA medical there, my son lives there and my brother is in Kempton...........take you up on that offer sometime!! Also fascinated by your stories so if ever you stop in Munich let me know. We could try a braai (weather permitting) or at least a beer or two. BigDL, Spokey and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoni Posted December 30, 2020 Share Antoni Found this for you. Our 605 landing in Seattle last year....lifted from Jetphotos.She is for sale if you want to max your credit card!575B16CC-2B4C-4E8B-9509-84A19C9A8FFA.jpegNice! Thank you. Let me go fetch my credit card... Spokey, Long Wheel Base and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 30, 2020 Share Also fascinated by your stories so if ever you stop in Munich let me know. We could try a braai (weather permitting) or at least a beer or two.I have just been to Munich once with the boss. He was off to a health facility in Austria and the weather was shagged. We needed to do sim training for the Austrian airport as it was a special use airport due the weather. Was easier to fly to Munich and have the boss flick across the border in a fancy 4X4! Bateleur1, Long Wheel Base and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 30, 2020 Share I do not post a lot in the grand scheme of things.....but here I sit in Dubai with my South African life passing me by. At least I am happy in the knowledge that my wife is busy with her small restaurant/ bakery and my kids are busy having just qualified in their degrees. I miss SA, I miss the cycling at home in the George area. Most of my input on the Hub is in the Chit Chat forums as that is what my life is. You are all my connect to SA. Which is why there are more posts when I am away from home........vegging in hotels! dirtypot, DJR, BigDL and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 30, 2020 Share I have just been to Munich once with the boss. He was off to a health facility in Austria and the weather was shagged. We needed to do sim training for the Austrian airport as it was a special use airport due the weather. Was easier to fly to Munich and have the boss flick across the border in a fancy 4X4! Does the boss go to WEF...i seem to recall he does? Next year (May) it was supposed to be at Burgenstock in Switzerland, very close to the airport where i work (Buochs LSZC) Its now been moved to Singapore BigDL and Spokey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 30, 2020 Share Does the boss go to WEF...i seem to recall he does? Next year (May) it was supposed to be at Burgenstock in Switzerland, very close to the airport where i work (Buochs LSZC) Its now been moved to Singapore Yes, we go to WEF every year. 2021 is Singapore in summer.......no where near the sameas Switzerland in winter. I love going to Switzerland in the winter.......am happy when it WEF returns there!! SwissVan and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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