Celebrity spotting
Jun 24, 2006, 1:03 pm
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François Bayrou, leader of the French center party "Union for French Democracy" (UDF) in a CDG-TXL flight yesterday.
He seemed somewhat confused by Air France's intra european business class concept where the middle seat is blocked. Which means you have to sit either on the left or on the right...
A difficult choice for a centrist, I must say.
He seemed somewhat confused by Air France's intra european business class concept where the middle seat is blocked. Which means you have to sit either on the left or on the right...
A difficult choice for a centrist, I must say.
Jun 25, 2006, 1:26 am
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I saw Rik Mayall in the Korean Air lounge at Heathrow a couple of years ago. Also saw the Chuckle Brothers at Manchester airport 
Doug
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Jun 26, 2006, 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by psollitt
... oh and on a recent kl flight from AMS to LBA I was sat next to the 70's band Smokie .... oh hang on ... I Work for them !!!
I think I've both spotted and sat next to PSollitt in the recent past! Have seen/flown on the same plane as Smokie from LBA-AMS about 3-4 times in the past couple of years or so, and sat next to one of their roadies once. Will have to ask him next time if he's PSollitt!
Earlier this year I sat next to one of the trumpet players from "Kool & the Gang" going from AMS-MEM (with the rest of the band/crew in the same coach section) - we chatted music for much of the flight which was interesting! I've also seen US rock band Cheap Trick at US airports a few times too. And coming back from Tokyo to CDG in Aug 2003, the late evening check-in area was crowded with tall, young bronzed men and lots of excited young Japanese women taking photo's non-stop and asking for autographs - it proved to be one of the lesser Italian Serie A teams (Reggiana?) flying back on my flight after a couple of pre-season games in Japan.
Oh, and back in the mid-70's, I flew on a Zambia Airways flight from Lusaka to LHR, and I saw in the front section were the 3-4 key Zimbabwe politicians involved in independence talks at that time... as far as I recall, there was Nkomo, Muzorewa, Mugabe and one other I think, though my memory for those details is pretty hazy.
My very modest 2c... and I'll go away now for another few months!
KG
Jul 6, 2006, 6:57 pm
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Haifa Wehbe on YUL-CDG, C class, July 3 rd.
So sexy!!
Here is her website.
http://www.haifawehbe.com/
So sexy!!
Here is her website.
http://www.haifawehbe.com/
Jul 7, 2006, 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Colkurt
Haifa Wehbe on YUL-CDG, C class, July 3 rd.
So sexy!!
So sexy!!
Jul 17, 2006, 10:37 am
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Mary Pierce, seat 2B on AF 963 from Mauritius, landed 30 minutes ago at CDG (it's real time info!) posted from one of the (dirty) computer in AF lounge 2D.
and François Eric Gendron (alias "Robert" in "avocats et associés"!!)on MK code-shared flight in december (business class) and Claude Brasseur, same flight (but first class)
and yes F-E Gendron is the son of Maurice Gendron, a great violoncellist...
and François Eric Gendron (alias "Robert" in "avocats et associés"!!)on MK code-shared flight in december (business class) and Claude Brasseur, same flight (but first class)
and yes F-E Gendron is the son of Maurice Gendron, a great violoncellist...
Jul 17, 2006, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by kgisborne
Sorry I'm very late into this thread...
I think I've both spotted and sat next to PSollitt in the recent past! Have seen/flown on the same plane as Smokie from LBA-AMS about 3-4 times in the past couple of years or so, and sat next to one of their roadies once. Will have to ask him next time if he's PSollitt
KG
I think I've both spotted and sat next to PSollitt in the recent past! Have seen/flown on the same plane as Smokie from LBA-AMS about 3-4 times in the past couple of years or so, and sat next to one of their roadies once. Will have to ask him next time if he's PSollitt
KG
Well if its not me the other two crew who fly the LBA route are called Jason or Vernon ... so its a 1in3 chance
Aug 9, 2006, 10:45 pm
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Having nothing better to do, I counted all "famous people" listed in this thread and realized that more than 85% of them were unknown to me (in the sense that I never heard of them before in my life, or that I would have never recognized their face). I just wonder why anybody would care if I saw XYZ (Nobel prize winner) on a flight to JFK, and so on...
Aug 9, 2006, 11:16 pm
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Originally Posted by KLouis
Having nothing better to do, I counted all "famous people" listed in this thread and realized that more than 85% of them were unknown to me (in the sense that I never heard of them before in my life, or that I would have never recognized their face). I just wonder why anybody would care if I saw XYZ (Nobel prize winner) on a flight to JFK, and so on...
Aug 10, 2006, 12:16 am
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Originally Posted by KLouis
Having nothing better to do, I counted all "famous people" listed in this thread and realized that more than 85% of them were unknown to me (in the sense that I never heard of them before in my life, or that I would have never recognized their face). I just wonder why anybody would care if I saw XYZ (Nobel prize winner) on a flight to JFK, and so on...
Aug 11, 2006, 1:48 am
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Originally Posted by KLouis
Having nothing better to do, I counted all "famous people" listed in this thread and realized that more than 85% of them were unknown to me
alot of the people are french politicians, actors, sportsmen and so on. And I have to admit that - if this was on Delta or United ... I don't know all american sportsmen or senators as well.
Aug 11, 2006, 6:30 am
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Originally Posted by chrissxb
I know about 75% of the people mentionned in this thread. Maybe the place where a poster lives is relevant alot of the people are french politicians, actors, sportsmen and so on. And I have to admit that - if this was on Delta or United ... I don't know all american sportsmen or senators as well.
alot of the people are french politicians, actors, sportsmen and so on. And I have to admit that - if this was on Delta or United ... I don't know all american sportsmen or senators as well.On a purely logical (Aristotelian) level, anybody on a commercial flight is bound to be spotted by several hundreds of people during every trip (including in airports, toilets, lounges, etc.) and, on the other hand, the more often one flies, the highest the chance to spot a famous person. Thus, this thread actually shows that some FT visitors have absolutely normal experiences. Wow!