Celebs on BA | 2018 edition
May 9, 2018, 10:50 am
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due to the aircraft change the PDB champagne wasn’t chilled in F, they offered me water or orange juice! It was the most traumatic part of the whole ordeal. Went to the UD and the CC I was originally with has some chilled so managed to recover the situation.
May 9, 2018, 11:12 am
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I wonder why he was flying on a commercial airline when he has his own jet to 'play' with:
https://www.private-jet-fan.com/lewis_hamilton_jet.html
https://www.private-jet-fan.com/lewis_hamilton_jet.html
May 9, 2018, 12:12 pm
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I wonder why he was flying on a commercial airline when he has his own jet to 'play' with:
https://www.private-jet-fan.com/lewis_hamilton_jet.html
https://www.private-jet-fan.com/lewis_hamilton_jet.html
John
May 9, 2018, 2:19 pm
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I wonder why he was flying on a commercial airline when he has his own jet to 'play' with:
https://www.private-jet-fan.com/lewis_hamilton_jet.html
https://www.private-jet-fan.com/lewis_hamilton_jet.html
But I have seen him post his BA journeys a few times recently. Can't imagine he would fly to a race with BA - would be inundated with fans wanting to take selfies.
yes that was an interesting flight. Boarded on time. Announced there was a small fault with the fuel system but was rectified. Last fuel was then being loaded. Next thing captain made an announcement to evacuate and leave everything behind, we were still attached to the air bridge. All seemed quite orderly but swift. We were pushed in to the gate area. You could see the fuel leak under the aircraft. Captain made an announcement in the gate area, the refueller has got a load of fuel on him but was ok fortunately. Initially appeared it could be cleaned up, the fault fixed, and we could reboard later but that wasn’t to be. After 2 hours we were allowed to go back on for our things. In the end we boarded a different plane just before 2300 (original departure time was 1830). It was a mid J which had gone tech on a MIA flight and ended up at JFK so they ran the flight with that aircraft.
i didn’t see him either on board or in the ccr, but that could easily be due to my lack of observation skills and/or alcohol
May 10, 2018, 2:50 am
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yes that was an interesting flight. Boarded on time. Announced there was a small fault with the fuel system but was rectified. Last fuel was then being loaded. Next thing captain made an announcement to evacuate and leave everything behind, we were still attached to the air bridge. All seemed quite orderly but swift. We were pushed in to the gate area. You could see the fuel leak under the aircraft. Captain made an announcement in the gate area, the refueller has got a load of fuel on him but was ok fortunately. Initially appeared it could be cleaned up, the fault fixed, and we could reboard later but that wasn’t to be. After 2 hours we were allowed to go back on for our things. In the end we boarded a different plane just before 2300 (original departure time was 1830). It was a mid J which had gone tech on a MIA flight and ended up at JFK so they ran the flight with that aircraft.
i didn’t see him either on board or in the ccr, but that could easily be due to my lack of observation skills and/or alcohol
i have been quoted, taken from my tweets. i am not responsible for the photos tho, what an A380 has to do with anything who knows
May 10, 2018, 4:06 am
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I'm pretty sure Sophie Ellis Bextor was in the GLA lounge on Monday afternoon this week. Didn't see her on board. But wasn't particularly looking. By all accounts a lovely lady.
May 10, 2018, 4:40 am
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May 10, 2018, 5:11 am
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May 10, 2018, 5:44 am
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May 10, 2018, 8:24 pm
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Could be a sponsor paying for it, or not sure if his private jet has to stop for refuelling etc.
But I have seen him post his BA journeys a few times recently. Can't imagine he would fly to a race with BA - would be inundated with fans wanting to take selfies.
Interesting - thanks! Good the refueller was ok.
Haha! Last time I met him, we were around the same height, about 5 foot 6 ish. Not *that* short! But he does like to put his hoody on etc in public for obvious reasons
But I have seen him post his BA journeys a few times recently. Can't imagine he would fly to a race with BA - would be inundated with fans wanting to take selfies.
Interesting - thanks! Good the refueller was ok.
Haha! Last time I met him, we were around the same height, about 5 foot 6 ish. Not *that* short! But he does like to put his hoody on etc in public for obvious reasons
Last edited by HilFly; May 10, 2018 at 8:52 pm
May 10, 2018, 10:09 pm
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There is a minimum weight for driver and car. Ballast is then used to increase the combined weight if this combined weight does not meet the minimum. The advantage to being small (implying light) is that the ballast can be positioned strategically thereby improving weight distribution. Drivers are not small because the cockpits are small necessarily (remember Nigel Mansell); drivers are small because there is a competitive advantage in being so.
May 11, 2018, 1:41 am
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May 11, 2018, 7:55 am
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May 14, 2018, 1:29 pm
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(Sir) Bob Geldof or his identical twin brother in GF now
Managing to look dishevelled and rich at the same time - an impressive achievement
Managing to look dishevelled and rich at the same time - an impressive achievement
May 16, 2018, 12:47 am
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Harry Styles was on yesterday's BA6 from NRT. I was able to spot him on arrival at LHR while I was waiting to disembark as his party was allowed off the plane first.