Terrible Airplane
Oct 11, 2018, 8:59 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: San Diego
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I still have my fingers crossed that my LAX-LHR trip home at Christmas either gets switched back to the originally scheduled 86J, or if it does remain a 52J, that not only will it have deep clean, but that they also upgrade the IFE at the same time.
Oct 12, 2018, 1:35 am
#17
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Lausanne Switzerland
Programs: BA Gold; Swiss Blue
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Used to have to carry the equipment carriers full of the the drinks up those spiral staircases for NW
There was only enough room for the bar and my knuckles were regularly skinned.
Health and Safety would not allow such things these days.
Oct 12, 2018, 2:07 am
#20
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
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(This is why I'm particularly glad that, in all my recent work software projects, I didn't have to deal with localisation. Once was enough.)
Oct 12, 2018, 2:26 am
#21
Join Date: May 2013
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"Oooh look Daddy there comes the aeroplane".
Oct 12, 2018, 2:30 am
#22
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 386
My comment just comes from personal experience, though I have to correct myself. Boeing refer to both airplanes (fixed wing) and aircraft (rotary wing) , but I've not heard them refer to "aeroplanes" in Frimley, Renton, Brize Norton, Charleston, Gosport, Bristol, Huntington Beach, or Mesa.
Oct 12, 2018, 2:32 am
#23
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 386
Au contraire, Blackadder. This is G-INFO's register information for G-BYGA, a "Large Aeroplane":-
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Oct 12, 2018, 2:37 am
#24
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"Aircraft" includes but is not limited to aeroplanes/airplanes.
AIRCRAFT CLASS: FIXED-WING LANDPLANE
EASA CATEGORY: CS-25: Large Aeroplane
EASA CATEGORY: CS-25: Large Aeroplane
Oct 12, 2018, 4:59 am
#26
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Executive Club - Silver (OWS)
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My comment just comes from personal experience, though I have to correct myself. Boeing refer to both airplanes (fixed wing) and aircraft (rotary wing) , but I've not heard them refer to "aeroplanes" in Frimley, Renton, Brize Norton, Charleston, Gosport, Bristol, Huntington Beach, or Mesa.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority, who issue BA's AOC, call them aeroplanes:
https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-ind...or-aeroplanes/
Ratings for aeroplanes
Guidance for professional pilots
Guidance for professional pilots
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Oct 12, 2018, 5:22 am
#27
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Oct 12, 2018, 5:24 am
#28
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines (MNL)
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Starting 1 October 2018 BA84 YVR LHR has been operated by G-CIV* (* = P, A, T, K, L, L, E, A, L, E, E) - source FR24.
All of these aircraft / aeroplanes / airplanes were delivered to BA between March 1993 and March 1998, making the age of the OP’s metal between 20 and 25 years old.
Of course, as everyone knows, the first 747-operated commercial flight was on 21 January 1970 - almost 49 years ago. So, although dirty, it’s not ‘one of the original 747’s ever made’ (which would have been a 747-100).
Oct 12, 2018, 6:56 am
#29
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club
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I checked at the time and I believe C-IVE came into service in 1994, so not only is it not an original 747 (with three upper deck windows), it's not even an original 747-400
Oct 12, 2018, 7:47 am
#30
Join Date: May 2016
Location: UK
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