Club World London City - First A318 makes first flight
Aug 19, 2009, 12:18 pm
#2
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Awww! What a cutie 
And she'll look mighty pretty after BA's engineers remove the unsightly birthmarks
And she'll look mighty pretty after BA's engineers remove the unsightly birthmarks
Aug 19, 2009, 12:26 pm
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If someone had shown me that in the days of Concorde, and told me, "this is the next BA 1/2/3/4," I'd have thought they were making some kind of strange joke.
But desperate times do call for desperate measures, and I wish the best for the new BAby...
But desperate times do call for desperate measures, and I wish the best for the new BAby...
Aug 19, 2009, 1:22 pm
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Aug 19, 2009, 1:31 pm
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Aug 19, 2009, 5:30 pm
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Well, perhaps some of you have missed the tiny fact that not many E170s, 737s, DC9s, Dash-8s etc., arrived on this side of the pond by boat.
Or on a low-loader.
Or by train.
The big flat bits that stick out of the sides aren't there just to keep the refuellers dry, you know......
Or on a low-loader.
Or by train.
The big flat bits that stick out of the sides aren't there just to keep the refuellers dry, you know......
Aug 19, 2009, 5:56 pm
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Seriously though, it doesn't look like it would make a LON-MAN hop let alone the JFK run. Bigger is most definately better in this case.