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21 December 2006, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Critical Bill
Christ almighty, is there anything more tedious than plane spotter geeks? 
In case you hadn't noticed, the fog and its affect on transport is the number 1 news story at the moment. People are interested.
21 December 2006, 08:15 PM
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'Hi-jacks'? Even your anti-troll repertoire reeks of aircraft terminology! 
As for 'people are asking questions' I believe the question was "when are they moving into the new control tower?", not "please copy/paste verbatim vast sections of your flight/geek journal for our delectation".
As for 'people are asking questions' I believe the question was "when are they moving into the new control tower?", not "please copy/paste verbatim vast sections of your flight/geek journal for our delectation".
21 December 2006, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by FlightMan
The move to the new Tower is the weekend of 13th Jan.
how high is that thing anyways?
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21 December 2006, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by astraboy
I hope you have strong legs and no fear of heights!
how high is that thing anyways?
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how high is that thing anyways?
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21 December 2006, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by FlightMan
87mtrs. Still on the plus side, its above the fog!
21 December 2006, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Critical Bill
What? Just 87 metres? No reference to datum? Is that to the top of the roof? To floor level? Above sea level? To 3 decimal places please.
Kids broken up haven't they!
21 December 2006, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Critical Bill
What? Just 87 metres? No reference to datum? Is that to the top of the roof? To floor level? Above sea level? To 3 decimal places please.
Back of the net...
21 December 2006, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
Lewis scores again!!
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22 December 2006, 07:50 AM
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why not just run the buggers down the runway to the end, park all the follow me trucks down there, and get them all to exit left,,, follow the truck round the perimeter, while the next one lands.. and they drop of the plane proceed back round the outer to the truck point and start again...
SEE you can rely on SN to fix it for you......
and thats a 1.2 mill consultancy fee...
and just to give you a secondary option...
gps in all the cabs, and mobile phones.... then you can get the broom out and move them round the ground plan laid on the floor of the control tower.
thought pilot error was to blame for the tenerife ding, the fog was secondary to the cause...
if anything, watching the pre-empting of take offs and landings at some airports is far more worrying...
Mart
SEE you can rely on SN to fix it for you......
and thats a 1.2 mill consultancy fee...
and just to give you a secondary option...
gps in all the cabs, and mobile phones.... then you can get the broom out and move them round the ground plan laid on the floor of the control tower.
thought pilot error was to blame for the tenerife ding, the fog was secondary to the cause...
if anything, watching the pre-empting of take offs and landings at some airports is far more worrying...
Mart
22 December 2006, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by FlightMan
Kids broken up haven't they!
In fact as both are clearly objects of your derision then surely it looks even more unfavourably for you to have been pwned by either?
22 December 2006, 08:57 AM
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Ah yes, the last bastion of the scoobynet retard's defence, assert that I am either a school kid or pslewis. As if it would make any difference if either were so.
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22 December 2006, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
Your posts reek of green eyes Critical Bill!
I found the explanation about LHR quite interesting myself.
Les
I found the explanation about LHR quite interesting myself.
Les
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P.S. that control tower is rediculously tall though, not enough money in the land to make me work up there
22 December 2006, 03:49 PM
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here here!
astraboy.
P.S. that control tower is rediculously tall though, not enough money in the land to make me work up there
http://www.cfr.org/content/publicati...nes_ap_TOP.jpg
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P.S. that control tower is rediculously tall though, not enough money in the land to make me work up there
http://www.cfr.org/content/publicati...nes_ap_TOP.jpg
22 December 2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
Your posts reek of green eyes Critical Bill!
Originally Posted by ashtray boy
here here!
22 December 2006, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Critical Bill
Interesting. I thought I was simply being contemptuous of air plane geeks, but I must be jealous after all.... oh but hang on.... what are you? That's right, you're an air plane geek too!
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...lliterati.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...lliterati.html
Les, glad you found it interesting. Most sensible people do take an interest in national news stories.
23 December 2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by FlightMan
Yep.***** who attempt thread hi-jacks. People are asking questions, I'm attempting to answer them.
In case you hadn't noticed, the fog and its affect on transport is the number 1 news story at the moment. People are interested.
In case you hadn't noticed, the fog and its affect on transport is the number 1 news story at the moment. People are interested.
I gotta admit that i find Flightmans info very interesting. Seeing as i work At Stansted im always interested in avaiation stuff and Flightmans info is always correct. If someone asks him a question and he then answers how can this make him a geek???
23 December 2006, 11:15 AM
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I gotta admit that i find Flightmans info very interesting. Seeing as i work At Stansted im always interested in avaiation stuff and Flightmans info is always correct. If someone asks him a question and he then answers how can this make him a geek???
However I'd probably draw the line at train spotters.
23 December 2006, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Critical Bill
Ah yes, the last bastion of the scoobynet retard's defence, assert that I am either a school kid or pslewis. As if it would make any difference if either were so.
In fact as both are clearly objects of your derision then surely it looks even more unfavourably for you to have been pwned by either?
In fact as both are clearly objects of your derision then surely it looks even more unfavourably for you to have been pwned by either?
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Just popped in asda to pick something up and its mayhem. utter trolley gridlock - almost like the end of the world is nigh!! Shops not open for a whole day, must buy enough food to survive...
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I worked at Heathrow many years ago - it was hard enough for the pilots to find the right turn off point on the runway in clear weather (I lost count of the number of aborted landings I saw, because the aircraft in front hadn't cleared the runway), so I can understand why they struggle in the fog. Bit scary to know that Heathrow operates at 98.8% - not surprising it struggles when the weather is a bit crap.
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