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https://stuff.co.nz/travel/news/124628463/airbus-a380-the-first-flight-of-the-final-superjumbo
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
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https://stuff.co.nz/travel/news/124628463/airbus-a380-the-first-flight-of-the-final-superjumbo
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
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@antipodean said in Planes:
https://stuff.co.nz/travel/news/124628463/airbus-a380-the-first-flight-of-the-final-superjumbo
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
One of my patients has flown Auckland London a few times on Emirates A380. Said the service was unbelievable. In flight showers, chauffeur service to and from her transit hotel, no expense spared
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@antipodean said in Planes:
https://stuff.co.nz/travel/news/124628463/airbus-a380-the-first-flight-of-the-final-superjumbo
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
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@antipodean said in Planes:
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
My very first ever international flight - Auckland - LA... got upgraded to First Class, United Airlines. I just assumed that was the norm.
Bit of a rude awakening when my next flight was economy, AeroMexico. Much hotter stewardesses, but. -
@antipodean said in Planes:
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
My very first ever international flight - Auckland - LA... got upgraded to First Class, United Airlines. I just assumed that was the norm.
Bit of a rude awakening when my next flight was economy, AeroMexico. Much hotter stewardesses, but.My first Singapore Airlines flight I definitely noticed a significant step up in stewardess quality from QANTAS, ANZ and other airlines I'd flown on. All slim yet curvy, in those classic uniform dresses
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@antipodean said in Planes:
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
My very first ever international flight - Auckland - LA... got upgraded to First Class, United Airlines. I just assumed that was the norm.
Bit of a rude awakening when my next flight was economy, AeroMexico. Much hotter stewardesses, but.My first Singapore Airlines flight I definitely noticed a significant step up in stewardess quality from QANTAS, ANZ and other airlines I'd flown on. All slim yet curvy, in those classic uniform dresses
Ahhh.... Singapore Airlines flight crew. They used the same hotel that I was staying at in New Delhi for work - I spent a total of about 10 weeks in that goddamn hotel, spread over 3 stays... all of us knew the arrival times of Singapore Airlines flights off by heart... the seats in the bar with a view of reception were highly sought after real estate.
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@antipodean said in Planes:
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
My very first ever international flight - Auckland - LA... got upgraded to First Class, United Airlines. I just assumed that was the norm.
Bit of a rude awakening when my next flight was economy, AeroMexico. Much hotter stewardesses, but.My first Singapore Airlines flight I definitely noticed a significant step up in stewardess quality from QANTAS, ANZ and other airlines I'd flown on. All slim yet curvy, in those classic uniform dresses
Ahhh.... Singapore Airlines flight crew. They used the same hotel that I was staying at in New Delhi for work - I spent a total of about 10 weeks in that goddamn hotel, spread over 3 stays... all of us knew the arrival times of Singapore Airlines flights off by heart... the seats in the bar with a view of reception were highly sought after real estate.
Small sample size, but I once flew AKL-Bangkok-London on a 747. Got to sit in the bubble, which freaked me out because it was so damn quiet!! The stewardesses were tidy and very courteous there too
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@antipodean said in Planes:
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
My very first ever international flight - Auckland - LA... got upgraded to First Class, United Airlines. I just assumed that was the norm.
Bit of a rude awakening when my next flight was economy, AeroMexico. Much hotter stewardesses, but.My first Singapore Airlines flight I definitely noticed a significant step up in stewardess quality from QANTAS, ANZ and other airlines I'd flown on. All slim yet curvy, in those classic uniform dresses
Ahhh.... Singapore Airlines flight crew. They used the same hotel that I was staying at in New Delhi for work - I spent a total of about 10 weeks in that goddamn hotel, spread over 3 stays... all of us knew the arrival times of Singapore Airlines flights off by heart... the seats in the bar with a view of reception were highly sought after real estate.
Small sample size, but I once flew AKL-Bangkok-London on a 747. Got to sit in the bubble, which freaked me out because it was so damn quiet!! The stewardesses were tidy and very courteous there too
Yeah - my first-class experience was in the "bubble". But United Airlines, for whatever reason, allocate all their more "experienced" stewardesses to 1st class. Very... matronly.
My dreams of a young, hot, inexperienced stewardess - seeing a young (23?) chap in first class, assuming he's loaded, and providing a special turn-down service... thwarted. -
@antipodean said in Planes:
The end of an era. I never felt as excited by the 380 as I did by the 747, but it was a very comfortable plane to travel in
Qantas' first A380 and they upgraded the wife and I, couldn't go back to peasant class after that. OS trips became noticeably more expensive.
We got upgraded on one for the Singapore to London leg of a trip on Singapore Airlines. Best flight ever and incredibly difficult to go back to the squashed end of the plane.
My very first ever international flight - Auckland - LA... got upgraded to First Class, United Airlines. I just assumed that was the norm.
Bit of a rude awakening when my next flight was economy, AeroMexico. Much hotter stewardesses, but.My first Singapore Airlines flight I definitely noticed a significant step up in stewardess quality from QANTAS, ANZ and other airlines I'd flown on. All slim yet curvy, in those classic uniform dresses
Ahhh.... Singapore Airlines flight crew. They used the same hotel that I was staying at in New Delhi for work - I spent a total of about 10 weeks in that goddamn hotel, spread over 3 stays... all of us knew the arrival times of Singapore Airlines flights off by heart... the seats in the bar with a view of reception were highly sought after real estate.
Small sample size, but I once flew AKL-Bangkok-London on a 747. Got to sit in the bubble, which freaked me out because it was so damn quiet!! The stewardesses were tidy and very courteous there too
Yeah - my first-class experience was in the "bubble". But United Airlines, for whatever reason, allocate all their more "experienced" stewardesses to 1st class. Very... matronly.
My dreams of a young, hot, inexperienced stewardess - seeing a young (23?) chap in first class, assuming he's loaded, and providing a special turn-down service... thwarted.UA are probably responsible for my worst ever experience. I try at all costs to avoid them
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MH370 pilot left āfalse trailsā to avoid detection before plane disappeared
THE PILOT of the doomed MH370 left āfalse trailsā to avoid detection before the plane disappeared killing all 239 on board, it has been claimed. The theory that the captain made a serieā¦
Still gives me shivers.
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@r-l said in Planes:
MH370 pilot left āfalse trailsā to avoid detection before plane disappeared
THE PILOT of the doomed MH370 left āfalse trailsā to avoid detection before the plane disappeared killing all 239 on board, it has been claimed. The theory that the captain made a serieā¦
Still gives me shivers.
Interesting theory. I've never quite believed that the pilot deliberately did it, but I have serious bias there.
Have flown over there hundreds of times and pretty hard to avoid radar until you get well west over the Indian ocean where it really does become the wild west. Have spent hours out there on the way to Sth Africa with no contact with anyone. Radar, VHF, HF. Just nothing. Quite disconcerting. If he did it deliberately he went to the right place.āThe pilot appears to have had knowledge of the operating hours of Sabang and Lhokseumawe radar and that on a weekend night, in times of little international tension the radar systems would not be up and running.ā
If he did it, he certainly did his research.
