James Gota

Remember BI A 319/320

I found the list sent to me by email VH-OQA – `Nancy-Bird Walton' – the first woman to fly a commercial aviation service in Australia; VH-OQB – `Hudson Fysh' – one of the founders of Qantas and the airline's first Managing Director; VH-OQC – `Paul McGinness' – one of the founders of Qantas; VH-OQD – `Fergus McMaster' – one of the founders of Qantas and the first Chairman of the Company; VH-OQE – `Lawrence Hargrave' – inventor of the box kite, linking four of these together in 1894 to fly 16 feet; VH-OQF – `Charles Kingsford Smith' – Australia's most famous aviator, who made the first trans-Pacific flight from the USA to Australia in 1928, and founded Australian National Airways Limited; VH-OQG – `Charles Ulm' – Co-pilot, on Kingsford Smith's record-breaking trans-Pacific flight between the USA and Australia in 1928 and co-founder of Australian National Airways Limited; VH-OQH – `Reginald Ansett' – Founder of Ansett Airways Pty Ltd; VH-OQI – `David Warren' – Inventor of the Black Box Flight Recorder; VH-OQJ – `Bert Hinkler' – Pilot of first solo flight from Britain to Australia in 1928; VH-OQK – `John and Reginald Duigan' – First Australians to design, construct and fly a powered aircraft, in 1910; VH-OQL – `Phyllis Arnott' – First Australian woman to gain a commercial pilot's license; VH-OQM – `Keith McPherson Smith and Ross McPherson Smith' – winners of the famous `Air Race' between London and Australia in 1919; VH-OQN – `Lester Brain' – Piloted one of the first Qantas routes in 1925 and ferried the first wartime Catalina Flying Boat delivered by Qantas Empire Airways in 1941. Later appointed General Manager of Trans-Australia Airlines in 1946; VH-OQO – `Lores Bonney' – First woman to fly solo around Australia in 1932 and the first woman to fly solo from Australia to England, in 1933; VH-OQP – `Norman Brearley' – Founder of Western Australian Airways Limited, which operated Australia's first scheduled air service on 5 December 1921; VH-OQQ – `P G Taylor' – Navigator and co-pilot alongside Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm on many record-breaking flights between Australia and the United States and England and Australia. Taylor was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal in 1937 for one of the most revered acts of bravery in the history of aviation; VH-OQR – `Scotty Allan' – Co-pilot alongside Charles Ulm and P G Taylor on the 1933 record-breaking flight from England to Australia and later joined Qantas and flew DH86 aircraft on the Brisbane-Singapore route; VH-OQS – `John Flynn' – Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service; VH-OQT – `Gaby Kennard' – First Australian woman to fly solo around the world in 1989.

Elderly Woman Traveling to Florida Mistakenly Sent to Puerto Rico Wednesday, November 19, 2008 E-Mail Print Share: TAMPA, Fla. — An 83-year-old Florida woman flying back to Tampa after a trip to New York somehow wound up in Puerto Rico instead. Elfriede Kuemmel had gone to Newburgh, N.Y., to interview for a spot in an assisted living home on Monday, MyFOXTampaBay.com reported. Kuemmel's family said that an attendant on a connecting flight in Philadelphia accidentally put Kuemmel on a flight to San Juan. The woman's daughter, Vera Kuemmel, spent Monday night at the baggage claim in Tampa trying to find her mother. Later, a man called her to say her mother was at the baggage claim looking for her. "He was like, 'I'm in a white shirt. Do you see me?' I said no," Vera Kuemmel told MyFOXTampaBay.com. She soon realized that her mother had flown to Puerto Rico instead of Tampa. Elfriede Kuemmel spent the night in Puerto Rico and arrived at the Tampa airport Tuesday. A U.S. Airways representative said the airline paid for her food and hotel and flew her back to Florida first-class. Click here for more on this story from MyFOXTampaBay.com. From http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454688,00.html

Heres the Link http://www.budapesttimes.hu/content/view/9989/219/ Slow internet can't post details Malév pilots organise demo, airline in doubt Monday, 17 November 2008 As a part of the “OneWorld Cockpit Crew Coalition Conference”, an international demonstration was held by the National Association of Pilots (Hunalpa) at the headquarters of Malév last Friday. Vice president of the association Kálmán Kiss told the daily Magyar Hírlap that, in general, pilots were worried about the Hungarian national airline and their jobs, and believed that management of Malév still has no plan on how to handle the crisis. The protest, however, was directly triggered by the airline’s continued firing of its employees, despite the fact that Hunalpa (of which 95% of members are Malév pilots) objected to the layoffs in court, which by law has a delay effect of 15 days. The Allied Pilots Association, which is a union of 12,000 American Airlines (AA) pilots, announced its support of Hunalpa’s action on Thursday. Meanwhile the daily Magyar Nemzet reported last Friday that the Hungarian airline was on the brink of bankruptcy as it relies heavily on the benevolence of its creditors and suppliers. The biggest debt Malév has is on the managing company of Ferihegy Budapest Airport (BA). According to sources of the daily, it is not in the interests of BA to declare the airline bankrupt, with Malév having outstanding obligations of HUF 5-10 billion (EUR 18.45-36.87 million). Just loaded from http://www.budapesttimes.hu/content/view/9989/219/

Most people associate Borat as Kazhakstan

Aggreed with Ryan Its no point giving a job specialized for tv's when the person knows about Sewing its like apples and oranges.

I was about to say the India goverment won't allow Foreign Investment in airlines based in India but Pieter beat me to it.

If there going to fly to Tashkent then should fly to Astana, Kazhakstan. Kazhakstan famous for Borat ha ha ha.

Thank goodness this wosen't real life with civilians

Isn't no Money no talk these days. Having your own $$$ is better these days as the US credit crunch, banks won't lend money.

From http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/sto...20777F,%20747-8

Ha ha ha Where are you going to?

I can't get what it says because of slow internet connection Here's the link http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/kingfisher...stake-sale-4028 anyway if anybody puts it another post it will be appriciated It just loaded Kingfisher plans 25 per cent stake sale By TBM Staff | Mumbai Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines is holding exploratory talks with international carriers for diluting up to 25 per cent stake. The move comes as the Centre is reportedly planning a policy change to allow foreign airlines to invest in domestic carriers with a cap of just below 26 per cent, sources told the Economic Times (ET). According to the ET, Kingfisher is believed to be discussing stake sale with three foreign airlines — British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic— as a strategic investment is expected to fetch better valuation compared to the numbers indicated by private equity investors. Vijay Mallya, Chairman, Kingfisher Airlines said, “I have received several Expressions of Interest (EoI) from foreign airlines as the Kingfisher network is unparalleled. However, I cannot share details.” British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Singapore Airlines could not be contacted on the weekend; however interest from some of these airlines is not yet a formal one. From http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/kingfisher...stake-sale-4028

Problem is Money. If money falls of trees it will be great so i could start a airline.

I forgot KLM. Don't forget Qf is trying to get good publicity after the you know serious incidents and allagations.