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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.
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Elderly Woman Traveling to Florida Mistakenly Sent to Puerto Rico
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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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.
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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).
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Most people associate Borat as Kazhakstan
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Aggreed with Ryan Its no point giving a job specialized for tv's when the person knows about Sewing its like apples and oranges.
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I was about to say the India goverment won't allow Foreign Investment in airlines based in India but Pieter beat me to it.
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If there going to fly to Tashkent then should fly to Astana, Kazhakstan. Kazhakstan famous for Borat ha ha ha.
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Thank goodness this wosen't real life with civilians
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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.
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Ha ha ha
Where are you going to?
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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
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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
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Problem is Money. If money falls of trees it will be great so i could start a airline.
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I forgot KLM.
Don't forget Qf is trying to get good publicity after the you know serious incidents and allagations.
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Yeah but they contributed to aviation BA named on of their planes.
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Malaysia Airlines unions against proposal to increase flights
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KUCHING, SARAWAK:
Several Malaysia Airlines employees’ unions said today that asking the national airline to increase frequencies to certain destinations at this juncture may not be appropriate due to a number of reasons.
This was especially so amid the slowing down of demand in air travel due to the global economic turmoil and the fluctuating fuel prices, the unions said in a joint statement to Bernama.
The unions said despite the drop in fuel prices, the average fuel price paid by airlines was still 30-40 per cent higher than a year ago due to the high fluctuation rate.
The unions include the Malaysian Airline System Employees’ Union Peninsular Malaysia (MASEU), Airlines Workers Unions’ Sarawak (AWUS) and Air Transport Workers Sabah (ATWUS).
Malaysia Airlines Graded Tripartite Unions secretary-general Abdul Malek Ariff, who represented some 14,000 union members, today said asking Malaysia Airlines to increase flights at this time was totally unrealistic.
“All of us in Malaysia Airlines have been working very hard to ensure that we survive this crisis. We are doing our level best to improve the standard of services and products and we, the employees, are committed to be among the world’s best airlines, not just for today but also for the future.
“The prime minister told us to be profitable and not to expect any bailouts,” he said.
Abdul Malek disclosed that more than 25 airlines had gone bankrupt since the fuel crisis and to survive the crisis, many major airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Qantas had reduced flight frequencies and even axed routes.
Singapore Airlines was cutting back on services to Seoul, Osaka and Penang while Thai Airways had stopped direct flights from Bangkok to New York and Auckland, he said.
Abdul Malek said Malaysia Airlines employees should also work together to attract more tourists into Malaysia and strengthen the airlines’ position as the preferred airline.
Recently Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said had asked Malaysia Airlines to increase flight frequencies between Kuala Lumpur and London.
From http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sun...icle/index_html
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They should of named one Orville/Wilber Wright. Since they invented the first aeroplane.
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Qantas is doing it because it has had a slumped of passengers. That is why they are having this sale.
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Report: Malaysia exhumes British airmen's remains
The Associated PressPublished: November 16, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's military has recovered the suspected remains of nine British airmen and three Malaysians who died when a plane crashed in a jungle during a communist insurgency 58 years ago, a news report said Sunday.
Results of DNA testing to confirm the identities of the skeletal remains are expected to be ready in a month, Zaidun Kamari, director of the Malaysian University of Science Hospital, told The Star newspaper.
On Thursday, Malaysian military personnel exhumed the remains that soldiers and indigenous tribesmen had found in makeshift graves in a jungle in eastern Kelantan state last month, the newspaper reported.
The British air force crew and three Malaysians — one policeman, one civilian and one indigenous tribesman — were killed when their plane crashed into a steep hill during a mission to locate communist strongholds on Aug. 25, 1950. British troops who reached the site buried the bodies hastily before retreating to avoid a confrontation with communist guerillas.
The remains will be buried at a Kuala Lumpur military cemetery, the report said.
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Hospital officials contacted by phone Sunday declined to comment, and army representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.
The communists launched a nationalist fight against British colonial rule in Malaya, as Malaysia was then known, after World War II. Some 10,000 people are believed to have been killed in the decade-long insurgency, including British, Australian, New Zealand, Fijian, Gurkha and other British Commonwealth troops.
From http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/16/...s-Recovered.php
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I found it on the net from a email but no link and doesn't say which planes
Qantas today announced the names of its fleet of 20 A380 aircraft,
honouring pioneers of Australian aviation. Qantas Chief Executive
Officer Designate, Mr Alan Joyce said that today - the airline’s 88 th
birthday - was a fitting date to honour men and women who had
contributed to the development of aviation in Australia. “I am
delighted that some of our greatest aviation trail blazers and their
families have agreed to allow Qantas to name our A380 fleet in their
honour,” he said. “Today, we are bringing aviation’s past together
with its future.” “We have been overwhelmed with the support from
the public since we announced the A380 naming program and all of the
names that people have suggested have been very worthy. “We have
taken some of those suggestions, and also consulted aviation experts,
to ensure we chose people who have not only made a great difference to
flying in this country, but who represent the courage, tenacity and
determination of the real spirit of Australia. “Among them are
Qantas’ founders Fergus McMaster, Paul McGinness and Hudson Fysh, who
gathered at the Gresham Hotel in Brisbane and signed the formal papers
to establish Qantas 88 years ago. “Others include engineers,
inventors, navigators and business leaders – but all are pioneers, and
all are very deserving.”
The full list of people who will have an A380 named after them are:
• Nancy-Bird Walton – the first woman to fly a commercial aviation
service in Australia.
• Hudson Fysh – one of the founders of Qantas and the airline’s first
Managing Director.
• Paul McGinness – one of the founders of Qantas.
• Fergus McMaster – one of the founders of Qantas and the first
Chairman of the Company.
• Lawrence Hargrave – inventor of the box kite, linking four of these
together in 1894 to fly 16 feet.
• 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.
• 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.
• Reginald Ansett – Founder of Ansett Airways Pty Ltd.
• David Warren – Inventor of the Black Box Flight Recorder.
• Bert Hinkler – Pilot of first solo flight from Britain to Australia
in 1928.
• John and Reginald Duigan – First Australians to design, construct
and fly a powered aircraft, in 1910.
• Phyllis Arnott – First Australian woman to gain a commercial pilot’s
license.
• Keith McPherson Smith and Ross McPherson Smith – winners of the
famous ‘Air Race’ between London and Australia in 1919.
• 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.
• Lores Bonney – First woman to fly solo around Australia in 1932 and
the first woman to fly solo from Australia to England, in 1933.
• Norman Brearley – Founder of Western Australian Airways Limited,
which operated Australia’s first scheduled air service on 5 December
1921.
• 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.
• 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.
• John Flynn – Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
• Gaby Kennard – First Australian woman to fly solo around the world
in 1989.
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A sample of great deals on offer for selected dates between 1 February and 31 March.* Other destinations and travel periods available.
From To Price from
Person 1
Airfare, surcharges and taxes Person 2
Surcharges and taxes Total for 2 People^
Sydney London $2444 $614 $3058
Sydney Los Angeles $2421 $477 $2898
Melbourne Los Angeles $2509 $465 $2974
Melbourne London $2433 $603 $3036
Brisbane Hong Kong^ $1422 $431 $1853
Brisbane Los Angeles $2515 $471 $2986
Perth Singapore $1092 $321 $1413
Perth Frankfurt $2298 $516 $2814
Adelaide Singapore $1233 $337 $1570
Adelaide Johannesburg $2491 $507 $2998
Canberra San Francisco+ $2782 $558 $3340
Canberra London $2705 $695 $3400
^Prices based on BPAY at qantas.com.
^Not valid for travel 1 to 5 February 2009 for Hong Kong and China.
+Valid on QF73/74 via Sydney.
A sample of the deals
Noticed return only.
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Did naval base signals make Qantas jet nosedive?
(Tim Ockenden/PA)
The Qantas jet plummeted hundreds of feet, injuring passengers
Sophie Tedmanson in Syndey
Powerful signals from a US-Australian naval base might have caused a Qantas jumbo jet to to plummet hundreds of feet last month, injuring scores of passengers, say investigators.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is also examining whether a passenger's laptop might have interfered with the plane's computer system, according to the preliminary report into the incident where the passenger flight from Singapore to Perth suddenly nosedived from the sky twice in the space of minutes.
ATSB capability director Kerryn Macaulay said on Friday that investigators were looking into whether outside interference caused the plane’s computer system to malfunction mid-flight.
“Possible external sources of electromagnetic interference are being explored and assessed, including from the Harold E. Holt very low frequency transmitter near Exmouth, WA, and from portable electronic devices on board the aircraft,” she said.
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However Ms Macaulay added that transmissions from the naval base were “unlikely” to be the source of the problem, that it was more likely to have been a glitch in the plane’s computer system units, known as Air Data Initial Reference Units (ADIRU).
The manufacturer of the three ADIRUs on the Airbus will begin testing the components in the US on Monday.
"A carefully prepared test plan is currently being finalised in anticipation of this complex work to ensure the investigation team has the best possible chance to understand what led to the pitch-down events," Ms Macaulay said.
The pilots issued a mayday call when the Airbus, with 303 passengers onboard, plunged 1000 ft in just over a minute on October 7.
They managed to land the plane safely at Learmonth airport near the remote coastal town of Exmouth, 1,200km north of Perth. However 13 passengers and one crew member were seriously injured and some were airlifted to hospital in Perth.
The top-secret naval base at Exmouth transmits signals to US and Australian navy ships, including nuclear submarines, in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
The station, on Australia's north-west coast, is the most powerful transmission station in the Southern Hemisphere and has been a frequent target of peace protests since it opened in 1963.
The tallest of the station's 13 radio towers stands 1,270 feet tall — higher than the top floor of New York's Empire State building.
The Defence Department said it agreed with the preliminary report that the transmitter was unlikely to be the cause.
The transmitter “emits very low frequency transmissions and from a significant distance from the aircraft flying overhead,” the department said in a statement.
“This indicates that it is unlikely to have caused sufficient currents in the system to have caused problems with the A330 systems,” it added.
Qantas said its own investigations found the likely cause of the emergency was a “manufacturer fault” in the computer units.
Last month the ATSB and Airbus issued emergency guidelines to airlines worldwide operating the Airbus A330-300 in the event of a similar emergency.
The ATSB is investigating the incident alongside its French and US safety investigation counterparts.
The incident was one of a series which have recently plagued Qantas, Australia’s flagship international airline, long considered one of the safest in the world.
The most serious occurred in July when a Qantas jumbo jet, en route from London to Melbourne was diverted to Manilla after a gas cylinder on board exploded mid-air, ripping a massive hole in the fuselage. Miraculously nobody was seriously injured.
From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle5152682.ece
PS I think the writer doesn't know what he is talking about. Even worse it showed a BA Jet not a Qantas one
Radar failure forces Qantas flight to turn back
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A photo of the route QF129 took.
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Paul Bibby
November 14, 2008 - 9:30AM
A Shanghai-bound Qantas flight was forced to return to Sydney Airport yesterday after its radar systems malfunctioned, the second radar failure experienced by the airline in two weeks.
In the latest incident involving the airline, QF129 - an Airbus A330-300 carrying 278 passengers - had to return to Mascot an hour into its journey.
Qantas confirmed this morning the malfunction had only affected the aircraft's weather radar, not its navigation system.
Passengers told the Herald the pilot had announced that "both radar systems" were not working - a reference to the fact planes have two onboard weather radar systems.
A similar problem forced QF12 to "piggyback" behind an Air New Zealand aircraft for virtually its entire journey from Los Angeles to Sydney on October 29.
Passengers from yesterday's flight told the Herald that the initial 11.30am take-off had been delayed for more than an hour due to "mechanical difficulties".
Around 3pm the aircraft began a sweeping 180-degree turn and headed back to Sydney. The plane spent about an hour in a holding pattern while dumping its heavy fuel load to allow a safe landing.
"The pilot definitely told us that both radar systems had failed," one passenger said. "He said we had to turn back because he couldn't fly over Indonesia without the radar systems."
There were a large number of storms over Indonesia at this time of year, which meant it was crucial to have functioning weather radar systems in order to fly safely, said a senior pilot with the Australian and International Pilots Association.
With both systems having failed, the safest option was to return to Mascot, he said.
Having had their travel plans disrupted, passengers had to wait for about four hours for a replacement aircraft.
The flight was due to take-off at 7pm, but passengers reported more delays due to mechanical problems with the replacement plane, with Qantas providing passengers with a $20 dinner voucher.
"Tonight was supposed to be special," the passenger said. "I'm only going to Shanghai for three nights, so I've effectively missed the main reason for going. It's a sad reflection on Qantas and a lot of passengers are saying they won't fly on Qantas again."
with Arjun Ramachandran
From http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/radar-fa...6318883854.html
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Hope the woman gets better
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If Penang is a top destinations for poms why not give a free flight to Penang if fly LHR-KUL return makes more people think of MH as a vfc carrier
MAS 737-800 routes
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