Adrian M

The airport is 8 miles away from the city center.. and there's possibility of heavy traffic jams somwhere halfway. I would give it around 20 mins, maybe half an hour...but I only been there for one day... maybe unrelieable memory info.

Fokker....me likey. Too bad F50 is not included but F70 would be great too.

Wah RM 100 is a lot...cant afford to fail again lor. I wish you best of luck so that you can go spot planes day and night. Just got back from eye spotting with Samuel. Saw B772 and Silk Air A319. We were at the end of rwy 02 and was standing at the bush direct to the left RR engine of -MRC. We were standing about 400-500 meters away and I was blown off balance where Samuel have the best time running towards the low fence when 777 rotating. And surprisingly the RR engines weren't noisy at the back than it was at the front. The heat wind was similar to being blown by hairdryer (except added with A1 fuel aroma) and moments after that we were chased away by the patrollers. I think must be the 772 flight crews report about us standing close to the runway while taxing. :lol:

Haiya F50 is my lova lor...I look at F50 as if I were look at girls and I can't take my eyes off from it. I would drool just looking at F50 My avatar lady is not cun enuff hehe... *bows* long live F50

Wah Raymond great shots of F50s. Love those F50s...keep snapping them coz i can't get enough of it If Kuching roadtrip is confirm in the next few months, I will go to Sibu to spot my lova'

I see. o old Twu airport is exact replica of LHD eh? I seen the old terminal once about 3 years ago by passing through housing opposite the terminal on the other side of the airport. I can only vaguely remember the terminal size but the Tawau board at the top of terminal still fresh in my mind. Ok cool I'll contact you when I'm going back. The newly built Taman Airport just few hundred meters to the airport perimeter looks very promising for plane freaks to live there. Or at least I would. But the distant to town is just painstakingly far unless I work in airport LOL.

Dante, Yeah I was. I'm back oredi at monday. Darn I so love LHD airport. The wind mixed with A1 perfume from the props is so magnificent...just too bad 4 flights a day and 2 to 4 hours apart are too long. I would flee to LHD just for watching F50 in upclose and personal. During my LHD trip I went to Semporna...nothing much and I didn't know where the airstrip is that were once serviced by DHT. Before come back to KK I was in Sandakan for a day. Nothing special about SDK and the airport is way too far n quite hard to do spotting. LHD still in my top list for "Great airport to spot and near aircraft". Can't wait fo go back LHD next year. Samuel, I maybe miss the Korean air events but I was happily getting "blow jobs" by F50 hehe. Love her sound when she is "turned on". :lol:

So far Hyatt Regency KK is a 4-star hotel and the MAS crew still currently going there. Haven't seen them sending the crews to other hotel yet. If able to upgrade to Presidental Suite with less than RM 50 is a bargain.

All this time i tot cabin crew gets the double beds which they have to share with another collegue and only flight crew are entitled to full single private bedroom. Then I guess MAS rent the whole/few floor in Hyatt Regency KK just for the crews since BKI have quite amount of MAS flights that doing nightstop.

Quote from The Star: "Stating that neither MAS nor AirAsia would be given a subsidy to operate their domestic operations, the Government would, however, pay the low-cost carrier to operate social routes like the rural air services in Sabah and Sarawak."

I think F50 maybe on the edge of a clift to be sold off....Think about it...since AK also taking over the DHT routes... most prolly LHD will only be service by DHT rather than F50. But still I am hoping and praying that F50 stays for at least 5 years time.

LOL Meor, are you sure it's F50? I think it's F27...F50 doesn't come till 88 or 89. I although I did have the experience of pressure cooking F50 where it was very hot sunny day (not mistaken was the drought season) and the cabin was quite hot. When everyone boarded, the staircase was up and the whole cabin was airtight. No air circulation wat so ever coz the air-con haven't switch on yet. We have to wait for around 5 minutes 3 to 5 minutes like that. By the time the aircon is on, everyone was sweating like hell.

SV, it's here http://www.malaysianwings.com/forum/index....indpost&p=35375

Airbus and A330 (I wish I can pick another one) Fokker and F50 Both are my darlings now but still can't beat my 1st wife, F50.

If i'm not mistaken it also name as Budjet Air before....saw it park at BKI gate 6 couple of years ago.

The Fokker 50 can be equipped with three or four doors. The four-door configuration eliminates the requirement for emergency exits midway along the fuselage and allows for a more flexible cabin layout. Experience with the F27 galley and cargo hold was used to introduce improvements in these areas in the Fokker 50. To meet individual customer requirements, a three-door configuration is also available which has emergency exits located at the standard positions. Elimination of the fourth door in the fuselage allows for installation of either an extra row of seats or a larger cargo hold. Optional is a Multi-Purpose Door (4 ft 3 in x 5 ft 5 in) at the left-hand side of the rear fuselage: this facilitates the loading of pallets, containers or other sizable goods. Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/C002752/fokker.cgi?page=db/f50

My heart has broken to pieces... this is one hell of a shot that stick a knife through heart. Teared up for MEQ. Bye bye my love. I'm so furious seeing it like this. Darn! Those people.....

Since we expect fresh and delicious food serve on board, some of the pre-packaged food served are not up to the standard of freshness for some people. What do you think about having onboard chef sounds (does not directly point to a certain airline!)? Since Gulf Air does has this kind of service, I'm really curious about it and what the pax responds to this service?

LOL I guess it's hard to compare Ryanair with MAS since they are completely business model. AK on the other hand are quite plausible. Who knows one day you might get to see AK having 239 A320

I doubt Airbus will allow them to cancel all the A380 orders. Think on the Airbus side, what you would feel if someone wants to buy ur product and then decides to cancel them? About 747, maybe lease out 3/4 of them may generate some income for long term.

Denny, I wonder the ATR PW127E engine sound are different from F50's PW125B? Since PW127 is also use on F60 and the sound is exactly the same with F50. Is any airlines in Taiwan still operate F50 or all of it has been sold (esp. Mandarin Airlines)? And thanks for the turboprobs, they are absolutely darlings.

LOL Pieter, if you are white then what does that make me?? At least I went spotting and nothing happens. Thank gawd.

LOL I agree. Me too especially now in hot sunny afternoon, nothing better than a small glass of chilled orange juice with 2 cubes of ice. C class glasses gives the feel of elegant and extremely perfect for enjoying while looking out the window and/or just chill out and drink the juice just like u are enjoying a glass of red wine. Always prefer orange juice than guava ones.

That's weird. So far I haven't encounter that before. The day you left BKI on AK I even use flash to shot BKI terminal and the planes. So far no guards told me off or even confiscated my cam away. Although I'm quite afraid that happens coz the point and shoot is not even mine. I guess "Spot at your own risk" applys.

FYI google is our best friend. Just type any calculating inquiries in the google search textbox and it will get the answer for you. e.g.: Type "1 miles in kilometres" (without the quotes in the textbox.)