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    Flight Engineers panel. Great stuff! Full classic cockpit.

     

    Jon crossing the River! Awesome. Plus his fair fair tummy skin.

     

    Those cabin shots! Mega retro. Look at the armrest seat placard and crew call button. Wow! Wow Wow!

     

    Many thanks to you guys. It was really hilarious, amazing and nostalgic thread. Only in Malaysia. Boleh!

     

    p.s. Nose King: I'm done with A340-500 after 2.3 years stint. Tutup kedai. Back to A330 on Dec 19th 2013.

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    The weekend could not have gotten off to a better start. Korean Air Force's B747-400 HL7465 transited in Singapore enroute from Seongnam Airbase to Durban, South Africa. The light was great and the subject arrived almost half an hour early.

     

    What a stately looking Jumbo!!!

     

    KC Sim

     

    Call sign was Korean Air Force 001. It was trailing my flight from Seoul all the way and occupied my preferred FL. How long was the transit? Will it stop by Singapore on its way back to Korea?

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    31/8 Merdeka!! to all my fellow Malaysian. :)

     

    Southern Air N735SA reposition from Payar Lebar. She was confirmed at 1205, then confirmed again at 1335 and confirmed again at 1425. Finally came at 1450! <_>

     

    Following immediately behind was Thai Star Alliance HS-TEL as TG413.

     

    Vietnam surprised us with this B777 VN-A147.

     

    BA11 was opb G-BNLI 'One World'.

     

    We were all wondering if Socceroos had been repainted since World Cup ended quite some time ago. I am glad that it didn't. Look great in such good light. :yahoo:

    VH-OJS as QF10 from LHR.

     

    Thanks for viewing. Cheers. :)

     

    Should have been there this afternoon. Damn....miss it all....

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    I was on leave and at KUL yesterday morning (30 Aug) since 31 Aug is a holiday. :yahoo:

     

    While our PM is busy doing the ground breaking for KLIA 2, I was busy shooting some Iran birds. :rofl:

     

    My first catch for India Alpha Charlie. :yahoo:

     

    Mahan Air A310 is next. :good:

    At first I thought is their newly acquired A300 but not. :sorry:

    Still my first catch for this rego. :rolleyes:

     

    This is what you can expect for early morning catch B)

     

     

    Nice ones Chaity. if only Iran and Mahan turns up at WSSS.

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    There are many factors which contribute to incidents. Perhaps these guys are lucky incident did not turn to accident.

     

    There are many factors which can lead pilots to make mistakes in the flight deck. Technical problems, cabin calls, ATC calls, distractions etc etc.... Yes, two man crew concept to cross check each other. Easier said than done sometimes, like the glamourous Tenerife KLM B747 Captain. Other factor being it is very easy to sell and buy ideas/suggestions from the guy on the other seat. Also once both crew are go minded, it takes a lot for any one of them to realised something is wrong and get the plane from being sucked further into a deep endless black hole.

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    Pay cut means no new body or lens purchase for me this year (not that I have anything in mind). In fact I had nothing new since last year. Kiss my fisheye dream goodbye. By the way, CEO and Management level can declare how much of pay cut as they are taking. But when the time comes when bonuses are announced, they will take back whatever they have loss. Mere mortals like all of us will still sulk at our lost pay forever. At least the only scant consolation is I have the comfort of knowing my job and monthly pay is still secured.

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    Guys, appreciate if anyone can shed light where are these spotting locations?

     

    1. TK's EK A380 shots

    2. Lan Chile's A340 shots.

     

    Thinking of bringing my Nikon for a workout down southern hemisphere coming July. Thanks.

     

    p.s. How long a lense we need at these locations?? (in full frame CMOS sensor)

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    Correct me if I'm wrong. While technology has gone leaps and bounds it seems like the technology on the black box itself is still the same for so many year. Still the same orange box with recording tapes inside. :shok: Still only 30-days battery life. :shok: Why can't they make the device "float"?

     

    Perhaps some LAE or expert in this area may shed some light on this. Try to look at things beyond improvement of the physical box itself. I am sure FDR and CVR have been improved tremendously but superficial to the layman outside. Better casing, materials, water/flame and high temperature protection, fire and impact protection, larger recording capacity and so much more. I am sure what is available now is the best there is when a/c type is launched and spec against airline operator requirements ($$ talks). Furthermore, planes do not drop out of the sky on everyday basis and it will be hard to justify all the money spent on R&D and airlines will not pay for it. Already total airlines in the world will set to lose USD$9 billion this year itself. And ICAO will have a tough time to ponder how to force airline to accept the latest and most high tech CVR/FDR. Just my SGD$0.02 thought.

     

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    So is this a standard feature on the bus 330 for it to send automated msg to its operator in case of a malfunction in anypart of the airplane?? THese people should find alternatives other than the black box as a recrding device, to better help understand the situation should a plane faces problem. Many thngs have evolved alongside with technology but i happen to notice CVR and FDR's are still in the stoneage technology!!

     

    Iggy, all a/c that are ACARS capable will have this automatic feature. Including my triple. It sends out maintenance messages on a/c health systems so that stations receiving the a/c can know the extent of the fault and prepare for rectification work should spares and expertise is available on landing. Airbus and Boeing all have them. I saw such system on one of my visit to SQ offices as part of crew visit. EICAS/ECAM and Status messages are for crew to take appropriate action in flight and sort out using checklist and MEL where applicable. Same thing will be sent to the maintenance office too. As for CVR and FDR, it is a continuos monitoring and recording of flight data and a/c system parameters. Too much data to downlink continuously.

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    Andrew,

    Will miss seeing you at Changi Beach (particularly in coat and tie). Best Wishes on your posting.

     

    PS Hoping to see AA ONe World T7 from you soon.

     

     

    Andrew,

     

    Wishing you the best in LAX. Triple ain't going there anytime soon. Otherwise can always meet up. Will miss doing the fence thing together. See you around buddy. Cheers!

     

    LeeCH

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    AF256 was expected to arrive at 1727hrs but eventually was about two mins late . . . could not have arrived at 1717hrs.

     

    Sorry LeeCH, I don't remember seeing 9V-SRH . . . this is one of those afternoons when everything seems nice and so I photographed almost every one that came along.

     

    KC Sim

     

    No wonder I did not see that AF. I landed at 1545LT. Would have missed it anyway as I am taxi routed via SC1 towards T2.

     

    KC, sorry. Mistaken with my flight outbound on SRH. Inbound KIX-SIN was on SRC. Thanks.

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