Denny Yen

This is a cheapstkate's and outdated way of body billboards. In the Far East, flexible/bendable LCDs are already available. These are intended for use in non-consumer endproducts. For e.g., you can see these in 360 deg pillar billboards in downtown shopping or cinema districts. Another application for flexible LCDs is to integrate this into a T-shirt, which will become an advert billboard. So, the wearer becomes something like teletubies.

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/invest...8053_Prelim.pdf http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/invest...r200804689.aspx

"666" F-16 is type F-16D (export model) similar to those sold to Israeli AF. Dorsal spine contains ECM package (electronic countermeasures) and side humps are conformal fuel-tanks.

St. Bath's airport in Guadeloupe BTW, this island is hotspot for supermodel shoots...Giselle

Airlines have a policy that allow them to refuse to carry pregnant women. The rule varies: - EVA Air, for e.g., check-in staff can refuse to issue boarding pass for >7months pregnant women. However, they don't enforce it strictly or openly because they don't want to be accused of discriminating against women. - I know CX uses "medical reason" to refuse carry heavily pregnant women and severly ill passengers. Check-in & boarding staff are trained to spot these passengers. - Even if airlines eventually carry pregnant women, they will mandatorily require the pregnant passenger to sign waiver forms (releasing the airline from any legal liability) in case of medical emergency onboard. I don't think the baby follows the nationality of the plane, but rather, the baby follows the nationality of the parent as a general rule (at least according to immigration/citizenship rules).

Here's the pic showing missing panels.

Sounds like Star Trek speak: "...warning, structural integrity at ...percent..." Looks like B-HOY is no longer wearing Asia's world city livery....supposedly only 1 CX a/c can wear it, not it's B-KPF

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CPA889/...0428Z/KJFK/CYVR http://avherald.com/h?article=40a625a3

Here's a snapshot about each instrumentation it carries onboard and their particular function. It seems the data gathered will be processed by various academic institutions in UK such as Cantab, Imperial College, UEA, FAAM, etc. http://www.faam.ac.uk/public/instrumentation.html

For the moment yes. From mid July until end Aug, will be working in Shenzhen. Let me know when your expected arrival time. More traffic as of July 4 because of China-Taiwan direct flights.

Great to see the group photo...Pieter, looking even more distinguished with age. Chaity, as thin as I still remember. Kevin, still the same. Asia Cafe? I think its near Taylors College in SJ's SS15. Last year after MW 2nd Anniversary, that's where we went.

Irni: Prompt and fabulous coverage. A group photo would be great, like last year.

Both sides have avoided the sticky issue of labeling them as international or domestic flights - solution: they're calling it as "Cross-straits weekend scheduled flights." The flights will not fly a direct line from Taiwanese airports to PRC airports, depending on whether PRC airports are located south or north of the straits, the flights will have to intercept Hong Kong FIR (for southern PRC airports) or Naha FIR (for northern PRC airports). With direct airlinks a/c will not be required to land in HKG or touch & go, they can fly direct into PRC airspace and vv, but they have to stick to existing corridors. For us working on both sides, we have suffered for so long...it takes up to 1/2 day door to door (via HKG). Traveling is less hassle as of July 4, for e.g., XMN-TPE via HKG (now) takes 3.5hrs but after July 4, its only 30mins flight XMN-TPE. Even though this afternoon, both sides have just signed the cross-straits direct air link treaty, the no-fly zones (red boxes) are still in place. Therefore, pilots have to navigate the existing air corridors - there are no suggestions about opening new corridor or removing the red boxes. Taiwanese military maintains movable and immovable patriot missiles. I suppose having restricted/controlled air corridors = easier for military to coordinate air defense.

But he has remained silent about criticising Japanese navy's ramming of a Taiwanese fishing boat in Diaoyutai waters on Monday. Before becoming president, he challenged Ah-Bian gov't to shout to the world "Diaoyutai belongs to ROC!" when Japs erected a lighthouse there. Now, he is not making any public statements...and Taiwanese people are angry that the new gov't is too soft...afraid of the Japs. They demand taking aggressive actions by sending Taiwanese navy to Diaoyutai's waters now to rescue those sailors captured by the Japs.

Imagine the distress caused to an innocent passenger...if the dog detects and barks, causing a huge commotion...embarassment to the passenger. Potential for lawsuit too. Brainless Japs #*@@@!!!

Agree...so long as no one tells, and it doesn't get on the internet... p/s: Check out the 1st pic's caption with title "Holding pattern" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-51...se-captain.html

Regarding lighting, I believe the light source is below the bunk (near the floor). I think they're probably powered by CCFLs (Cold cathode fluorescent lamp) or LEDs. CCFLs are the low-temp light tubes used as backlight of LCD monitors and other display devices such as portable DVD player, digital photo frame. They're cheap, not easy to break, safe, do not radiate too much heat and energy efficient. As LEDs become cheaper, they're now replacing CCFLs, and LEDs are even brighter but using less energy.

Graphics from Boeing Co.

Cool...assuming he's Muslim, his quota not reached yet, there's still room for 2 more. On a more serious issue...airlines have disciplinary actions if hanky-panky occurs between crew onboard a/c or within co premises...duty or off-duty. More than 10 years ago, SIA sacked their pilot and a cabin crew. Both were "caught" by another crew in the washroom onboard an SQ 747 returning to SIN. Both were sent to the co disciplinary board, and despite both being off-duty, they were sacked. Given that Singapore emulates law-abiding society plus "everything must be black and white"...I bet SQ has a rule-book on this.

777 vs A340 From Boeing's 772ER graphics

Here it is in NRT/RJAA, at noon today. Taken at 9:09 local time in NGO/RJGG

Realtime weather report at RJAA/NRT http://www.jma.go.jp/en/amedas_h/today-451...mp;areaCode=000 Realtime weather report at RJGG/NGO http://www.jma.go.jp/en/amedas_h/today-512...mp;areaCode=000

Looks more like Embraer 175 minus winglets

Cross-section from Flight Int. Nose stripes look like Crest toothpaste..

I've flown on ATR-72s a couple of times...the baggage compartment is located behind flightdeck and in front of cabin. Despite being a turboprop a/c, cabin sound-proofing is not bad. In Taiwan, they normally use ATR-72s to commute between offshore islands and main island, operating at below 20,000ft (IIRC). There are several crashes involving ATR-72s - almost all due to icing problems. In 2002, a Transasia ATR-72 vanished without its wreckage being found...crash investigators found its FDR only. Crash investigation attributed the cause to icing problems. Strangely, it slammed into the sea where most of CI 611 wreckage was found after the 742's midflight airframe disintegration. This occured on the 7th month anniversary after it transported CI 611's victims body parts, back to the main island.