Hisham Albakri
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Why not? From memory I have seen a longer than 1 metre snake in Sabah! I think it was a python (with the piano keys like black and white pattern).I wonder which a/c it was. I am due to fly with QF497, a B767-300ER from Sydney to Melbourne, the last thing i want is that creature creeping up on us or into our luggage!
Watch it SV especially whilst sitting on the toilet bowl in the 767
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Sorry my mistake. Can't remember which one was it but saw it on NGC's Air Crash Investigation where the B747 pass thru a cloud of volcanic ashes and all 4 engines failed. IIRC it's a BA flight transit in SZB and then Jakarta.That BA flight in 1982 (I think) flew from Heathrow via India, then KUL (Subang then), towards Perth, Melbourne and finally Auckland.
I flew to Melbourne in 1983 on a BA B742 which took us from KUL to SIN, SYD and finally MEL.
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I thought the "Gimly Glider" was a BA flight from LHR - KUL/SZB - Jakarta - SYD and BA already axed KUL long time ago?Isn't the Gimly Glider the nickname for the Air Canada B767 that glided due to fuel exhaustion during the flight from Montreal to Edmonton sometime in the 1980s
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Thanks guys...
Glad you like it. It.s very rare to get this shot actually. Out of the blue it happened.... The contrail last just a few seconds only...Really classic Bats
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KUL
SZB
IPH
PEN
LGK
JHB
KUA
KTE
TGG
KBR
SIN
CGK
MES
BKK
BOM
CMB
JED
RUH
ADL
MEL
SYD
PER
BNE
AKL
CHC
LHR
MAN
AMS
MAD
JNB
CPT
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Thank you Isaac
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Anyone here flown Economy on SV's B777
. I would like to know their seating configuration. Can't seem to find the info on their website -
Taking into consideration of both flying and transit times; what would be the better option, in terms of the shortest time, if one wants to fly from KUL to EZE? MH via JNB and CPT across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans to EZE, or MH/JQ with an aircraft change (QF) in SYD across the Pacific to EZE?
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Can my Honda Odyssey be consider a 'carrier' as well
Anyway, me and the clan will be leaving KUL to my parent's in IPH on the night of 11 October, after Berbuka Puasa. We will be in IPH until Monday, 15 October (although me and my 2 older kids (Adam being one of them) may try to 'psycho' the missus to stay on until Tuesday
).It's then the drive along the East-West Highway to my in-law's in KBR on 15 (perhaps 16, although unlikely
) October. It's then back to IPH on Saturday, 20 October (wouldn't want to miss the Rugby World Cup Final during the wee hours of 21 October ) ... and finally back to KUL on 21 October, perhaps after brunch 
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Great coverage Norman. Terima kasih
Can't wait for the 1:400 version from some of the manufacturers
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On second thoughts ... ok lah I suppose
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Aha! A Qantas fan or just a fan of Wunala Dreaming and Nalanji Dreaming? I think Qantas should retain Skippy. Can't imagine anything else on the tail. If they are bored with the current flying kangroo and are hankering for a change, perhaps a flying kangaroo done in aboriginal painting style, similar to the one used by Australian Airlines, would represent Australia quite nicely.It's Qantas mate and not just Wunala and Nalanji
Agree with you on a roo a'la Australia Airlines I have to say that the kangaroo does need a bit of a facelift. Bring back the flying kangaroo of the 70's!Rest assured, their logo will remain a kangaroo, so you won't be seeing platypus's or emu's any time soon...maybe they can make each engine a different beer label...i remember the failed start-up backpackers express a few years ago wanted VB cans for engines cowls...very very aussie!How about the boxing kangaroo like the one on the B742 after the America's Cup victory in 1983
Better look (and comparison) of the new logo:http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/new-logo-n...5043075260.html (thanks to Keith T)Did someone hit Skippy's leg? The leg does need trimming. Qantas new font, i like.Ayoyo! Ugly lah
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How could they do that to poor Skippy
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Didn't a Malay boy from Kedah died of similar circumstances when his body was discovered at Joburg on our own MH's B744 some 10 or more years ago? I specifically remember that the flight originated from Subang rather than KLIA.
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the bunians are no more in the jungle laa...they are all at Putrjaya enjoying hidden wealth. 
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I actually forgot to include this in my Cape Town TR
This incident actually occured immediately after take off during our flight from JNB to CPT on 1/6/07 whereby a MH FA (steward) actually told off a passenger (Malaysian lady) rather sternly but in a polite kind of way to switch off her handphone. The passenger's reply was, "Sorry ah ... I was checking my messages" ... like she couldn't do it when we were on transit at JNB -
While driving to work just now, I heard that a MH flight to PEK was delayed last night due to an incident involving the aerobridge and the plane's door....Any further news?
Affendi - Read the thread 'Aerobridge Collapse, Aircraft damaged' under General Aviation. The first posting was made by Capt Radzi. Did you hear it on the radio
Capt Radzi - So much for 'sweeping under the carpet'
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Theres another similiar thing happened to MH right? but not at KLIA..It happened to a B744 at AKL sometime early last year if I'm not mistaken
There was a thread here under General Aviation if I recall it correctly. -
OMG
Could you imagine at the time of the collapse, there were actually passengers walking to or from the aircraft -
Really?Typo error by Pieter perhaps
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I am sure the KUL-MAD direct was dropped about a decade ago...Yes, I believe it was dropped around about that time. When I travelled to MAD in April/May 2005, I took KLM via AMS. It was the best and cheapest option then.
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My personal choice ... Qantas' I Still Call Australia Home (all versions)
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You can partially rectify that - LH flies KUL-BKK-FRA.Then maybe when you get to FRA, catch a JAT flight there?
Unfortunately AN is well and truly gone.
Keith - Yes, for LH it is not such big a regret as they are still around, but the little regret was to miss out on the KUL - MEL - KUL sector in their old B742 in the old livery complete with the dark blue cheatline. The same goes with JAT Yugoslav Airlines as I don't think these 2 airlines will ever again serve KUL - MEL - KUL
AN ... and to consider their livery then was the classic 'flying' (Southern Cross) stars ... RIP
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My list, though not as extensive as most of you guys are as follows;
- Malaysia Airlines (plus Malaysian Airline System and Malaysia-Singapore Airlines before that)
- Pelangi Air (now defunct)
- Singapore Airlines
- Qantas Airways
- Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) (later to become Australian Airlines, and later merged with Qantas)
- British Airways
- Lauda Air (now merged with Austrian Airlines)
- KLM
- Air New Zealand
Biggest regret - not flying with Ansett whilst I was a student in Australia in the 1980s
Not so big a regret, but a regret nevertheless - not flying with Lufthansa or JAT Yugoslav Airlines when they were serving the KUL - MEL - KUL sector in the 1980s
Air France A330 F-GZCP Flight AF447 GIG-CDG Crashed Into the Atlantic Ocean All 228 POB Killed
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If God has decided that their time is not up, then they shall be spared ... I suppose