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luchtzak wrote: 26 Apr 2017, 17:54
FLYAIR10 wrote: 26 Apr 2017, 17:42 Company AELS will start dismantling an A340 from SWISS at Twente airport very soon.
HB-JMK (20 years old) will land on 27 april.

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https://www.twente-airport.nl/nieuws/

Where are we in OST with this kind of activities?
More @ https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthan ... e-ehtwens/
Pictures and a youtube-movie online @ https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthan ... rt-twente/

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What was the Flybe Q400 in SN colours doing at LUX yesterday?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTZDRG-FS9p/
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This morning a massive explosion has shaken the area surrounding Damascus International Airport, according to Syrian and international media.

Syria’s Al-Mayadeen TV channel reports that the blast had caused a fire in close proximity to Damascus International Airport. The cause of the explosion is still not known.
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Per Cuban state media relayed by CNN, eight Cuban troops were killed after their AN-26 military flight crashed this morning in Artemisa province.
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New tow truck at Paris CDG:


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Passenger wrote: 01 May 2017, 13:07 New tow truck at Paris CDG:
Pfffff, John Massis did the same with his teeth!
http://www.huisvanalijn.be/sites/defaul ... 23-008.jpg

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How to ruin a runway, lesson 1...

(take off run starts at time 1 minute)


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Passenger wrote: 02 May 2017, 16:08 How to ruin a runway, lesson 1...

(take off run starts at time 1 minute)

Any blood samples taken?

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Russia’s entire fleet might be put on the national register within two or three years, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, who says only 133 Western-built aircraft are registered in the country out of 743 total.
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Some passengers sometimes have to bear other passengers...

Brawl on a plane connecting Istanbul and Brussels

http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/bag ... 25429d3ebb

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Real Cattle Class from France to Iran:

http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2017 ... l-iran.php

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Passenger wrote: 04 May 2017, 22:32 Real Cattle Class from France to Iran:

http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2017 ... l-iran.php
I'm afraid they will not fly, but navigate... :)
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sn26567 wrote: 04 May 2017, 22:57
Passenger wrote: 04 May 2017, 22:32 Real Cattle Class from France to Iran:

http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2017 ... l-iran.php
I'm afraid they will not fly, but navigate... :)
No - these French cows will indeed fly - a Dutch agriculture site says it's 350 per flight.

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Passenger wrote: 02 May 2017, 16:08 How to ruin a runway, lesson 1...

(take off run starts at time 1 minute)


Original YouTube:





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A passenger for a United flight from Newark to Paris boarded the wrong aircraft, due to gate change, and flew to San Francisco:

http://abc7ny.com/travel/united-passeng ... e/1949824/

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As from today, the whole Benelux airspace is monitored/protected by two Dutch F16's from the Leeuwarden Airforce Base. They indeed take over the QRA Quick Reaction Alert from our guys, who did it the previous four months. Both Dutch F16's will switch their locations between Vonkel and Leeuwarden.

Source:
https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/ ... -luchtruim
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https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/luc ... leeuwarden

One QRA intervention, in March 2017, was made public:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61079&p=347994

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An A321 of Air India (VT-PPA) overshooted the runway at Pune (as flight AI841)

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The first plane painted in LEVEL colours just came out of the paint shop (LEVEL is the new low-cost long-haul airline of the IAG group based in Barcelona)

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Passenger wrote: 11 May 2017, 22:18 As from today, the whole Benelux airspace is monitored/protected by two Dutch F16's from the Leeuwarden Airforce Base. They indeed take over the QRA Quick Reaction Alert from our guys, who did it the previous four months. Both Dutch F16's will switch their locations between Vonkel and Leeuwarden.

Source:
https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/ ... -luchtruim
and
https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/luc ... leeuwarden

One QRA intervention, in March 2017, was made public:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61079&p=347994
Will these F-16's defend our airspace when Trump arrives or will that be Belgian F-16's?

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