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by JCO
14 Jun 2010, 09:44
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: 12-jun-2010: glider crash at EBWE Weelde
Replies: 5
Views: 3291

Re: 12-jun-2010: glider crash at EBWE Weelde

RIP John. My condolences to his family.
by JCO
08 Jun 2009, 12:00
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Article on Brussels Airport
Replies: 8
Views: 2494

Re: Article on Brussels Airport

Do Passengers to Turkey pass as intercontinental to ? Most will land and the Asian part of Turkey.
by JCO
08 Jun 2009, 00:55
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Air France: Brussels Midi - CDG - Athens and back
Replies: 9
Views: 3207

Re: Air France: Brussels Midi - CDG - Athens and back

Dear cousin,

The name "Charleroi Brussels South airport" may not sound very enjoyable to by heard by your flemish ears...
But it isn't so stupid... it works... More and more pax are coming to Charleroi Airport.
Speaking about stupid, what should we think about "Oostende-Brugge" airport...?
Once ...
by JCO
07 Jun 2009, 00:16
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Air France: Brussels Midi - CDG - Athens and back
Replies: 9
Views: 3207

Air France: Brussels Midi - CDG - Athens and back

I got a very good deal on a flight to Athens some weeks ago, it was almost have the price of the flight of Brussels Airlines, direct from Brussels, so I didn't mind that much about the extra hours spent.

Since I live at only 150 m from the train station in Mechelen, I took the train the Brussels ...
by JCO
06 Mar 2009, 17:22
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Turkish Airlines B737 crashes in Schiphol Amsterdam - TK1951
Replies: 167
Views: 58208

Re: Turkish Airlines B737 crashes in Schiphol Amsterdam

Engines idle, you hear and feel this !

Nose up attitude increasing steadily, any pilot can feel and see this !

And still they don't react, I don't understand this.
by JCO
20 Nov 2008, 13:12
Forum: Military aviation
Topic: Chinese PLAAF Newest Toy: J-10 Fighter @ China Airshow 2008
Replies: 9
Views: 4153

Re: Chinese PLAAF Newest Toy: J-10 Fighter @ China Airshow 2008

The chinese army has also a number of Sukhoi's in service. Allthough the J10 looks a bit like the Israeli Lavi there are a lot of differences (air intake for instance).

China is now only discovering their huge potential in research. Already a lot of researchers active in universities outside China ...
by JCO
26 Sep 2008, 16:57
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Hainan Airlines - BRU - PEK
Replies: 9
Views: 4110

Re: Hainan Airlines - BRU - PEK

The 'over-cooked' rice is traditionnally part of a chinese breakfast. In domestic flights in China you get this stuff often. My daughter and wife are very fond of it (my wife is Chinese).

September 25th I returned with Hainan from Beijing (HU491). The checkin time was ridicously long. The very late ...
by JCO
30 Aug 2008, 13:34
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Hainan Airlines - BRU - PEK
Replies: 9
Views: 4110

Hainan Airlines - BRU - PEK

I took the flight from Brussels to Beijing on aug 28th 2008. I tried this direct connection in favour of the Finnair flight over Helsinki I normally take. It will be the last time.

The checkin was terribly slow, it took them 10 full minutes to get our boarding cards. Because I was travelling with ...
by JCO
24 May 2007, 08:11
Forum: The av24.be pub
Topic: New in Mechelen ( B )
Replies: 7
Views: 1731

Road works are over ! It is worth a visit now. Have a nice view of the historic center, later have a meal and a drink at the 'Vismarkt'. The souvenir-shop already existed by the way, it just moved.
You mostly have a steady stream of aircraft over Mechelen inbound for Zaventem, probably going to ...
by JCO
19 Apr 2007, 15:48
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Which aircraft have you flown? - Part 2
Replies: 35
Views: 7959

B707 - Sobelair
B727 - Sobelair
B737-200 Sobelair
B737-300 Sobelair
Airbus A319 Finnair
Airbus A319 British Airways
Airbus A320 British Airways
MD11 Finnair
Fokker 27 DAT
Fokker 70 KLM Cityhopper
Tu154M Balkan Air

Beachcraft Bonanza
Robin DR400

Jetranger
Bell 47

Ka8B
Ka6BR
Ka6CR
Ask13
Ask21
Astir ...
by JCO
27 Sep 2006, 09:31
Forum: Plane spotting - Belgium
Topic: Jetranger
Replies: 0
Views: 406

Jetranger

This morning I saw a Jetranger sitting in a meadow next to the railway line between Mechelen and Gent, a few kilometers before Wetteren. Because of the fog and the speed of the train, I can not give you more details, except that it was a belgian registration.

Anyone knows more details about this ...
by JCO
18 Sep 2006, 09:43
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Finnair to Beijing
Replies: 3
Views: 1306

Helsinki is a good place for a hub to east Asia. The shortest route to Beijing is quite north over Russia, so Helsinki is not that far off from the ideal route. This must have something to do with it. Maybe also the relations with the USSR years ago that made it relatively easy for the finnish ...
by JCO
13 Sep 2006, 11:45
Forum: The av24.be pub
Topic: Languages
Replies: 49
Views: 7957

I'm Belgian so:

- Dutch
- French

and also

- English
- Mandarin (Chinese)
by JCO
12 Sep 2006, 14:34
Forum: The av24.be pub
Topic: Hello
Replies: 2
Views: 758

Hello

Another aviation enthousiast from Mechelen, Belgium. I've been a glider pilot for more than 7 years now.
by JCO
11 Sep 2006, 11:42
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Finnair to Beijing
Replies: 3
Views: 1306

Finnair to Beijing

The flight with Finnair from Brussels to Beijing (over Helsinki) was delightfull. We left Brussels in time and arrived in Helsinki a few minutes early.
The flight from Helsinki to Beijing arrived 15 minutes early in Beijing. Also on the return flight they managed to fly exactly to shedule.

Flight ...