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by Googler
02 May 2005, 07:23
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: The Future of Aviation
Replies: 15
Views: 2880

To connect 200 airports with each other there should be about 20000 routes flown by relatively large aircraft, like the Dreamliner. For a hub-to-hub connections the number required is much lower, something like 300, I guess. The reason is simple arithmetics, the number of connections for the hub-to ...
by Googler
27 Apr 2005, 06:30
Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
Topic: Russian-Built Airliner Experiences
Replies: 67
Views: 38504

I am surprised that more Western countries did not operate the YAK, or at least an equivalent. I suppose in their way they must be more environment-friendly with their ability to operate from places which do not even have a runway (no need to surface everything with tarmac). I would love to see an ...
by Googler
27 Apr 2005, 06:11
Forum: Military aviation
Topic: Blackhawk Down
Replies: 2
Views: 1473

Are these radio transmissions real?
http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/radio.asp
by Googler
27 Apr 2005, 05:57
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Takeoff or landing????
Replies: 24
Views: 4726

Couldn't choose, but voted take-off eventually.
In fact they are just different, I'd say a take-off has a musculine beauty, while a landing has a feminine one
:lol:
by Googler
27 Apr 2005, 05:49
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Almaty or Astana with Air Astana.
Replies: 3
Views: 1832

Yeah, that was a rather weird decision. Didn't they change their mind yet?

SN30952: Small correction - the pictures of the terminals do not look right.
Possibly, the old ones?

Almaty
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Astana
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