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Entries Tagged as 'Airplanes'

The wheels on the casegoround and round

September 9th, 2017 · Comments Off on The wheels on the casegoround and round · Life

Ryanair got in the news again this week (BBC) and for a change I think I sort of agree with one of their policies. Sort of. Basically they want passengers to check wheeled suitcases into the hold rather than have them in the cabin. I have never flown with Ryanair, but I have been on […]

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Planespotting

April 14th, 2014 · Comments Off on Planespotting · Life, Technology

We had our grandson, Alfie, visiting over the weekend so I thought I would take him along to the Gatwick Aviation Museum to look at the planes there. In all the time I have lived here I have never got round to visiting before so I figured it was about time. I also decided to […]

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Bloody airports

August 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on Bloody airports · Life

I like being away, but getting there is becoming less bearable every time I do it.   I used to take trips to the USA, Australia and the Far East in my stride but I am now finding even a four-hour flight to be about the limit.  Part of this might be age, but there […]

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Raptor

July 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Raptor · Life

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video If all war suddenly ended, and peace broke out all across the world, it would be nice to think somebody would still build one of these just because they could.  What this plane does at about the 1:35 point is simply amazing.  The […]

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