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[Brummiegem]

For the record the aircraft in question will be G-BYGC.Looking forward to seeing it.Interesting to see what other liveries will be used.

 

[JENNYJET]

It is in keeping with the new simpler liveries introduced by Lufthansa, Aer Lingus and others.

I hope they dig out Imperial Airways from the archives and my personal favourite, British Caledonian, sadly no more DC-10s...unless they rescue one from the desert storage facilities.

 

[hay677]

I hope they dig out Imperial Airways from the archives

Didn't they just have bare metal, plus the airline name? Still might look nice.

 

[Brum X]

I love it

 

[rollo]

The B.O.A.C.livery is one of the best ever for me brilliant on a 707 and even better on a VC10.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

The picture is from Twitter but I've lost where from, if anyone claims it I will add a credit

Something didn't seem quite right about those drawings and I've finally realised that they show a 747-400 fuselage and wing, but the engines are P&W JT9D's as fitted to the 747-100 and 747-200 (and possibly the 747-300, but the picture is definately a -400 due to the winglets).

Other retro BA schemes I'd like to see would be BEA Red Square and BEA Union flag 'arrow'.

Kevin

 

[Ianbutty]

The picture is from Twitter but I've lost where from, if anyone claims it I will add a credit

It looks like it is off the back of an Airfix model kit. I had a similar one as a kid, probably a 200.

 

[GliderPilot]

Does anybody know how many/if any 737-MAX8's TUI UK will have by July? Flying out of EMA and wondering if there is an off-chance I will be on one. Posted here because it is way more active than the EMA forum

Gutted it wasn't from BHX but I wasn't the lead person booking for the 8 of us

 

[Ray Finkle]

Does anybody know how many/if any 737-MAX8's TUI UK will have by July? Flying out of EMA and wondering if there is an off-chance I will be on one. Posted here because it is way more active than the EMA forum

Gutted it wasn't from BHX but I wasn't the lead person booking for the 8 of us

According to the most up to date list posted on Routes Online there aren't any MAX flights out of EMA this summer. I guess things could change though.

 

[GliderPilot]

According to the most up to date list posted on Routes Online there aren't any MAX flights out of EMA this summer. I guess things could change though.

Thought you'd be in the know Ray! Cheers!

 

[Matt995]

TUI are basing the 737 Max's at Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh for the summer, with these aircraft also operating to Leeds/Bradford (twice a week) and Newcastle (once a week)

 

[Seasider]

TUI are basing the 737 Max's at Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh for the summer, with these aircraft also operating to Leeds/Bradford (twice a week) and Newcastle (once a week)

And DSA.

 

[GliderPilot]

Cheers for the info guys!

 

[Matt995]

And DSA.

yes Doncaster sees a 737 Max in April only, once a week to Palma.

 

[Seasider]

Apologies, I was informed that it was for the season until October.

 

[Ianbutty]

Well the Blues nearly did the opposite at QPR as the Villa did at home to Sheffield United. What a bonkers game.

Mighty Moors back in second spot in the National League. Can they? Will they? Will I be popping up the A12 to Col U v the Moors next season?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Squeaky bum time at Loftus Road today. I really thought that in true BCFC style we'd throw it all away, especially when they were awarded a late penalty. We clung on though and got a great result

 

[Ray Finkle]

Well the Blues nearly did the opposite at QPR as the Villa did at home to Sheffield United. What a bonkers game.

Mighty Moors back in second spot in the National League. Can they? Will they? Will I be popping up the A12 to Col U v the Moors next season?

Posted at the same time.

 

[davecleaver777]

Nice 2-2 draw for Leamington today vs Hereford Utd although part of our ground got took apart after they scored. 10 points clear of relegation with 13 to play. Alot better off than last season..time for that wine.

 

[GliderPilot]

Hi everyone,

Thought Random Stuff! is the best place to post this rant as there isn't a dedicated page for this topic, but I want your thoughts on this

I've reduced how much I've been posting recently on F4A for what I believe is good reason.

I've noticed, and I won't name names, but the BHX forums are becoming a bit belligerent. By this I mean the game of airport top trumps seems to be getting out of hand (I feel sorry for Ray, He's stuck in the middle trying his best to stop it boiling over)

I've also noticed what I regard as hardly significant facts and figures that are like splitting hairs are dividing people in a normally very welcoming community.

I believe as a community people on here should stop being so hostile to each other, and stop with the childish "my airports better than yours!" argument, it's quite frankly immature.

Each airport is different from the next, they all have unique advantages and drawbacks and this is why I think the facts and figures are all a bit useless, no true direct comparison can be made between two routes from different airports as there is always a multitude of factors that influence a routes performance other than total pax count or yield, and those other factors might I add are hardly ever taken into account.

We should all let the people who are paid (silly money) to stress and argue over the figures do so, rather than yourselves.

I hope you can all appreciate my viewpoint and why I felt the need to type this out. I've probably opened up a whole new can of worms here but I'm just trying to shake some respect back between each BHX forum user. I hope our community within F4A can return to how it was when I first joined.

Again, top work to you Ray staying on top of things and stepping in when arguments get out of hand.

If you disagree with any of what I've said, I'd love to discuss this as that's what forums are for. But please keep it friendly!


Edit: Sorry leaving it this late at night to say something! I was in two minds as to whether make this post