Yes, those luxurious Mid-East and SE Asian airliners (i.e. Cathay Pacific) are something else. But I do find it surprising that amidst their efforts to treat you like a sultan they can manage to serve alcohol, which I thought was a no-no. And my prejudice is too avoid some of those more accident-prone Asian carriers as of late.
OT but re: alcohol in Muslim countries, Jerry Seinfeld recently had Noah Trevor on an episode of CCC where he talked about getting The Daily Show hosting job while vacationing in Dubai - via a past-midnight phone call as he drove on the open road. Finding a place to get a celebratory drink was a challenge, but apparently not impossible, as he described how drinking there is possible, just not in places that are too public.
"Liquid apartheid", was how Jerry interpreted the situation, to his South African guest.
I read an article once where a photog/journalist was in Iraq when the war was hot. He and his girlfriend, who had a poodle, were messing around and taking joke dirty pics involving the dog. The next day he was stopped by an Iraqi official who demanded to see the camera. The guy was terrified because he hadn't erased the dog pics. The official looked at the pictures, smiled politely, and gave the guy back his camera, and moved on.
It looked to me like the Emirates plane was crabbing like crazy. I wondered if that just looks it due to the viewpoints forward motion, and it's oddly the same when it passes. Why fly so inefficiently? To slow down? To drop altitude? Rudder problem? Don't know better? Crosswind a problem? What?
Think about it, you're flying somewhere directly but the wind is so hard that it's easier to fly into it as you go, so your whole plane is kilter or else continuously steadily blown off course. That must be it. Strong crosswind. And the guy's going, whoa, whoa, fighting the wind and WHOA! another airplane. Made ya poo.
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The A-380 is a beautiful plane. I see one just like that every few days.
This week is the Houston Air Show. Lots of planes getting closer than that.
There's a trick for spotting airplanes from the air. Look at a fixed point on the ground and notice movement with side-vision.
Unfortunately it works only for airplanes not on a collision course.
Mariners' "Fixed bearing means collision" applies in the air as well.
Long showers might be creating a problem for the airline.
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Yes, those luxurious Mid-East and SE Asian airliners (i.e. Cathay Pacific) are something else. But I do find it surprising that amidst their efforts to treat you like a sultan they can manage to serve alcohol, which I thought was a no-no. And my prejudice is too avoid some of those more accident-prone Asian carriers as of late.
OT but re: alcohol in Muslim countries, Jerry Seinfeld recently had Noah Trevor on an episode of CCC where he talked about getting The Daily Show hosting job while vacationing in Dubai - via a past-midnight phone call as he drove on the open road. Finding a place to get a celebratory drink was a challenge, but apparently not impossible, as he described how drinking there is possible, just not in places that are too public.
"Liquid apartheid", was how Jerry interpreted the situation, to his South African guest.
For thee, but not for me.
I read an article once where a photog/journalist was in Iraq when the war was hot. He and his girlfriend, who had a poodle, were messing around and taking joke dirty pics involving the dog. The next day he was stopped by an Iraqi official who demanded to see the camera. The guy was terrified because he hadn't erased the dog pics. The official looked at the pictures, smiled politely, and gave the guy back his camera, and moved on.
I've been meaning to watch CCC. I've only seen a couple. The one with Ricky Gervais is funny because he really gets nervous about Gerry's driving.
The rare clumber is farting up a storm today.
tits.
A near collision is highly preferable to a near miss.
It looked to me like the Emirates plane was crabbing like crazy. I wondered if that just looks it due to the viewpoints forward motion, and it's oddly the same when it passes. Why fly so inefficiently? To slow down? To drop altitude? Rudder problem? Don't know better? Crosswind a problem? What?
Think about it, you're flying somewhere directly but the wind is so hard that it's easier to fly into it as you go, so your whole plane is kilter or else continuously steadily blown off course. That must be it. Strong crosswind. And the guy's going, whoa, whoa, fighting the wind and WHOA! another airplane. Made ya poo.
Old joke. The last thing to pass through that pilot's mind was the fuselage of an A360.
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