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And about 12 hours after the delivery flight set off there came the news story about an ANA airliner plunging upside down over Japan as per this thread . Had to read halfway down the article to find it was a 737 about a month ago and it went over because in the dark the FO hit the wrong button trying to let the Captain back in from the toilet ... :-)

Only 290 ive seen taxi in under its own steam , /cool.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= B-) border= 0 alt= cool.gif />

Yeh I saw that. I wonder who that was.

Time was, you could "Sell" airliners to your own International Lease Company which would eat up enormous losses while the plane company got ever fatter. Well the banking crisis has put paid to that, now it's "How much will we have to pay you, to accept our aircraft!" Boeing is so big these days, it behaves like a Government Department. The ethos of derring-do planes is long gone, I remember being actually sad when they ate up McDonnell Douglas, last of the engineered species. You have to hope they shake themselves out of their lethargy: the best thing that ever...

Good to hear HARS grabbing a fair bit in spears ,it will still be possible to see a Caribou in the NZ airshow season .

Not sure what happened but the roll rate stopped towards the end.

Bummer second vid has been pulled ,not any great footage to watch and being in the world of HD cams and phones etc you d think there would be more and better res ..RIP to the pilot /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif />

Now that is something else! Would love to see that live in the flesh. /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif />

/thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif /> sure is Ian

You could always call them?

Forgiven Andrew......i only started this thread because i found a doco i thought members would enjoy....why do things get so sidetracked here???...i myself enjoy discovery/history and Natgeo.

Here is is Ian, in all its woeful glory . . . . I guess after seeing this you will planning a trip down to Ashburton to get full enjoyment from this wonderful example of aircraft perfection both in form and performance! Please excuse the background shot, this was extracted from a 360x180 panorama which was made maily for the purpose of showing the two vampires ....

QUOTE (steelsporran @ Sep 2 2011,2:24 PM) Arguably the best, but never made the headlines. Jeez ole 'Winkle' may have not made the headlines , but sure as hell written a lot about in books ...

Cheers Naki....bloody rough, but it great fun "stumping things".....this one could work in starwars.

QUOTE (deeknow @ Sep 1 2011,5:16 PM) Its actually a very good news channel, and certainly less filled with propoganda and advertising/product-placement as compared to CNN or Fox news etc. Plus its free. Keep watching Stratos Ian too theres some really great stuff on there Sure is deeknow......underated i think because of the name....its a shame.