First Dreamliner at LHR
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at 18:52 by LeTigre.
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DisgustedofSwieqiParticipantMust say that I like the 330/340 for long haul, especially the 340-600.
I find these arcraft (relatively) quiet and it will be interesting to see how the 787 companres.
1 Oct 2011
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ScandinavianParticipantA330 is a great aircraft from an operator’s perspective and is still selling well. Production of the A340 has more or less been wound down since it couldn’t compete with the A330 as its range improved and the B777. Four engines on long-haul were really too much except for the mega aircraft!
Someone should remind Branson of the “4 engines 4 long-haul” that used to adorn Virgin’s aircraft. Is the tagline being used on their new 2 engined A330s…?
1 Oct 2011
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LuganoPirateParticipantI remember the old Vickers Vicount operated by Briish Air Ferries which I used to fly from Rotterdam to London had the largest bathrooms of any aircraft I have ever travelled on. And it had a window. But I think in those days you were not allowed to use the toilets whilst the plane was on the ground.
1 Oct 2011
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LuganoPirateParticipantAnd they had “mood lighting” well before the Americans had ever thought of it on aircraft!
1 Oct 2011
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MartynSinclairParticipantWhat an earth is the average age of the BT forum contributors?
I remember the Viscounts and Vanguards from the terraces of EMA (ooppss Castle Donnington), waiting for my late father to arrive when I was a small boy. I never got the chance to fly in those “Dreamliners”.
I feel a youngster at 50, and nearly 2 months!!
1 Oct 2011
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