From: Mycelium on 10 Feb 2010 20:44 On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:51:43 -0800 (PST), "keithw86(a)gmail.com" <keithw86(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Feb 10, 11:20�am, Phil Hobbs ><pcdhSpamMeSensel...(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: >> On 2/9/2010 11:18 PM, Mycelium wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:23:22 -0800 (PST), Michael<mrdarr...(a)gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> On Feb 5, 8:09 pm, Mycelium >> >> <mycel...(a)thematrixattheendofthemushroomstem.org> �wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:46:18 GMT, n...(a)puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote: >> >>>> Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.at.this.address> �wrote: >> >> >>>>> On 3/02/2010 5:44 AM, Nico Coesel wrote: >> >>>>>> Vladimir Vassilevsky<nos...(a)nowhere.com> � �wrote: >> >> >>>>>>>http://www.abvolt.com/misc/A330-200_Linux.JPG >> >> >>>>>>> This is the TV console of A330 en route from Amsterdam to US. No movies >> >>>>>> � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ^^^^^^ >> >>>>>> You shouldn't be flying in a French airplane. I avoid flying with an >> >>>>>> Airbus if I can. >> >> >>>>> Airbuses have been very safe. Just because there was a crash of one a >> >>>>> while back doesn't make them unsafe. >> >> >>>> Its not just about safety. Airbus airplanes make a crappy impression. >> >>>> Very little space for hand luggage. Small toilets. Everthing looks >> >>>> like it is going to fall apart from just looking at it. >> >> >>> � Boeings are the Chevrolets (or Cadillacs), Airbuses are Fords. >> >> >> We flew through a typhoon on the way to Manila from Mindanao on an >> >> Airbus (A319 I think). �I was very impressed that the wings managed to >> >> stay attached to the aircraft. >> >> >> Michael >> >> > � �Boeing now owns McDonnell Douglas as well, and IIRC, it was their craft >> > that were made into the Hurricane trekkers >> >> Lockheed WC130s. �http://www.hurricanehunters.com/ > >NOAA uses Lockheed P3 Orions, and a Gulfstream G-IV (for AlBore, no >doubt ;). > >http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/grounders/hurricanehunters.html > Well, as long as Boeing and McDD have been around, I would think their wings would hold up as well. |