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2005-02-21 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-21 12:18:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Come with me to the Casbah."

Posted by mojo 2005-02-21 12:29:49 AM|| 2005-02-21 12:29:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 a naughty man and Allah would be cross". LOL! Was he in kindergarten? Oh no wait...
Douglas Robb, 34

Man, If I was on that flight and he was sporting entire bolts of fabric, with a tablecloth on his head, I'd be freaking out wondering if it was some sort of diversionary tactic while his buddy's unsheath their razor blades...cause I hate to fly anyway and besides weather, the engines falling off or a bolt coming loose somewhere, the Mad Muslim syndrome is just one more thing I've got to worry about.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-21 2:43:47 AM|| 2005-02-21 2:43:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Virgin Airlines. Heh.

Posted by .com 2005-02-21 2:53:20 AM|| 2005-02-21 2:53:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL! I bet it would be a very popular airline!

Posted by 2b 2005-02-21 2:57:03 AM|| 2005-02-21 2:57:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey .com,
What aircraft is the "Slut"?
I ask because it appears to be a small airplane but with 4 engines.

Posted by Chuck 2005-02-21 4:48:45 AM|| 2005-02-21 4:48:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Chuck - Don't know the cratf (guessing a Fokker?) but it does look like a right little goer.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-21 4:55:19 AM|| 2005-02-21 4:55:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ...escort him to the lavatory, where he is then alleged to have exposed himself.

Expose himself? Was he wearing a trench-coat too?

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-21 7:18:22 AM|| 2005-02-21 7:18:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Chuck,
That's a British Aerospace 146. It was designed for service into austere airports that had previously only been accessible to turboprops.
Aspen Airways used them at one time, but I don't know if they still do, and they are fairly common in Alaska.
Back in the mid-80s, when the 146 was brand-new, I went to the Lubbock airport to pick up a friend who was flying in from Denver. The jetways wouldn't match the 146's doors of course so they rolled out a ramp-stair to debark the passengers. As we were watching from the terminal, a college-age sputter-mouth next to us commented authoritatively to his friends, "That's gotta' be an OLD plane, you just don't see that anymore. It must really be really old." In fact, it was far and away the newest plane in sight, and the newest type. Probably one of the same shitheads who asserted that the Chinese couldn't put a man in space because "they don't have the technology."

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-02-21 7:37:00 AM|| 2005-02-21 7:37:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I feel a rant coming on. See "Opinion"

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-02-21 7:50:49 AM|| 2005-02-21 7:50:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I feel a rant coming on. See "Opinion"

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-02-21 7:51:11 AM|| 2005-02-21 7:51:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sorry for the double post.

I forgot that's the Lubbock INTERNATIONAL Airport, given this designation because it has a port of entry for flights from Mexico.
The terminal is built in the run-down Morroccan fortress style of many public buildings in this area and looks like a munitions bunker from a distance. Actually, it looks like a munitions bunker close up, too. It is severely under-utilized because it was planned in the 70s on the basis of wildly optimistic growth forecasts from the booster club of that era.
It seems to be under construction all the time in spite of the vast empty spaces and the surplus gates. I suspect this is because local boosters noticed that all big airports, like LAX and DFW, seem to have some kind of irritating renovation going on all the time. Inconveniencing the public with construction work is therefore part of the "big airport" image they seek to promote.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-02-21 8:22:02 AM|| 2005-02-21 8:22:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 LOL AC!

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-21 8:52:41 AM|| 2005-02-21 8:52:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 .com gald to see you perused the photos I pointed you to. Rantburg could get interesting in the comming days...
PS. You reminded me. I need to check out today's photo.

Posted by 3dc 2005-02-21 4:31:47 PM|| 2005-02-21 4:31:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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