A380 for Quantas

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A380 for Quantas

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Looks like they didn't cancel their orders afterall....
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Glad to see them being delivered.

Talked to a guy in Seoul who flew on the Singapore Airlines one, said it was amazing.


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QANTAS not qUantas :wink:
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Q.A.N.T.A.S = Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
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200hr Wonder wrote:Q.A.N.T.A.S = Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
I didn't know that. You learn something new everyday. Thanks!
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TCA....Trans Canada Airlines.
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TCA also was known as Tin Can Airlines

PWA - Pacific Western Airlines or fondly known as Pray While Aloft

etc etc :D
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World's second oldest continuous service airline after KLM.
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QANTAS was never going to cancel their order, dont where people got that idea from. :roll:

FLIGHT TIME FOR FIRST QANTAS A380
Qantas' first A380, MSN14, successfully completed its first engine run in Toulouse on Wednesday. The aircraft then taxied back to the hangar under its own power and is now being readied for its maiden flight between 21-24 January. It will then fly to Hamburg for the commencement of cabin installation.

The first of 20 ordered is scheduled to arrive August 2008. Registraion VH-OQA.

All to be powered by the TRENT970 engine.

Simulator is up and running in Syd, with the intial pilots currently in France doinng their training, with 4 already endorsed.

Intial flights from Melbourne (YMML) to LAX.
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Longtimer wrote:TCA also was known as Tin Can Airlines

PWA - Pacific Western Airlines or fondly known as Pray While Aloft

etc etc :D
Also known in the old days as "Please Wait Awhile"...
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Airbus should really settle on one supplier of Zinc Chromate...
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Although it may be inapropriate now but:

NAC = Not Availible Cancelled (guy in oxford house came up with that)
NAC = Northern Alchohaul Courier
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WhatHeSaid wrote:Airbus should really settle on one supplier of Zinc Chromate...
Don't know how many here caught that .. but beer through the nose hurts.

Good one
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