Re: Another Airbus down ....
Von: Johnny Melvin (johnny@melvin.com) [Profil]
Datum: 01.07.2009 00:32
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Newsgroup: uk.radio.amateur
Datum: 01.07.2009 00:32
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Newsgroup: uk.radio.amateur
"Walt Davidson" <g3nyy@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:2k1l45tm76dpkr5oksdu09trdptc2krbqh@4ax.com... > On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:49:08 +0100, "Brian Reay" <see@website.invalid> > wrote: > >>As I recall, the in-flight meal was a sort of Cornish pasty*. It wasn't as >>good as the Pakistan Army rations (also a "pasty" but much nicer) we had >>in >>the desert. > > The worst in-flight meal I have ever experienced was on board a Garuda > Indonesia flight from Singapore to Amsterdam in 1993. It was totally > inedible and none of us could identify what it was! I lived on > digestive biscuits and bottled Coca Cola for the entire 20 hour > journey. :-( The only thing that made the trip tolerable (just) was > that we were travelling in Business Class. Heaven knows what Tourist > Class was like. > > The aircraft was an ancient EI- registered Tri-Star wide-bodied jet > ... you could actually see parts of the old Aer Lingus paintwork where > the Garuda livery was flaking off! We stopped for an hour at Abu > Dhabi, where they had to use a sledge-hammer to close the cargo door > before we were able to continue our journey. A large crate of live > parrots was offloaded at East Berlin Airport at a final stop on the > way to Amsterdam! > > Garuda Indonesia are now prohibited from flying anywhere within the EU > because of their poor maintenance standards. > > 73 de Wlat > > -- > Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com Its my 50th wedding anniversary this year. But because of being an Old F**T I could not get full insurance cover past April this year. So the treat to XYL for putting up with me was a month in Thailand. And Business Class Newcastle Dubai Bangkok..With Emirates. WOW ..How is the wine sir ? Would madam like another glass of Moet. White table clothes. Red napkins, Fine china tableware. PROPER knives and forks. We dined for the first hour and a half of the flight. Then on the Dubai-Bangkok leg. Would you like an extra mattress on your bed sir. Just pressed a button on my rather BIG seat. There Brrrrrr the thing turned into a full length bed. Only trouble is. Wife wont fly cattle again. AH Well cant win them all. So guys do it once before you become SK de Johnny G3LIV[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]
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- Walt Davidson (01.07.2009 01:11)
