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[Xairbusdriver]

And another BIG thanks for a great banner, David!

Here's some info on <PSAT>. SAT perhaps is something like the British GCSE? Maybe "GCE advanced level" ( A levels ) At any rate, yo have similar, quite long, general knowledge texts that are required for most university study, I think. This much is common:

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hated by students

[jcarter]

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html
PSAT exams
Good luck!
My kids always did well on them even tho they thought they didn't during the day.
Dont worry, Parker, you are one smart kid, I can tell by the way you write.
My oldest kid got best score in math in our local school, so keep on studying!
Jane

[weldiger]

David from the UK
Thanks for the banner.
Well done and well put.
As RHP said, it gets the heart strings.
A tip of me hat to you,
David from Loafer's Glory.

[Parker]

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BTW; I'm SO PLEASED you seem to have found the 'SHIFT' key!.

HAHA
THAT'S MY GOOD LAUGH FOR TONIGHT.

Thanks David, Now I'm Going To Capitalize Every First Letter Using My 'SHIFT' Key
(Even Though It's Not Grammatically Correct)

[Highmac]

dAVID - wHAT hAVE yOU sTARTED?

 

PS: I too love the banner

[Mrious_be]

It really is great yes  
The text even follows the correct optical line and then there's the logo on the tail.
Really well done, with an eye for detail, i like that

[David]

QUOTE(Mrious_be @ Oct 23 2006, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

....with an eye for detail, i like that

Just for fun, the Aircraft's registration is TS-ABD.

It's too small to see, but it is there - just under the livery line towards the nose (TS-ABD) and at the top of the tail fin (ABD).

[RHPConsult]

QUOTE(David @ Oct 23 2006, 05:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Just for fun, the Aircraft's registration is TS-ABD. It's too small to see, but it is there - just under the livery line towards the nose (TS-ABD) and at the top of the tail fin (ABD).

aka, The Finshing Touch! An absolute triumph, David.  
Moreover, everyone is so impressed, you'll note that there hasn't been a single comment about the strange spelling of humor
 

[Parker]

It's on the wrong aircraft
Jim 'drove' an Airbus

sry... buti have to bust your chops with this.

[RHPConsult]

We know the aircraft our whimsical colleague piloted, Parker.

This equally whimsical "registration" is used by David in this nifty banner (assuredly in contravention of the FAA's regs ) mimics United's longstanding practice of naming it's early 747 fleet after the pioneers of aviation and, not at all incidentally, corporate leaders of the airline itself.

By early, I mean the first ones Boeing put in the commercial skies – I made my first 747 flight in February of 1969, an experience, simply stated, I will never forget,. My first airline flight was at an age a couple of years shy of your present chronological "achievement". It was on a 21 passenger DC-3 that made 9 stops on a 16 hour flight from Midway to LA - at about 5,000', or less!

Yet today's 747-400s, another of our TeeEss pilots reminds us, are so different  from those first versions that they are now referred to as "rope-start" models.

[Parker]

i made my first flight when i was a mere infant
only a few weeks old
on Delta
probably a 757
but of course idr
i was awfully young

i can't wait until the A380 goes commercial!

i've never flown on one

[Xairbusdriver]

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those first versions that they are now referred to as "rope-start" models.

Even the 'not-so-old' models of most aircraft are said to use 'steam' gauges versus the 'glass cockpits' of today. Ironically, the 'glass' makes it easier to see stuff outside ( like rocks, other aircraft, etc. even when the visibility is zero!

BTW, "TS" is the code for <Tunisia>. That's not too far from Nigeria, perhaps we could make a deal for some free hosting space if we can convince the parties that we are supporting their continent!

[David]

QUOTE(airbusdriver @ Oct 24 2006, 03:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

BTW, "TS" is the code for <Tunisia>. That's not too far from Nigeria, perhaps we could make a deal for some free hosting space if we can convince the parties that we are supporting their continent!

Thanks for that link Jim. It also tells us that ABD is the city-code for Abadan in Iran

[kimmer]

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Ironically, the 'glass' makes it easier to see stuff outside ( like rocks, other aircraft, etc. even when the visibility is zero!

  You have to watch for flying rocks up in the skies?

And I thought it was bad when rocks are flung from trucks on the ground.

My first flight was when I was 21, it was on a twin engine something. Delta from Chicago to Greensboro. We flew through/around a storm. We bounced. It was noisy. One of the other passengers got scared. I kept drinking coffee and looking out the window. When we landed and I thought about it, I considered walking home. hehehe

[RHPConsult]

QUOTE(gailwin @ Oct 23 2006, 07:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

. . .i can't wait until the A380 goes commercial! i've never flown on one

And, unless the multinational "owners" solve their political and financial disputes/concerns/hazards, you – and all the rest of us – may never get the chance.

It is, of course, arguable why anyone would even want to buy a seat on a craft that has, perhaps, 100% more passengers than a 747-400, but traverses the atmosphere at (mol) the same velocity!

Just thinking about negotiating the boarding lounge and jetway (before and after!) is enough to discourage me.