Recent content by Skipper747

orwellian xxx Outside airplane temperatures are expressed in degrees Celsius. At sea level, the standard temperature is (supposedly) 15ºC (59ºF) everywhere, poles or equator... and the standard lapse rate (cooling off when going up) is 2ºC per 1000 feet of altitude increase... Reaching the...

Attn.: French Jurist - International Law... how about this one - What is the nationality of a child born on board of this flight...? (1) The flight is operated commercially by Aerolineas Argentinas (2) The aircraft is actually an Iberia combined flight IB/AR flight number. (3) The aircraft...

Sara - xxx Unfortunately - I quote your words "public relations sweet tale"... Exactly that, but that pilot did exactly as instructed to say, and like I used to say myself - "Dear passengers, all is fine, do not worry"... xxx Your large Boeing could be a 767, type I do not know much about. I...

Sorry for those of you who have to travel with your dogs/cats in airplanes, and especially sorry for those of you who had problems. One thing though, most of you expect a lot of "tender loving care" from the airlines for your pets when they travel as baggage. Well, I hope you also believe in...

Claim diplomatic status from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Syldavia. Or just say he is on duty with Bianca Castafiore's escort at the Colón Theater... If all fails, call General Alcazar in San Theodoros... xxx Nous les belgicains, on s'arrange toujours... Esky a des frites et des moules...

Carly - My only concern, for the doggy, is his air travel. You will probably travel with him inside a kennel (in the baggage compartment) which is a dark, extremely cold and noisy place in the airplane in flight. I would suggest you put him in his kennel with his favorite dog toy, and maybe his...

Well, we all complain about different TV standards, regions for DVD, voltages, kinds of plugs for electrical outlets, because every country in the world loves to impose their very own - and probably prevent the guys on the other side of the border to watch the programs... I recall the PAL...

Hola Mini - Yes I agree with you - somewhat funny, that Greenwich local time is 1 hour later than "GMT" during summer - keeping in mind that G = Greenwich - Actually, GMT is no longer the official name (although many still call it like that) - the name being now UTC, for Universal Time...

Hate to rain on your parade - but GMT (also called UTC or Zulu Time) NEVER CHANGES - what is correct, is that UK (and Portugal) local time changes to GMT+1 hour. If you want to see the official GMT/UTC time - it is on www.time.gov - that is the one used by airlines for official ATC time...

You can try to see/listen certain radio and tv programs on www.delicast.com from other nations, unfortunately I do not watch US TV programs with them as I use satellite, but you might be able to get some through this "Delicast" programming. There are numerous TV and radio stations choices from...

Forgot to mention - DVD "systems" are defined by world "regions" - the US uses DVD designed for "Region 1" - and Argentina uses DVD for "Region 4"... There is equipment that permits to play DVD regardless of origin - called "ALL Regions" - Your laptop or PC is certainly Region 1 (US) and will...

Sorry Kristin - but your US TV will not work in Argentina - This because the TV signal in US (called NTSC) is incompatible with the signal in Argentina (called PAL) - Yes, there are TV receivers which are compatible with the 2 systems, or even the 3 world systems (NTSC-PAL-SECAM) but Americans...

Security... and thieves - Well, no, I do not wear my Breitling Cosmonaute 24 hrs analog dial - was worth US$2000 in 1998 when I got it... and anyway it is valuable to me as souvenir of my years with airlines. To go out, most often, I rarely look like a rich expat gentleman. Old leather flight...

To be flying in Argentina (and train for a Private Pilot Licence) I would recommend you to go to the San Fernando airfield, and enroll for classes of theory and flight lessons. No need to select expensive airplanes, the least expensive will do, such as the Cessna 150-152 type. For flying in...