Air Travel

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> I love that flick! It’s airline industry slapstick at it’s finest!

I watched it about a week ago, and it really made me laugh (again), especially in the context of Sept 11. A good way to get less serious. One thing though, ther are a few references to advertising that was current at that time (the Randarange microwave over, and the wife thinking "gee, my husband never has a second cup at home" which was some coffee (Folgers ?). If you hadn’t seen those commercials, you’d lose some of the humour of the movie. Perhaps they should now prefix the movie with the relevant advertising that was spoofed in the movie. Also, does anyone still speak Jive ? There are a few flaws in the movie though. As the plane leaves the train station with the young lad going off to the army waves goodbye to his girlfriend, well, how come we don’t see that lad in the remainder of the movie ? It is definitely THE bible of air travel though.

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> How about if you have your little diode and one-transistor amplifier on an > exposed breadboard for their inspection? > miguel

I doubt that the people who would challenge you would be able to identify a diode, a transistor, or the function of a circuit, Miguel. It would be your word against theirs, and you know who would lose. These little passive jobs are not very sensitive, and aren’t selective for anything, but do function for listening in on many strong long transmissions.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> How about if you have your little diode and one-transistor amplifier on an > exposed breadboard for their inspection? > miguel > I doubt that the people who would challenge you would be able to identify a > diode, > a transistor, or the function of a circuit, Miguel. It would be your word > against theirs, > and you know who would lose.

Right.. If he says PNP, they might think he said TNT. Michael

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DL chopped up "The Babe" (movie about Babe Ruth) so much it was unwatchable–I ended up renting it when I got home!!

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> Actually, Andreas, no all receivers transmit.  Most receivers today are > heterodyne (superheterodyne) units and THEY all transmit to some degree or > another. Superregenerative receivers are worse still. > There is a class of passive receivers which do not, can not, transmit.  I > would not even waste my time trying to convince a FA that the device was > flight safe though.

How about if you have your little diode and one-transistor amplifier on an exposed breadboard for their inspection? miguel — Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu

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> Just returned from a short hop to London on Swissair. In their flight > magazine they give the list of movies available for use by first class > passengers on the mobile dvd players. I was very surprised to find > "Airplane" on the top of the list. I really didn’t think that this > movie would be available on any plane, anywhere.

I love this movie. Now it’s available on DVD, my husband and I have watched it on planes. It’s hilarious! I only wonder what others around us think of our taste in movies. –Helen

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> Just returned from a short hop to London on Swissair. In their flight > magazine they give the list of movies available for use by first class > passengers on the mobile dvd players. I was very surprised to find > "Airplane" on the top of the list. I really didn’t think that this > movie would be available on any plane, anywhere.

Its a hoot!  That’s the same mentality that has my HBO/Showtime/Encore/Starz cable all messed up with them replacing movies with baby pablum. They don’t think the american mentality can handle a movie with a hijacking in it or any movie that shows the world trade centers in them – yet the media is free to jam that shit down our throats 24/7.  Somebody figure this one out for me. > I love this movie. Now it’s available on DVD, my husband and I have > watched it on planes. It’s hilarious! I only wonder what others around > us think of our taste in movies.

I love that flick! It’s airline industry slapstick at it’s finest! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> –Helen

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Just returned from a short hop to London on Swissair. In their flight >magazine they give the list of movies available for use by first class >passengers on the mobile dvd players. I was very surprised to find >"Airplane" on the top of the list. I really didn’t think that this movie >would be available on any plane, anywhere. >They also recommend some things on how to go to sleep easier on planes. One >tip suprised me quite a lot. They say that one could use a "personal radio" >set to a non existing channel and that the static will help you to sleep. I >can understand the concept, but what I don’t understand is that they promote >the use of personal fm/am receivers, isn’t their use prohibited in airplanes >as all electronics that receive or send electromagnetic signals? >Andreas

They are prohibited in U.S. carriers and I would suppose elsewhere. Maybe this is some mistranslation from Italian/German/French to English?  Allowing any radio transmitter (and all recievers transmit) is generally forbidden.

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> They are prohibited in U.S. carriers and I would suppose elsewhere. > Maybe this is some mistranslation from Italian/German/French to > English?  Allowing any radio transmitter (and all recievers transmit) > is generally forbidden.

Actually, Andreas, no all receivers transmit.  Most receivers today are heterodyne (superheterodyne) units and THEY all transmit to some degree or another. Superregenerative receivers are worse still. There is a class of passive receivers which do not, can not, transmit.  I would not even waste my time trying to convince a FA that the device was flight safe though.  I think I would feel the same with any pink or white noise device I might feel tempted to carry onboard. If you tune to an unused channel in the aircrafts entertainment system, do you get a hiss? I never wasted my time trying it. Maybe that would work.

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Just returned from a short hop to London on Swissair. In their flight magazine they give the list of movies available for use by first class passengers on the mobile dvd players. I was very surprised to find "Airplane" on the top of the list. I really didn’t think that this movie would be available on any plane, anywhere. They also recommend some things on how to go to sleep easier on planes. One tip suprised me quite a lot. They say that one could use a "personal radio" set to a non existing channel and that the static will help you to sleep. I can understand the concept, but what I don’t understand is that they promote the use of personal fm/am receivers, isn’t their use prohibited in airplanes as all electronics that receive or send electromagnetic signals? Andreas

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