22 SA Flyer MagazineBUMPPFF..................................
In early August
2017, a Boeing 787-8
Dreamliner embarked
on a 4,000-mile
route, which took 17
hours to complete, in
order to create the
flight path shape of
itself.
T
HE image appeared
on tracking website
flightradar24. In
February 2012, a
Boeing 787-8 took an
18-hour flight travelling
more than 10,000 miles
from Washington State
to Iowa as it traced out 787 and the Boeing
logo in the skies above the US. At the time,
Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing
at Boeing, said: ‘This wasn’t a joy ride. It
was an 18-hour Maximum ETOPS duration
flight test for a 787-8 with GE engines.’
Social media was quick to mount a
spoof response to Boeings feat by creating
the following (fake) response from Airbus:In the corridors of SAA it is
said, “New SAA
CEO Vuyani
Jarama was
appointed
because they
thought he
had airline
experience - but
it turns out he
only has airtime
experience.”
‘Mauler’ on internet forum
http://www.avcom.co.za was
asking for suggestions for a
lightweight, affordable aircraft
for short hops, occasionally to
rough airfields. RK suggested
a Robinson R22, to which‘Bearcat’ replied:
“Come on RK,
every time I even
walk past an R22
it demands R1,000
of maintenance ...
and if I take a pic
... it’s R500 more.”
Quotes of
the month