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Arranging buses for 100 people (and baggage) in Palmerston North in the middle of the night? That would be an interesting exercise...

Have you tried looking at flights on the "local" websites? It seems that "residency" requirements might be a thing of the past, and I have heard reports of much better pricing that way... 🤔

Good point on the photo. What a shame. And yes, there are some pretty nasty agents out there... "Blood, Choking and Nerve" IIRC.. Many of which were "Persistent/Lethal" Losing a beard was really pretty trivial. (Although the putatively LSD based ones (merely Temporary/Incapacitating)...

Huge number of A-4 photos/stories have been appearing on FB today. That includes the first photo ive seen showing WHY the undercarriage was as high as it was... an A-4 with a Mk7 (?) Nuke. On a somewhat gentler topic..BEARDS. The only time I ever saw any restriction was in the Gulf in...

So am I! And Im bouncing from LAX to WAW to LAX to YVR to LAX...so... GREAT NEWS! LOL

Against the flow here...but... recently flew my first QF flight in a while.... DRW-SYD. Was actually impressed (and a bit surprised TBH) to get a hot, simple (Pork sausages/peas/mash) and reasonably edible meal. (Flew UP to DRW on VA in Business and was only offered the dreaded warm...

If I were you I would investigate the baggage situation VERY carefully for the float plane flights. Depending on fare class the allowance can be from 50lbs (which is the absolute limit for a bag) to as little as TEN lb. Dimensions of baggage can be very restrictive also depending on aircraft...

I suspect that "non reward" flights description was an error? If so, I have certainly used AA miles for domestic flights within Australia. 10k for Economy, 20k for Business. Availability seems quite good when Ive looked/booked. My miles came mainly from the takeover of US Airways by AA in...

At least you haven't reached "A bit cross!";)

I hope its the same in SYD! My plan is to arrive in the afternoon... :)

I was reminded by the "lead" story upthread! On my way to yet another series of overseas pistol competitions and I was planning to load my ammo once I got there (using a US friends loading machines...One is only allowed 5kg of ammunition in checked baggage..which is barely enough for one...

Just another data point...Submitted mine at about 2100 last night....(Thanks to this thread for reminding me! lol) "Status Change" email at 0100.

I travel exclusively for target shooting competitions.. everything I have with me must be just about BATHED in primer/propellant residues....yet I have never had a problem with the swab tests... <shrug> I can only assume the residues from shooting are NOT the nitrates or whatever the machines...

That seems to be the case right now. Hope it changes soon...

Darwin in June for the National "IPSC" match. Initially booked the direct CBR-DRW flight operated by Alliance...QQ? (and at a civilised hour).. then that was cancelled and I was moved to QQ/ QF metal CBR-BNE-DRW arriving at 1 am... Ugh... Then in August off to Poland for the first...

These are my favourite aircraft photos!:) (I didn't take the shot of the Twin Pioneer...but I still like it a lot!)

2 days for me...and yes, any excuse to be out and about!

Yes..I was joking about the parachute use! But thank you! Overturning did NOT occur to me.... obvious in hindsight (as most things are lol). "Terrible off roaders"...classic line that! Glad the crew were both safe...hope they didn't suffer any injuries....

Not sure who this "they" who complain "about anything" is..... ;) (Canberra resident here) Well...I'll complain about one thing. Wish it had been made clear it is a FLOATPLANE service they are proposing......Got all excited for a moment....:D Sounds like a good idea to me....there are...

Seems a bit odd.... if it was going slow enough to "trundle" to a stop... why eject? I can only assume there was a danger of an engine explosion??? Given how the pilots I know feel about the very THOUGHT of using a parachute I can only assume they had very good reason!