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  • Sakith
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2011
    • 137
    #616
    Originally posted by sfernando34
    Ohhh ok so he flew commercial. GL Peiris also came to Washington a few years ago, and I had been looking for shots of a UL bird at Washington Dulles, but to no avail. It makes sense now that he also probably flew commercial.
    He flew to CHINA wz ADG

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      • CalgaryLankan
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2011
        • 251
        #617
        Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi
        SQ B707 at CMB (1973)

        Courtesy: Thilak priyankara (senior controller @ MRIA)
        Oh....look at the old Air Ceylon colors in the 2 trucks. Thanks for sharing.

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          • banuthev
            Administrator
            • Dec 2010
            • 3947
            #618
            Originally posted by CalgaryLankan
            Oh....look at the old Air Ceylon colors in the 2 trucks. Thanks for sharing.
            It looks like SQ served CMB during the day time hours in 1973.

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              • sfernando34
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2013
                • 143
                #619


                Wow close call! People filming this were lucky to get away unharmed!

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                  • ecureilx
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 616
                    #620
                    Originally posted by Banuthev
                    It looks like SQ served CMB during the day time hours in 1973.
                    well, the night flights are great, to get into CMB on a night flight, do the work and get out the next day, with just a day missed in Singapore

                    Some more pictures of mine .. Stolen Shot (of mine of course) Singapore AF C130 at Paya Lebar Air Base - the main MRO Base for Fedex and USAF and all else in between .. and the secondary base for the F15SGs and the older F16s and F5s. Rarely have I seen the E2Cs or the new G550 EWs.



                    QF 747-400, a sight that was supposed to reduce, but .. QF says otherwise ... making Sin a major hub anyway, and also for JQs expansions



                    SQ 777-200ER



                    SQ 330-300

                    Last edited by ecureilx; 29-05-2013, 03:18 AM.

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                      • CalgaryLankan
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2011
                        • 251
                        #621
                        Saw a news item of Ugandan prime minister transiting via CMB.

                        5X-UGF Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware
                        http://flightaware.com/live/flight/5XUGF
                        Track 5X-UGF flight from Soroti to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

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                          • dilushasg-bdavi
                            Senior Member
                            • Feb 2011
                            • 555
                            #622
                            Ever thought spotting on this scale would be possible at CMB
                            Andy Vass has made it a reality, Expo air's IL18 approaching Rwy 04 at CMB on 22/02/13 (taken from adjacent SLAF Base)





                            Andy Vass's photos from Ratmalana:
                            http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyv_a...n/photostream/
                            Last edited by dilushasg-bdavi; 30-05-2013, 02:46 AM.

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                              • ecureilx
                                Senior Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 616
                                #623
                                Originally posted by CalgaryLankan
                                Saw a news item of Ugandan prime minister transiting via CMB.

                                http://flightaware.com/live/flight/5XUGF
                                Transit ?? More of a tech- refuelling stop for the G550 I guess

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                                  • banuthev
                                    Administrator
                                    • Dec 2010
                                    • 3947
                                    #624
                                    Originally posted by ecureilx
                                    Transit ?? More of a tech- refuelling stop for the G550 I guess
                                    I think Tech/refuelling stop in Colombo. - http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/30094...nt-at-bia.html

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                                      • banuthev
                                        Administrator
                                        • Dec 2010
                                        • 3947
                                        #625
                                        Originally posted by sfernando34


                                        Wow close call! People filming this were lucky to get away unharmed!
                                        OMG! Where is this airport ?

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                                          • CalgaryLankan
                                            Senior Member
                                            • Jan 2011
                                            • 251
                                            #626
                                            Originally posted by Banuthev
                                            OMG! Where is this airport ?
                                            VGZR - Zia International, Dhaka.

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                                              • dilushasg-bdavi
                                                Senior Member
                                                • Feb 2011
                                                • 555
                                                #627
                                                Originally posted by CalgaryLankan
                                                VGZR - Zia International, Dhaka.
                                                Now it is VGHS (Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport)

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                                                  • sfernando34
                                                    Senior Member
                                                    • Feb 2013
                                                    • 143
                                                    #628
                                                    Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi
                                                    Now it is VGHS (Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport)
                                                    I thought that this incident took place at an airbase in Dhaka? I read somewhere that the jet had mistakenly landed at the airbase, which has a shorter runway than a 747 can handle, and then it had to take off with minimum fuel, causing damage to the runway lights in the process.

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                                                      • dilushasg-bdavi
                                                        Senior Member
                                                        • Feb 2011
                                                        • 555
                                                        #629
                                                        Originally posted by sfernando34
                                                        I thought that this incident took place at an airbase in Dhaka? I read somewhere that the jet had mistakenly landed at the airbase, which has a shorter runway than a 747 can handle, and then it had to take off with minimum fuel, causing damage to the runway lights in the process.
                                                        Yes. it happened at the Tejgaon Municipal Airport (also BAF Base) 5km south of VGHS, however it has runway of 2.7 km and has operated 747s in the 1970s when it was an intl airport

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                                                          • sfernando34
                                                            Senior Member
                                                            • Feb 2013
                                                            • 143
                                                            #630
                                                            Originally posted by dilushasg-bdavi
                                                            Yes. it happened at the Tejgaon Municipal Airport (also BAF Base) 5km south of VGHS, however it has runway of 2.7 km and has operated 747s in the 1970s when it was an intl airport
                                                            So then why was this 747 unable to takeoff without wiping out the runway lights and barely avoiding the wall?

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