How is AF1 considered an 'evacuation flight'?
It seems the last posts have just become a Ben Gurion log, which is interesting for sure, but does not exactly belong in this topic (or section even).
Many years ago Boeing built a special version of the 747 which featured extra seating where the "washrooms" would normally be found as it was considered "bad form" to be seen using the facilities on domestic Japanese routes. More recently, the FCRS at Cherry Point discovered that the lack of facilities on MV-22s resulted in greater than expected erosion of certain parts.
I doubt POTUS would pass water in unspecified places, but I'm quite sure that between Ben Gurion and Andrews, unless he'd been particularly unlucky in his choice of luncheon fare, even he was obliged to evacuate at least once in what I am sure are suitably appointed facilities.
Anyway, unless anyone has serious objections, and as I am not expecting much trade tonight, here is todays LOG (wasn't there something about constipated mathematicians working it out.....)
CFC4172 A310 15002 (didn't pay much attention)
BRS51 E390 FAB2854 in 15.30
FAC922 B737 922 in c15.45
Military traffic into Ben Gurion has gone down to a few RAF A400's, and some VIP traffic for talks.
Off topic, at least not Military is that MEA has moved around 10 aircraft out of Lebanon to safer airports.
Something i forgot to mention is a number of IAF flights out of Tel Nov to European airports to collect "goods"
15-okt Liege/ EBLG C130J 669 c/s IAF 650/1 + C130J 661 c/s IAF652/3.
20-10 Cologne/ EDDK C-130J 669 c/s IAF642/3 + C130H 420 c/s IAF 644/5.
24-10 Beograd/ LYBG C130J 669 c/s IAF646/7 + C130H 435 c/s IAF648/9.
ehusmann wrote: ↑20 Oct 2023, 11:33
How is AF1 considered an 'evacuation flight'?
It seems the last posts have just become a Ben Gurion log, which is interesting for sure, but does not exactly belong in this topic (or section even).
Despite some ingenious reasoning above: topic moved, title adapted.
All of the RTAF flights will be on their A340. There is a shortage of qualified A340 air crew in Thailand, and the Royal Thai government are/were attempting to recruit additional crew members on the open market.
Bit of activity this morning including what I believe to be the first flight "OTT" Tel Aviv for a while ..... an RQ-4 (it says here) 11-2046 as "Forte10".
Operating over/near Cyprus yesterday was Dragon78, U-2R (twas a TR-1 when I saw it in '85) 80-1077 and there is a French helicopter carrier on station, noted on the tracking sites have been NH-90s F-MEBD, EBT & ECC (& an E-121 Nr 107 on 8th Nov)
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