On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:41:06 -0600, Mitchell Holman
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1st and tourist class? Shouldn't it be "all are same class!"? ;)

"JR" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:41:06 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> > wrote:
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> 1st and tourist class? Shouldn't it be "all are same class!"? ;)

In 1993, I repatriated from UN duty having booked a first class ticket on CSA.
For the Beirut to Prague run, I embarked on an Ilyushin Il-62 (NATO reporting
name CLASSIC) also in wide service with Aeroflot at the time. The seats in
first class were identical to those in tourist (little better than
cloth-covered lawn chairs, really) the only difference being the pitch -- you
couldn't reach the back of the seat in front of you! There were initially only
two first class pax, myself and the Middle Eastern correspondent for the
Independent, Robert Fisk. Then two baggage handlers brought aboard the crate
in which I was shipping my dog and set it between the seat rows across the
aisle. They said they could not trust the pressurization or the temperature to
get the dog to Prague alive. My dog flew first class too!

That's a picture of the dog rough-housing with a Finnish captain, Risto
Pirkkalainen.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

In message >, Mitchell Holman
> writes
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>[ A UUEncoded file (Aeroflot 02.jpg) was included here. ]
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If they're advertising flying by Tu114, why is the aircraft in the photo
a Tu104?

Thanks for posting these BTW.
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

Peter Twydell > wrote in
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> In message >, Mitchell Holman
> > writes
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>>
>>[ A UUEncoded file (Aeroflot 02.jpg) was included here. ]
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> If they're advertising flying by Tu114, why is the aircraft in the photo
> a Tu104?
>

Their ad agency was better at finding cute models
than identifying aircraft.

"Andrew Chaplin" > wrote in message
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> That's a picture of the dog rough-housing with a Finnish captain, Risto
> Pirkkalainen.
> --
> Andrew Chaplin


Nice looking dog. When did the captain notice that his watch was missing
?




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
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> "Andrew Chaplin" > wrote in message
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>> That's a picture of the dog rough-housing with a Finnish captain, Risto
>> Pirkkalainen.
>
>
> Nice looking dog. When did the captain notice that his watch was missing?

I'm not sure he ever did -- he was, after all, a Finn -- and the dog was just
that cute.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:48:11 -0600, Mitchell Holman wrote:

> Peter Twydell > wrote in
> :
>
>> In message >, Mitchell Holman
>> > writes
>>>
>>>
>>>[ A UUEncoded file (Aeroflot 02.jpg) was included here. ]
>>>
>>
>> If they're advertising flying by Tu114, why is the aircraft in the photo
>> a Tu104?
>>
>
> Their ad agency was better at finding cute models
> than identifying aircraft.

I doubt they got much traffic but if they had included a 114 in the
background would they have got *any* traffic?

Mind you, the 104 was no picnic to travel on. I only flew on 1 and that
was quite enough, thank you.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 09:08:55 +1030, "Dave Kearton"
> wrote:

>"Andrew Chaplin" > wrote in message
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>
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>> That's a picture of the dog rough-housing with a Finnish captain, Risto
>> Pirkkalainen.
>> --
>> Andrew Chaplin
>
>
>Nice looking dog. When did the captain notice that his watch was missing
>?

Right after he noticed his hand was missing...

What has four legs and an arm? A happy pitbull.