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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Ian and Jason are joined by resident numbers expert Gavin Werbeloff for the facts and figures behind some of the large aircraft we’ve seen this week. There are more changes coming to Newark as the FAA tries to prevent more air traffic control outages. And we dig in to the history of the 747-8I Qatar wants to gift the US and why any thought of quickly turning it into a temporary Air Force One is a flight of fancy.
Helpful links for this week’s episode
- DOT’s new ATC outline
- FAA statements on Newark
- P4-HBJ 747-8KB(BBJ)
- Qatar orders up to 210 Boeing aircraft
- Organ transplant logistics (episode 198)
- JetBlue’s special Dunkin’ livery A320
- Emirates’ special Courier Express livery A380
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The 747-8 is registered in Aruba, not Isle of Man. (P4-HBJ). The owner is HBJ, a former prime minister of Qatar. The aircraft has been managed by business jet operator Global Jet Conceot via their Aruba AOC as the owner was looking for a better way to operate its aircraft (the other one is the ACJ320 P4-SHJ).
The President of Turkey received a 747-8 VVIP from Qatar several years ago .
Thank you Gerard for your research! Very informative! – Lem
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As a recently retired telecommunications engineer (contractor) for USCIS the entire issue regarding copper phone lines and reliability is going to get worse. Just as I was retiring this spring we were told that the major players (ATT, Verizon, et) copper plant is being phased out in the next few years. This means if you have services on copper today, it will have to be transitioned to fiber or wireless in the next few years. The other information that was passed on was that repairs on copper lines could take up to 90 days to repair. All the old timers are retiring and none of the new kids know copper plant. No idea why there are not backup POTS lines for FAA. Most likely a budget issue.