User talk:MilborneOne
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[edit] Sorry!
It looks like I did it by accident. I was looking to see where it was switched to the "circa" in the birth and death year and most likely edited an older version when I was making a change. I usually catch the warning that I am saving an outdated version but it looks like I didn't catch it that time. You make the restoration so you get credit for the work. If I add back your new information, which was great, it will get credited back to me. I just wanted to change the "c. 1800 - c. 1900" for birth and death back to the exact years, which are correct. Circa means "plus or minus 5 years". I hope you get addicted to Wikipedia! --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 22:47, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- Ah! I see the confusion and the need for "circa". How about I look him up in the census and we use the year that he provided in the US Census? Then you can correct both article and I will post whatever document I find at the biography page. I have found at least two birth years this way that differed from the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Both were actors that wanted to look younger as they aged. See: Ben Turpin and Buster Crabbe. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 23:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] De Havilland Comet
Thanks very much for your help with the DH Comet article! Nick Moss 06:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] CV-540
Before you make a dozen pages for the different Convair CVs, please consider writing them all within one page. They were all variants of the CV-240 Convairliner. Unless you have a tremendous amount of information on each of these, I would suggest writing a Convair CV-240 page and listing all the 340s, 440s, 600's, etc. in the Variants section.
Also, to place the specs template in the article, please use {{subst:airspecs-imp}} and not just {{airspecs-imp}}.
Thanks for contributing! - Emt147 Burninate! 23:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
- The CV-600 page was actually created by someone who was trying to advertise their website on Wikipedia. All of that information can be moved to the CV-240 page. The rest of the CV- family should be made as redirects (see Wikipedia:Redirect) pointing to the CV-240 page. - Emt147 Burninate! 22:08, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] BA/AA Merger
Back in the 1990s BA and AA did attempt to obtain antitrust immunity in order to codeshare on their routes, but they did not attempt a merger. U.S. law prevents ownership by a foreign carrier, so a merger could never have taken place. When the antitrust immunity was denied, a less comprehensive partnership ensued.
[edit] UK Airports
Thanks for picking up on the errors before I created any articles. Working from the AIP it's hard to tell what the name should be, Airport, Airfield, Aerodrome. I have a question about Salisbury Plain. The only information I could find was this. Does it really exist as place that aircraft can land. If not then it should be removed from the list, as should RAF Coltishall if its now closed. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 01:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the follow up. I'm starting to prepare the rest of the airports that are listed in the Aeronautical Information Publication. The problem there is with the airport operator and the community served. It lists both but the operator may have a different public name as opposed to the government registered one. Also the AIP may say that the airport is a certain distance from "village X" but it might be better to say that the airport serves "larger town Y". I'm still feeling embrassed over this. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 10:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link. That will help with the coding and with coordinates for ones not listed in the AIP or World Aero Data site. I got all the AIP ones finished today and just need to create the redirects from the ICAO/IATA codes. The "Airport, Airfield, Aerodrome" naming I was able to get from the some of the official sites. I just noticed that Multimap provides information that is not always available in other map views but in some cases such as Aberdeen it has no aerial view. Thanks again. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Flyglobespan
Trivial point here but I disagree with the removal of the word "raft" services to 13 airports are being launched surely that counts as a raft I quote the definition "a large but unspecified number".
[edit] link to Rolls-Royce
Hello, when you want to link to the article about a Rolls-Royce, please do not link to Rolls-Royce, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as Rolls-Royce plc by writing out [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]]. Regards, Jeff3000 06:30, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:M-509-merlin.jpg
I would very much like to use this image on the Danish Wikipedia, so I would like to encourage you to upload it to Commons, which will give users of other Wikimedia projects instant access to the image.
Thanks in advance. --|EPO| 21:21, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Qantas - well spotted!
I've been going around hunting down "QANTAS" and replacing it with Qantas. I couldn't remember any QF F27s, but figured whoever put in the entry knew what they were talking about. On checking I find you are correct. TAA became Australian Airlines in 1986, and there is one photograph of an F27 dated 1987. Qantas took over Australian in 1992, but by that stage the Fokkers must have gone. Nowadays Qantas runs Dash-8s, and in fact I have a model of their new Q400 plane within arm's length. I love flying them, as they fly low and you get a great view largely unobstructed by wing. But they don't have the character of the Fokker. --Jumbo 22:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your additions to List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft
While updating this list, would you mind also dropping the same information onto the appropriate Year in Aviation article listed under Timeline of aviation? Thanks for the help! Akradecki 21:19, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stansted
Since you are in England, do you know if London Stansted has 747s landing there anymore? I know it did, but I cant find an airline that still does? thanks --Bangabalunga 21:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edits on my user page
Why are you placing text on my user page?
--IRelayer 01:13, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Nevermind, someone (User:GENET) seems to be spamming me about Gatwick Airport or something...--IRelayer 01:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Manchester Woodford Airport
Please don't remove the towns from airports even if they are private. All airports are located near somewhere. Take a look at random airports on Wikipedia. They all have a town/area if it's known. As to the aerodrome category. Most people don't see any difference between airport or aerodrome or airfield. Thus I suspect it's easier to just have a "Category:Airports in Country]] rather than have sub-categories by aerodrome or airfield but I'm just guessing.
As to the name of this one I would suggest that it be moved to whatever the company/official/common name is and then include the others. Take a look at Region of Waterloo International Airport, that's the name that the airport authority uses but the name used by the government agency is "Kitchener/Waterloo Regional Airport".
I noticed that you seem to be interested in airports and such, so Wikipedia:WikiProject Airports, Wikipedia:WikiProject Airlines and Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:09, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Airports vs aerodromes names
I think I see what may have been causing me some confusion. After looking through CAP 168: Licensing of Aerodromes (3 mb PDF) I see that they define aerodrome but not airport, although the file does mention airport several times. Thus it would appear that every airport listed in the AIP is officially an "aerodrome" no matter what size. This of course would suggest that "London Heathrow Aerodrome" would be the CAA name, which I admit looks a bit silly. This is a bit different from the Canadaian system, where the definition of "aerodrome" is similar to the UK. Then you have "registered aerodrome" and these are listed in the Canada Flight Supplement. Finally we have "certified aerodrome" which are able to legally call themselves "airports".
My suggestion is that if you know the airport should really be at aerodrome, then just be bold and move it. I just listed them as airports because they were in the AIP and assumed that as such they were cerfifed airports. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Runway
No problem. I went through the AIP and couldn't find a reference to it being a taxiway. So as far as I was concerned it is a runway. Probably little used but more so than a taxiway that is sometimes used as a runway. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:56, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Airline Callsigns
Please note that I am adding a reference (or source) which relates to all three codes under code data (not just callsign). References (which can be websites, articles, newspapers, books etc) are used to enable readers to prove the accuracy and veracity of the information entered. All entries should be referenced to ensure they are not made up, or are purely opinion. The information you have been adding on codes is not referenced, as it should be. Take off my reference if you must (it was the only one I could find that cited all three codes), but only if you replace it with a reference to where you got the information you are adding from. For comparison the entries I am entering on airline fleets are all referenced as required. Ardfern 21:47, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Aircraft Registration - Serbia
It seems that I was wrong but I guessed it would be RS since that is the new code for Serbia while YU was for Yugoslavia. I am really puzzled now as I don`t see which code will be applied for Serbia as all other things that need a code got the RS. Maybe put back the YU in the article but with the note it is outdated with independent Serbia and that new code should be added to the article as soon as it's revealed. Avala 00:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
