CX route – from 1946 to 202X
July 22, 2024
Reference Move Beyond – Fact Sheet – Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific to launch direct flights connecting Hong Kong and Riyadh – Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific’s new service to Riyadh now in operation – Cathay Pacific Our achievements have always been a force of positivity in Asia and beyond: 1946 – The first freight service
Move Beyond: Cathay Pacific’s new brand concept – vision and culture
July 22, 2024
Reference Move Beyond: Cathay Pacific’s new brand concept | Cathay Move Beyond – Fact Sheet – Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific | What we stand for 2023_cx_annual_report_en.pdf (cathaypacific.com) WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘MOVE BEYOND’? Our ambition is to become one of the world’s greatest service brands in the way that we treat every journey
點解我會想去美國飛? (一個純飛機膠理由)
July 21, 2024
我想去Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona 睇國泰隻B-HNL! Cathay Pacific, Boeing to donate world’s 1st 777 to aviation museum – Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific and Boeing announced today that they are donating the first-ever Boeing 777 airplane to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona, one of the world’s largest facilities devoted to celebrating
國泰由DC-3 去到今時今日既A350/B777?
July 21, 2024
Reference: Our history | Cathay Pacific Timeline 1946 – Douglas DC-3 1959 – Lockheed Electra aircraft (American turboprop airliner) – first aircraft to offer a premium cabin, with 12 First class seats 1962 – first Convair 880 (American narrow-body jet airliner) 1968 – all-jet fleet 1979 – first Boeing 747-200, VR-HKG, arrives in Hong
國泰隻Niki 又係咩?
July 21, 2024
Ref 國泰航空進入噴射機時代 | 國泰 (cathaypacific.com) 率先於1962年退役的是國泰首批DC-3客機中的Niki，她曾與Betsy結伴翱翔天際，由國泰合伙創辦人Roy Farrell於1946年從美國運來亞洲。Niki雖然已經光榮退役，但卻並未被人遺忘。現在國泰航空的香港總部國泰城門外，陳列了一架Niki的一比一複製飛機；表揚公司傑出員工的員工嘉獎禮，亦被稱作Betsy及Niki。 The first to leave in 1962 was Niki, one of the airline’s original DC-3s, which flew alongside Betsy, the aircraft ferried over to Asia from the US by founding partner Roy Farrell back in 1946. Gone, but not forgotten: an exact replica of Niki sits proudly outside the
國泰第一隻飛機係咩
July 21, 2024
Reference Cathay Pacific | Our Story The old and only “Betsy” “Betsy”, a converted Douglas DC3, is fondly remembered as our first aircraft. Sold in 1955, “Betsy” was discovered, almost 30 years later flying cargo around the Australian outback. We bought the aircraft back, repainted her in the original 1940s livery and returned her to
點解「太古」會變左係「國泰」牙媽~
July 21, 2024
Reference: Cathay Pacific | Our Story An investment in the future The new company began to operate passenger flights to Manila, Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai. Expansion was fast and, in 1948, Butterfield & Swire (today known as the Swire Group) took a 45% share in the company. Under the leadership of John Kidston Swire, Butterfield
國泰 Cathay Pacific 的一切~
July 21, 2024
Move Beyond: Cathay Pacific’s new brand concept – vision and culture – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 國泰的history – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 點解叫 “Cathay Pacific” – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 點解「太古」會變左係「國泰」牙媽~ – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 國泰第一隻飛機係咩 – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 國泰隻Niki 又係咩? – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 點解我會想去美國飛? (一個純飛機膠理由) – Tommy’s Diaries (tommykwan.com) 點解我會想去FTA 飛? (一個情義結 – 舊地重遊?) CX
點解叫 “Cathay Pacific”
July 21, 2024
Reference: Our history | Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific | Our Story American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow founded Cathay Pacific Airways on 24 September, 1946. Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline. Legend has it that Farrell and a group of foreign
What’s Feathering? (Propeller)
July 21, 2024
Ref untitled (cast-safety.org) 原文: “On a variable pitch propeller, the drag can be minimized by rotating the blades until they are edgewise to the flight direction. This is called feathering the propeller.” Why we need “feathering the propeller”? / When we need to “feathering the proeller”? When an engine is shutdown in flight, an
澳洲既天氣 – BOM – Bureau of Meteorology
July 8, 2024
係澳洲飛…做flight-pre 一定要睇下天氣…到底邊到有Aviation Weather? Ref source: http://www.bom.gov.au/ 答案盡在官網中~ 無記錯既話…真係好似2015 到2024都還是一樣…所以都幾易搵~ 或者直入: http://www.bom.gov.au/aviation/
“I have the effective VTC…”
July 8, 2024
飛澳洲既話…係pre-flight briefing 果陣…老師教我地”魔術語”: “I have the effective VTC…” 到底除左買圖之外…我地邊到搵到所謂effective VTC? VTC 到底又幾耐update 一次? 官方網站有答案…睇chart 既上面就有effective date and next amendment Answer source: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/aip.asp
Preparation for flying C172S
July 6, 2024
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咩係Cruise? 到底一程機有咩 “Phase of flight”?
July 6, 2024
事源是睇緊Manual (POH), 想解一隻字 “Cruise”…到底咩係 “Cruise”? Cruise [ref RepValues (icao.int)] The phase of flight from the top of climb to cruise altitude, or flight level, to the start of the descent toward the destination aerodrome or landing site. Any level flight segment after arrival at initial cruise altitude until the start of descent to the destination.
