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post #21 of 38
11/12/05 at 11:08pm
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Originally Posted by jff1625
just use the old fashioned method of surviving those flights - 2 glasses of red wine, ear plugs and blindfold, and straight to sleep.

Works well for me on my regular (well 2-3 x/year) 12 hour flights Auckland-LA.

cheers,
Jeff
Heheh, except for the wine, this is the method I use, too. 3 consecutive flights in january. total time: almost 24 hours. flight time: ~15 hours, longest beeing Sao Paulo-Atlanta (exactly 9 hours on a 777).

I will buy an MP3 player that will be waiting for me in US. Anychances I have those power plugs in my flight? Nooooo....
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post #22 of 38
11/12/05 at 11:08pm
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Originally Posted by EPluribusUnum
I use to fly roundtrip Chicago (ORD)-Munich (MUC) with Lufthansa and aboard some of their newer airplanes they offer a PC power point with no adaptor necessary in business and first class seats only and WLAN access through the Boeing Connexion system everywhere in the main cabin.
http://lufthansa-business-class.de/uk/flash.html
and the coach people get jack?

not even the wifi? how far does the wifi get?
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post #23 of 38
11/13/05 at 8:07am
No power output in coach class but you still have Wi-Fi!
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post #24 of 38
11/14/05 at 4:04pm
The SEC disclaimer on that press release got me...
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post #25 of 38
11/14/05 at 10:34pm
i doubt that even 150w can power the beast of a 9860, its not a dtr its a small form factor desktop
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post #26 of 38
11/16/05 at 10:59pm
Being a pilot on an Airbus 310, I sometime use the AC power from the aircraft (110V AC) where they plug the vacuum cleaners for cleaning up during stopovers. I don't know about the other Airbus or Boeing, but this one has 5 plugins, 2 in the front (1st class), 2 about 6 seats from the back and one on the rear wall. It's always a rush to get one of those seats. They are normal plugins but have a plastic cover to hide them. I used my 8890 to play battlefield 2 while streets and trips with the GPS track the airplane's position.
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post #27 of 38
11/18/05 at 9:57pm
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Originally Posted by Marty_
Being a pilot on an Airbus 310, I sometime use the AC power from the aircraft (110V AC) where they plug the vacuum cleaners for cleaning up during stopovers. I don't know about the other Airbus or Boeing, but this one has 5 plugins, 2 in the front (1st class), 2 about 6 seats from the back and one on the rear wall. It's always a rush to get one of those seats. They are normal plugins but have a plastic cover to hide them. I used my 8890 to play battlefield 2 while streets and trips with the GPS track the airplane's position.
So is that how the cleaners run the vacuum cleaner, and there I was thinking they ran extra long extension cords, or the other person peddling hard outside to power the vacuum cleaner. The latter is a joke, of course.

Thanks for the tip.
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post #28 of 38
11/24/05 at 3:01am
You can always buy spare batteries and charge them before you go...
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post #29 of 38
3/1/06 at 8:45pm
I just got back from Toronto on Air Canada, and all Coach seats on the plane had the power option on them.
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post #30 of 38
6/5/06 at 10:41pm
is wifi available everywhere nowadays?
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post #31 of 38
6/6/06 at 1:39am
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Originally Posted by zenjer
I'm just about to fly to Taiwan soon from UK, will be taking China airlines...i hope they have a power socket! Would make my 16hour flight go by so quickly!

did a few iah-bkk trips w/ china airlines last summer... no power, but on the airbusses, even in coach, that had video on demand w/ a half dozen movies and more tv shows and a ton of music and games to kill your time on the flight... or at least help... most of the legs of my trip were on airbusses, but one was a 747.. no fun things to play w/ on that leg.

but just load up on the free wine and take a snooze... makes time go by even faster.
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post #32 of 38
8/1/06 at 11:20pm
I have yet to be on a fligth that has power jack at the seat
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post #33 of 38
8/6/06 at 12:27am
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Originally Posted by Marty_
Being a pilot on an Airbus 310, I sometime use the AC power from the aircraft (110V AC) where they plug the vacuum cleaners for cleaning up during stopovers. I don't know about the other Airbus or Boeing, but this one has 5 plugins, 2 in the front (1st class), 2 about 6 seats from the back and one on the rear wall. It's always a rush to get one of those seats. They are normal plugins but have a plastic cover to hide them. I used my 8890 to play battlefield 2 while streets and trips with the GPS track the airplane's position.
Thank you, I thought I was seeing things. I was on a flight from Tokyo to Chicago O'Hare aboard a Boeing 777 (12hr flight). I was walking around to stretch out my legs and hung out by the aft galley of the plane. I thought I saw an ac outlet down by the floor next to the emergency exit doors and was going to test it out but got sidetracked. Guess I'll give it a try the next time...hopefully the crew would not mind.
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post #34 of 38
8/6/06 at 3:45pm
http://www.seatguru.com will tell you which seats on what airline and what plane has power.
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post #35 of 38
8/7/06 at 11:24am
This is hotness yo, now i just need a desktop replacement laptops
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post #36 of 38
8/8/06 at 3:50am
The only problem with seatguru.com is that they only mark power outlets intended FOR passengers (not auxiliary ones for cleaning equipment) - so basiclaly the ones that aren't a big secret
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post #37 of 38
8/12/06 at 3:42am
I'm highly doubting this is ever gonna happen considering what happened yesterday with the bomb plots and whatnot...

Would that not be a super easy way to "ignite" explosives...
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post #38 of 38
8/13/06 at 1:01am
Interestingly enough, I noticed after 9/11 that some airports removed their ac power outlets at their terminals. Where I once recharged my laptop at O'Hare the outlets were no longer there. Same goes for Dulles Int'l.

Besides, terrorists won't need an ac outlet to ignite the explosives. All they need to do is watch the news and the reporters would give them ideas with their different scenarios.
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