Thread: Nation of suck ups.

Originally Posted by dobbo

So you think it's right to spend billions of tax payers dollars to secure and effectivally stop one of the worlds major cities when the meeting could be held someplace else, in a nice resort or something? Protests happen and not all protesters are dole bludgers. Perhaps you should sand some of that tarnish off your stick. For the record I have never been a protester.

$170 million according to the news man. Cheap when you consider the potential benefits from trade between Australia and the other APEC countries.

And I can hear the whingers now "Bastiges waisting my taxes on a 5 star resort". Negativity has never solved a single problem. Having the guts to do something about it should be applauded whether you agree with the man or not. And for the record I have protested, peacefully and with dialogue.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

You can't land a 747 in Canberra - so I guess that settles it!

John

Sorry but yes you can. It has been done a few times and they have enlarged the runway now also.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

Hi Rick,
You're sounding like a "redneck".


Why shouldn't people be allowed to protest?

Redneck??? Redneck??? Who me??? No way!. Arrogant, ignorant, obnoxious, pig headed, uninformed? Maybe just a little bit. My Uncle's are rednecks. My cousin Earl's a redneck. My old man's a redneck, (dont tell him that because he might thump you) but I wasn't influenced by any of them in any way.

I dont have a problem with protesters, they have a problem with me!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

You can't land a 747 in Canberra - so I guess that settles it!

John

John

I think you are sort of mistaken on this occasion, when the former President Clinton visited Sydney in the late 1990's they brought SAM 27000 a B707 to fly the Sydney - Canberra leg as Air Force One.

Unfortunately SAM 27000 had engine trouble while being pre-flighted for the mission to Canberra and without an alternative aircraft being available, the trip was done in SAM 28000 one of the two B747's we usually associate as being Air Force One.

The landing of B747's at Canberra however remains below the specified safe minimums certified by Boeing.

C ya
Diana

So what went wrong ????

Last Update: Monday, February 27, 2006. 12:48pm (AEDT) Upgrade to pave way for more 747 flights

The Canberra International Airport will soon be open to frequent 747 flights with the Federal Government announcing a multi-million dollar upgrade of its main runway.
The airport has a limit on the number of large flights it can accommodate because of the strength of its main runway.
Federal Transport Minister Warren Truss says the Government will spend $28 million to enable the runway to take heavier aircraft.
"There will be quite a number of these aircraft coming into Australia, they're required here for operational purposes, with visiting dignitaries and their entourages or for military purposes," he said.
The airport's Stephen Byron says the upgrade also coincides with a plan to lengthen the runway.
"We believe that will assist us in terms of the development of new routes into and out of Canberra," he said.
The work will be carried out at night and is expected to be ready in time for the 2007 APEC meeting.

Martyn

Didn't the Chinese leader fly from Canberra to Sydney today in his 747? I saw it on the box so it must be true.

Was it Perth to Sidanee???
He was in Perth last nite.
Andrew

Originally Posted by Rovernaut

I don't think it is the finger, - more a 'come here little Johny Howard' pose

The little black thing in bush's lap is our own little johnny and you know what bush is saying "do as I say or you know where this is going"

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