Year: 2018
Spelling mistake: Cathay Paciic
Huge spelling mistake on Cathay Pacific plane
(CNN) — Sometimes, a massive typo is right in front of your eyes and you can’t see it.
For Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific, it was between the “i”s — on the livery of its Boeing 777-367.
Photos have emerged that appear to show a plane on the ground at Hong Kong International Airport, proudly emblazoned with the words “CATHAY PACIIC.”
And to prove that it’s a good sport, if not necessarily a good speller, Cathay Pacific shared the photos on social media, announcing on its Twitter account: “Oops this special livery won’t last long! She’s going back to the shop!”
The photos surfaced via the Hong Kong Aviation Discussion Board Facebook group, but it’s still not clear just how such an epic mix-up could have happened — and some are a little suspicious.
An engineer for Haeco, a Cathay Pacific subsidiary, told the South China Morning Post: “The spacing is too on-point for a mishap. We have stencils. Should be a blank gap in between letters if it was a real mistake I think.”
A spokesperson for Cathay Pacific told CNN Travel: “We did not intend to make it a big fuss in the first place, but photos went viral within the aviation enthusiastic groups, so we just shared the hilarious moment with everyone.”
Super-yacht “Yas”
The Oil Sheikhs have to spend their billions somehow.
The 462.60ft Conversion motor yacht motor yacht ‘Yas’ was built by ADM Shipyards in United Arab Emirates at their Abu Dhabi shipyard , she was delivered to her owner in 2015. Pierrejean Design Studio is responsible for her beautiful exterior and interior design.
ACCOMMODATION
Yas offers accommodation for up to 60 guests. She is also capable of carrying up to 56 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.
EXTERIOR DESIGN
On the upper decks, a flight deck with safety rails that retract flush to the floor will accommodate the owner’s helicopter. The vast curved wall of glass that sweeps round the front section of the upper decks. Behind the glass, which darkens for privacy when an electric current is passed though it, is the bridge and the owner’s suite, complete with private terrace. More than 500 pieces of glass, each specially cast, were used in the construction, which the designers admit was the most technically difficult part of the job.
PERFORMANCE
Powered by 2 MTU 10,492hp diesel engines and propelled by her twin screw propellers Motor yacht Yas is capable of a top speed of 26 knots, and comfortably cruises at 23 knots.
AMENITIES
Spa, Helipad, Swimming Pool, Tender Garage, Swimming Platform, Dynamic Positioning, Elevator / Lift
SPECIAL FEATURES
Among many special features are a helipad, a pool/spa aft deck and an audio-visual entertainment system which is the most extensive and sophisticated aboard a yacht. Yas is the first yacht from the shipyard and is built on the hull of a former Dutch-built navy frigate. The new superstructure is the largest ever built in composite.
Yas’s distinctive narrow profile was built on the steel hull of a former Royal Dutch Navy Frigate built in 1978. Her frigate hull and lightweight composite superstructure help to enable the enormous vessel to reach impressive speeds of up to 26 knots.
The Saar Loop at Mettlach
The Saar River rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine, in France, then flows northward through western Germany to its confluence with Mosel river, near Trier. Within Germany the Saar River pursues a winding course until it reaches a barrier in the form of Hunsrück, a low mountain range made of hard quartzite rock. Quartzite is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression. The river, unable to carve a way through the rocks, makes a full 180-degree turn and cuts a deep U-shaped gorge through the thickly wooded mountains. This remarkable hairpin bend located above Mettlach is called the Saar Loop or Saarschleife in German, and is one of the most famous sights of Saarland. The river flows parallel for a long stretch in the opposite direction before turning left and continuing its northward journey towards Mosel river.
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Astronauts Snapped Hurricane Florence Photos From The ISS, And They’re Truly Chilling
Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut orbiting Earth from 250 miles (402 kilometres) up, has a warning for humans on the planet below him.
“Watch out, America!” Gerst, who joined the crew of the International Space Station in June, said Wednesday in a tweet featuring pictures he took of Hurricane Florence.
Because of its enormous size and power, the storm has been a recent – if not frightening – muse for astronaut photography.
Here are some of the best images of Hurricane Florence by Gerst and Ricky Arnold, a fellow NASA astronaut living aboard the ISS.
Gerst said Hurricane Florence was so enormous, with a width of more than 500 miles (804 kilometres), that he “could only capture her with a super wide-angle lens.”
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Glass Bottle Church
The late Bob Cain built a series of glass bottle structures on his farm just north of town. In 2007 these structures were moved into the community of Treherne, Manitoba. The exterior of some structures are visible from outside the grounds when the attraction is closed.
Wishing Well
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