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    17. I had the worst experience with Wizz Air

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      My evening flight from Gatwick to Milan was delayed, resulting with my arrival at 2:45am when there was no public transportation available (apart from taxis). According to EU rules any delayed...

      My evening flight from Gatwick to Milan was delayed, resulting with my arrival at 2:45am when there was no public transportation available (apart from taxis).

      According to EU rules any delayed flights over 3 hours can be reimbursed (partially) as can any inconveniences.
      This is the email I received from Wizzair's claims Dept:

      Thank you for contacting Wizz Air Customer Service Department.

      We would like to extend our sincerest apologies regarding the inconvenience caused by the delay of your flight. After thoroughly investigating your case we can confirm that the delay of flight W4 5786 MXP-LGW on the 3d of July 2023 was 02:57 h, based on the arrival at your destination airport.

      Please be kindly informed that passengers are entitled to the compensation specified in Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council when there is an arrival delay of minimum 3 hours.

      Therefore, unfortunately we regret to inform you that no compensation is due in this specific situation.

      Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us by replying to this email.

      Have a pleasant day!

      Kind regards,

      I am at a loss for words (and taxi fare!)

      16 votes

    22. Lockheed Martin teases next generation aircraft

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      Recently Lockheed Martin put out a post on social media [1] where they showed a silhouette of a yet-to-be-revealed aircraft. Most people seem to believe it will be the reveal of their entry to the...

      Recently Lockheed Martin put out a post on social media [1] where they showed a silhouette of a yet-to-be-revealed aircraft. Most people seem to believe it will be the reveal of their entry to the NGAD program [2] (Next Generation Air Dominance).

      While not much is publically known one interesting tidbit is how much it looks like the silhouette of the Testor Corp [3] F-19 [4] model that was released back in the mid 80s. Testor said at the time that the model was based on intelligence (aka leaks) of what would eventually become the F-117.

      Aviation forums in the past have said F-19 model is what they WANTED the F-117 and it does look quite a bit like the Have Blue [5] test craft they built, however, the legend is that they couldn't get the math to work for radar deflection properly at that time due to lack of computational power and ended up with the geometrically simpler F117 design we got.

      [1] Lockheed Martin Teaser: https://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/LM-NGAD-story.jpg
      [2] NGAD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Dominance
      [3] Testor F19: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testor_Corporation#F-19
      [4] Testor F19 Image: https://test803.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_6712-1.jpg
      [5] Have Blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Have_Blue

      34 votes