I wonder if any Qantas / Virgin Blue planes have ended up at the graveyard, or whether there are other aircraft dumps around the world.
Full post: Strange Geographies: The Mojave Desert's Airplane Graveyard

AMAZING Virgin Blue email marketing error: congrats – you're Gold. No you're not.
Air France flight 447: incredibly unfortunate ad placement
Wind shear and [...]

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My strong dislike of Virgin Blue just ratcheted up a notch to "will avoid flying with them at any cost". I received an email from Virgin Blue last night congratulating me on achieving Velocity Gold frequent flyer membership, only to receive another one an hour later saying "you do not qualify for this upgrade. Please [...]

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I'm on a Gray Line bus out of San Francisco, en route to Yosemite National Park. There is FREE wifi on the bus – amazing! San Francisco really would be the place to live if you were tech minded.
The bus driver just commented that the reason this bus has WiFi is that it does [...]

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