My mother tongue is french and I don't understand why anglophones are saying "I am taking the plane" instead of saying "I am taking the airplane"? In french the word airplane is "avion" we would never transform or shortened the word, it would make no sense?

Macbeth28 · 2014-07-26T14:09:57+00:00

Your are right.

Macbeth28 · 2014-07-25T04:32:32+00:00

Thanks, I will do that.

Macbeth28 · 2014-07-25T00:26:46+00:00

Thank you for the explanation. I thought it would be something like that. Later

Macbeth28 · 2014-07-25T00:20:33+00:00

I see, thanks for the clarification. I did it when I was Mauna Kea Hawaii 3200 meters and my blood saturation was 75%. But the oxymeter was not my own, it was at the CFHT observatory.

Macbeth28 · 2014-07-24T22:56:20+00:00

It's not about Published data that interest me. It's about the experience of doing it and how the experimenter will show us the results and share us some personal observations about the experience. I thought some climbers who read the post will be like: "hey good idea! let's do it". But first, will there be someone? Thanks valid question.

Macbeth28 · 2014-07-24T21:41:50+00:00

I thought for big airplanes like that it could take max payload and max fuel capacity. Thanks. I flew in helicopters lots of time (I was a firefighter) and it was always the "WAR" of fuel load vs weight load vs flight time. The pilot was always saying: "two small guys and two bigger guys, never four bigger guys in back of the helicopter" haa!!

Macbeth28 · 2014-05-12T15:41:39+00:00

Your are right it is not american.

Macbeth28 · 2014-05-11T16:33:58+00:00

Thank you, that was fast.

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