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@gkyip
Gary
25 days
Back to Seoul and my favourite inflight meal
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4 months
I certainly didn’t expect to park next to this when I landed in Manila this morning! Great to see my orange airline so far away from home
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@gkyip
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17 days
Phnom Penh Pad Thai…it’s been a while!
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@gkyip
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22 days
Typhoon season is not over yet
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@gkyip
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6 years
2 command courses, 2 type conversions and 2 airlines in just over 2 years. Don’t want to see another manual for a few months now! 🥂👨🏻‍✈️ #airlinepilot
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@gkyip
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4 months
CTRL+C…….CTRL+V
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@gkyip
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7 years
Fulfilled my boyhood ambition of landing a widebody jet into Hong Kong today!😁
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8 years
Last flight of 2016 done and letter of resignation handed in! In April I will be flying the A330 for Cathay Dragon based in Hong Kong 🇭🇰✈️
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6 years
Small weather deviation last night meant that this amazing view of HK was on my side #HongKong #VictoriaHarbour
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6 years
Merry Christmas!! 🎄 My first time flying on Christmas Day and spirits were high. Boosted by some pressies from the company 😊 Hope everyone has a lovely day!
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6 years
A testament to the precision of modern avionics. SQ1 overtakes us 1000ft below on TCAS and activated our radio altimeter confirming 1000ft separation and triggering our “1000” auto callout #RVSM #avgeek
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@gkyip
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6 years
Now that @British_Airways have brought back Landor, @cathaypacific please bring back lettuce sandwich! 🙏 #avgeek
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@gkyip
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7 years
The best looking wing departing Hong Kong 🇭🇰 #wingfriday #lifewelltravelled #cathaypacific
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@gkyip
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6 years
Weather on point in Hong Kong! ☀️ #avgeek #cathaypacific #HongKong #A350
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@gkyip
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7 years
Why I prefer the window seat! ✈️ Great view of Buckingham Palace, London Eye and Westminster as well as Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. Great flight from NCL captained by the famous @mmsBA 😉 #smoothlanding #britishairways #London
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@gkyip
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7 years
179,000 nautical miles flown, 51,200 passengers flown and 215 questionable landings completes my year on the A330. Back to the trusty A320 😃 #avgeek #pilotlife
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@gkyip
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8 years
New uniform items were definitely not a disappointment! #pilotlife #avgeek
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@gkyip
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6 years
When your friend asks you where you are and you can give GPS coordinates, it’s time to get a life 😔 #pilotlife
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@gkyip
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8 years
Signing in a perfectly working easyJet aircraft for the last time! End of the Orange era! #avgeek #crewlife 🍊👨‍✈️✈️
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@gkyip
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7 years
When your hotel room is at fireworks level and you’re trying to sleep for an early start 😒 Happy New Year from Taiwan! 🇹🇼 #HappyNewYear
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7 years
Positioning back from Shanghai and one of your best friends from uni is the captain!
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@gkyip
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18 days
It’s 27°C in Hong Kong and we call this “cooling down”
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@gkyip
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8 years
Seems ET went home 😂🎙
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@gkyip
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7 years
Stay away from the cauliflower!🌨 #pilotlife
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@gkyip
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7 years
Is it just me? 🙊🍆 #dirtymind
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@gkyip
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5 years
“Goodnight Malaysian 370”. The last words spoken by #MH370 to ATC as it passed this waypoint on a routine handover from Kuala Lumpur to Ho Chi Minh. Gives me chills everytime I pass IGARI and I am given the same routine frequency change 😔
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7 years
What a treat! 😎 The ABBEY arrival into HK can drag on sometimes but when the weather is like this who cares? ☀️🇭🇰 #HongKong #avgeek #pilotsviews
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@gkyip
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6 years
A lit highway now connects the two cities of Hong Kong and Macau. The bridge looks even more impressive at night #avgeek
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@gkyip
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7 years
A special #wingfriday this week capturing my first A330 landing from base training! Still smiling from the day!😁
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@gkyip
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4 months
Friendly wave from the ex-colleagues 👋🏼
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@gkyip
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7 years
A corner office with a view 😉 #avgeek #airbus
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@gkyip
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10 years
Caught the @rafredarrows practicing yesterday, was tempted to join in but pax wouldnt be impressed! @RAFRed10 #avgeek http://t.co/8JaSAGlvEe
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@gkyip
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7 years
Curry night (served with Focaccia 🤔) #crewfood #fusionconfusion 🇮🇳🇮🇹
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@gkyip
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6 years
Surfing through Thailand avoiding the bumps 🌩 #avgeek
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6 years
Trust this flight crew? 😬 Finally get to show the parents what life is like in the cockpit! (Shame it’s a Boeing 😂) #avgeek
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6 years
30 minutes of flight compressed into 20 seconds. Reminds me of the 4x button on flight sim! ✈️ 💨 #avgeek #DJI #osmopocket
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8 years
Climbing out from Sicily with a great view of steaming Etna #pilotsviews #avgeek
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@gkyip
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6 years
When one of your best friends is captaining the aircraft in front it brings back those aeroclub feelings! ✈️ Waiting our turn to launch into a beautiful summer day in Hong Kong #pilotlife
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6 years
Typhoon #Mangkhut is on the way. Never seen a pressure this low before 🤯 905hPa!
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@gkyip
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8 years
10 years to the day I did my first solo at Leeds Bradford. Today I'm sat in Hong Kong learning about the A330👨‍✈️ #firstsoloselfie
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@gkyip
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5 years
Both at opposite ends of the airline economics spectrum. High density hub and spoke vs ultra luxury point to point ✈️ #avgeek #airlines
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@gkyip
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7 years
Calm and composed...I’m sure all the training can not prepare for real life emotions but this amount of professionalism shows why we are not just glorified taxi drivers 👨🏻‍✈️👩‍✈️
@NBCNewYork
NBC New York
7 years
"We have a part of the aircraft missing": Listen to the dramatic communications between the pilot of Southwest flight 1380 and air traffic control as plane from NYC comes into Philadelphia for emergency landing
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@gkyip
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6 years
A memorable trip flying with @sickBocks exploring the city of Jinan #pilotlife
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7 years
One of my best landings ever 🛬 So smooth you couldn’t feel it! ... Turns out the instructor forgot to switch the motion on in the sim! 😂 👨‍✈️ #avgeek #pilotlife #greaser
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6 years
FFS🤦🏻‍♂️ #pilotproblems
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@gkyip
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6 years
Subtle change to the uniform this October for #FlyPink for breast cancer #BreastCancerAwareness
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@gkyip
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8 years
Fab last day out in the right hand seat. Thanks @AirbusRed for making it a memorable flight! #crewlife #chocoholic
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@gkyip
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8 years
First roster for the left seat! A few interesting ones #pilotlife
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@gkyip
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3 months
It’s always a pleasure to fill in these logbooks. Just wish we had some stickers to hand out like other airlines
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@gkyip
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7 years
A great crew in high spirits after an unexpected layover ✈️ #crewlife
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@gkyip
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8 years
On board a real A330 at last. Sadly not allowed to touch just yet!
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@gkyip
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6 years
First time to Jeju, South Korea reminded me a lot of the Canary Islands. Volcanic Island, windy approach and sunny weather 🇰🇷 #avgeek #Jeju
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7 years
Used to be a skeptic. Now fully converted. Rooftop bars in big cities definitely worth the premium 🇭🇰 #HongKong
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4 months
Thankfully no delays this morning getting into @manairport following yesterday’s chaos. Just some perfect weather
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7 years
Hong Kong to Singapore. One of the most profitable routes in the world. Here is an SQ A350 leaving for one of the 20+ daily flights
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6 years
There is a good reason at my airline we aren’t allowed to make an approach if Microbursts are reported! 😮
@NWSVegas
NWS Las Vegas
6 years
🤯🤓 MICROBURST!!! Check out this incredible timelapse of the microburst that hit the Green Valley area on Friday! Gusts to 70 MPH and lots of damage were reported with this storm. Images captured from a camera on Black Mountain, courtesy: @NVSeismoLab #VegasWeather #nvwx
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7 years
Still trying to figure out how to smile 😐👨🏻‍✈️ #pilotlife
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8 years
Standing on what used to be the Kai Tak runway looking down the approach to R31 (this end was the easy bit!) #avgeek #kaitak
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6 years
Next time you can’t get to sleep because of too much light in the cabin, don’t worry it’s just someone doing it for the ‘gram 🤦🏻‍♂️
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8 years
Cathay Pacific A350 about to finish a long journey from Hong Kong whilst a few easyJet's are just starting their working day #avgeek
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7 years
The longest flight I’ve been on. Made bearable by being on the A350 and linking up my two favourite cities in the world #avgeek #lifewelltravelled #NewYork #HongKong
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7 years
Long trip down to Bali and back with some added bonus light shows thrown in for free #avgeek #pilotlife
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7 years
2017 has been a big year. Lots of uncertainties at the beginning but I am ending with a smile and thankful that all my life choices have ended well. Looking forward to new and challenging times to come in 2018 🎉 Happy New Year! #HappyNewYear #2018isComing #2017inReview
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8 years
Last easyJet layover with a great crew! 🍊✈️👨‍✈️ #crewlife #pilotlife
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7 years
Unusually clear in both Hong Kong and Shanghai this morning #pilotlife
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8 years
The new standard for #wingfriday 👍
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7 years
Sim check complete. A lap around Mt Everest to celebrate! 😂 #pilotlife #avgeek
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8 years
Today was a bit fancy! 😍👨‍✈️ #avgeek
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6 years
Highest elevation airport I’ve operated to. Less dense atmosphere meant our true airspeed on approach was higher than normal and engines worked extremely hard on takeoff #avgeek #pilotlife
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7 years
First time I’ve evacuated out of the sim for real 😳 #sowsarn #evacuate
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6 years
Getting ready to take this Dragon into China #avgeek #pilotlife 👨🏻‍✈️🐉
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6 years
One good sleep thanks to a flat bed and a quiet A380 cabin and I wake up in London with great weather. Thanks to @Cptchalkywhite who I think commanded the flight?
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6 years
When the captain has the vindaloo for dinner...😏
@JacdecNew
JACDEC
6 years
The Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 (D-AIFA) that suffered extensive fire damage today during tow at Frankfurt Intl Airport, Germany received irrepairable damage and is highly like to be considered a hull loss.
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1 month
Flying the newest one in the fleet down to Penang for an enjoyable visual approach B-HPQ
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@gkyip
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7 years
Good luck for those on #ResultsDay2017 and worry not if you didn't get what you wanted. Neither did I and I'm still in my dream job!
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7 years
Skills test done. Now can't wait for base and line training 😃 #pilotlife
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7 years
Turning left on boarding 👨🏻‍✈️✈️ #avgeek #A330 #cathaydragon
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8 years
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8 years
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7 years
Hong Kong at night is quite beautiful! #hongkong #HKSAR20
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7 years
Crew food wins...plus my effort of a sponsorship from @TABASCO 😉 #pilotlife
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7 years
Dodging more monsters enroute to Penang. Climbing up to 55000ft #avgeek #pilotlife
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6 years
Winter time sees the return of my favourite inflight meal. Claypot rice (and some not so Chinese focaccia) 🤤 #pilotlife #crewlife
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8 years
Popped my #A350 cherry today. What a beautiful aircraft! Let's hope Dragon get some eventually 🙏 #avgeek #lifewelltravelled #cathaypacific
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8 years
Done with the flying until Boxing Day. Hope everyone has a great Christmas! #merrychristmas #pilotlife
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8 years
"Any landing you can walk away from is a good one" #pilotlife
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7 years
Perfect walkaround weather in Phnom Penh ☀️👨‍✈️
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7 years
It seems the size of the licence is inversely proportional to the size of the country #pilotlife #avgeek
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6 years
Congratulations to my first Cathay Dragon Aviation Certificate mentee Sam! A great first step to joining the industry and becoming a pilot #avgeek #CDACP2018
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7 years
Another win for lunch on the flagship Beijing service 😁 #crewlife
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7 years
The A330 has a wingspan of 60m but this is the only visible part from the cockpit #wingfriday #avgeek
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6 years
Skeletal remains of Kai Tak airport. #Avgeek mecca back in the 90s, now a cruise ship terminal #HongKong #KaiTak
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@gkyip
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10 years
Nearly home! Always comforting to hear the professional voices of London ATC upon entering the UK #KeepUpTheGoodWork http://t.co/k0XD185eKy
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7 years
Morning sun shining through the Rolls Royce #avgeek #A350 #RollsRoyce
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6 years
First time in Chengdu and my taste buds get slapped with some decent spicy Sichuan dishes. Delicious! #chengdu #food
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5 years
Will hopefully never lose my keys again
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@gkyip
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7 years
Valet stands were made for airline uniforms ✈️👨‍✈️ #crewlife #pilotlife
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7 years
With all these ships it could only be Singapore! Featuring some visible moisture on #wingfriday 🇸🇬
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@gkyip
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10 years
Our newest base...love the easyJet clog! http://t.co/fIelGtVxgQ
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7 years
Never a good sign when this hatch has to be opened! #avgeek #A330
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