Flying.
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mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
Love flying too. Only have a flight sim to fly though.
I never understood the point of check in. I mean these days you can check in up to 30 days in advance? I travel every few months and always enjoy the experience. Best part is the roar of the engines in the takeoff roll. Love it!
I never understood the point of check in. I mean these days you can check in up to 30 days in advance? I travel every few months and always enjoy the experience. Best part is the roar of the engines in the takeoff roll. Love it!
classic33
Leg End Member
They let you sit inside these days.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Love flying, don't mind airports and all the faff, just relax and watch the world go by.
2007, IIRC I flew IRO 37,000 miles and climbed onto 14 aircraft in 12 months.
Cyprus then back.
Malta and back.
Benidorm and back.
Gatwick to Madrid.
Madrid to Montevideo.
Montevideo to Madrid.
Madrid to Gatwick.
Cyprus and back.
Turned down (wife told me NO
) a trip to South Africa that year as well.
Love flying, but lost weight that year.
2007, IIRC I flew IRO 37,000 miles and climbed onto 14 aircraft in 12 months.
Cyprus then back.
Malta and back.
Benidorm and back.
Gatwick to Madrid.
Madrid to Montevideo.
Montevideo to Madrid.
Madrid to Gatwick.
Cyprus and back.
Turned down (wife told me NO
) a trip to South Africa that year as well.Love flying, but lost weight that year.
OP
OP
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Only when its turbulent and you crap yourself.
The best I managed was 9 flights in a month when we got married.Love flying, don't mind airports and all the faff, just relax and watch the world go by.
2007, IIRC I flew IRO 37,000 miles and climbed onto 14 aircraft in 12 months.
Cyprus then back.
Malta and back.
Benidorm and back.
Gatwick to Madrid.
Madrid to Montevideo.
Montevideo to Madrid.
Madrid to Gatwick.
Cyprus and back.
Turned down (wife told me NO
Love flying, but lost weight that year.
747 Heathrow - LAX
747 LAX - Nadi, Fiji
Twin Otter Nadi - Taveuni
Twin Otter Taveuni - Nadi
A320 Nadi - Sydney
737 Sydney - Cairns
A320 Cairns - Darwin
A320 Darwin - Singapore
747 Singapore - Heathrow
I'd seen enough airports by the end.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I love flying, which is good because my export job involves a lot of it. My great uncle Eddie Grey was chief designer at BAC in Hurn; he it was who designed the tail of the VC10 and the BAC 1-11. He used to send me beautiful publicity photos of aircraft, which I would gaze at for ages. I love the lines of the 747 (as posted elsewhere on CC) and the Catalina and the Spitfire. I love the technology of flying and sometimes wish I'd been a pilot. I'm very relaxed flying, even in turbulence, I guess being able to fly business class everywhere makes it more bearable!
My best ever flight? SAA from Nairobi to Johannesburg. The route passes Kilimanjaro and on that day the pilot announced that he'd got permission to circle the mountain so for 3 or 4 minutes he tipped a wing down and we had a view straight into the crater; I could even see a tiny zig-zag path up a snowfield. On another flight, PIA from Karachi to Dhaka, we flew right along the Himalayas and I could actually see the distinctive shape of Everest on the horizon, much bigger than anything around it. On yet another flight from Johannesburg back to Amsterdam as we flew up the Rift valley we skirted a long line of tropical storms, each massive stack of clouds looking like Chinese lanterns in a row, each lit almost constantly from within by flashes of lightning.
My best ever flight? SAA from Nairobi to Johannesburg. The route passes Kilimanjaro and on that day the pilot announced that he'd got permission to circle the mountain so for 3 or 4 minutes he tipped a wing down and we had a view straight into the crater; I could even see a tiny zig-zag path up a snowfield. On another flight, PIA from Karachi to Dhaka, we flew right along the Himalayas and I could actually see the distinctive shape of Everest on the horizon, much bigger than anything around it. On yet another flight from Johannesburg back to Amsterdam as we flew up the Rift valley we skirted a long line of tropical storms, each massive stack of clouds looking like Chinese lanterns in a row, each lit almost constantly from within by flashes of lightning.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
"Look kids, it Great Uncle Eddie Grey"
"Hi, I'm Great Uncle Eddie Grey"
"We love your pictures of tail fins Great Uncle Eddie Grey"
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
No, sorry
....Working away often left you eating at odd times, occasionally food you didnt like (for some reason i found Uruguayan food bland and boring, completely uninteresting) and often working to deadlines that left no leeway for problems...and so on.
Great job, but working abroad isnt without its drawbacks.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I haven't done much flying, but once managed 7 flights in a day.........and did some work between each flight
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F70100
Who, me ?
Love flying, don't mind airports and all the faff, just relax and watch the world go by.
2007, IIRC I flew IRO 37,000 miles and climbed onto 14 aircraft in 12 months.
Cyprus then back.
Malta and back.
Benidorm and back.
Gatwick to Madrid.
Madrid to Montevideo.
Montevideo to Madrid.
Madrid to Gatwick.
Cyprus and back.
Turned down (wife told me NO
Love flying, but lost weight that year.
Lightweights
.22 sectors a week batting around Europe isn't uncommon round these parts
. Can't say that flying has helped on the weight loss front, but cycling has.
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Hate it.
It's the feeling of having absolutely no control, you can't even ask the driver to stop and let you off if you've had enough.
It's the feeling of having absolutely no control, you can't even ask the driver to stop and let you off if you've had enough.