What is your favourite part of a flight?

zero · Post by **zero** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:53 am

Yuck, raw oysters make me gag...don't ya have a BBQ in that pod, smoked oysters...mmm.

Nice picture BTW, classic.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:57 am

zero wrote:Yuck, raw oysters make me gag...don't ya have a BBQ in that pod, smoked oysters...mmm.

Nice picture BTW, classic.

Thanks,

I'm actually starting to get used to this Coast, there is now a bottle of Tobasco in my flight bag..... Love'em raw baby! Lol

STL

fanspeed · Post by **fanspeed** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:13 am

After all the bullshit, paperwork, pax on board, door closed.................and throttling up for takeoff. Or in a glider-if I could do that for a living, I would...................

phillyfan · Post by **phillyfan** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:24 am

I love a good "Whiskey Front"

Rudderless · Post by **Rudderless** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:17 pm

If we could record all the above scenarios in a narrative sort of way , it would really make for an interesting book. Everyone has read "Fate is the Hunter"?

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:29 pm

Early morning. Mist just rising off the lakes. Dead calm. The aircraft wound out, doing 210 kts. Maybe twenty-five feet off the water. Maybe. The two dudes in the small boat cant hear me coming. They're trying to catch breakfast. It's all over before they can react. The perfect buzz job! YEEEEEHAAAAA!

Lommer · Post by **Lommer** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:27 pm

Showing up at the airport/dock at dawn and preflighting in the cool air as the mist burns off in the sunshine, knowing you've got a full, awesome day of flying ahead of you.

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:28 pm

sky's the limit wrote: What the picture doesn't show: the 15 Oysters I just ate that were growing on the rock...... Hey, beats the Arctic!

STL

Also not shown is you puking and pissing out your ass at the same time because you had a "bad" one.....

I think the best part's the last leg home, finish the paperwork early, enjoy the often smoothe evening air, watch a sunset, hold the other pilot's hand.....

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:34 pm

" hold the other pilot's hand....."

You fly with Captain S&J?

JohnnyHotRocks · Post by **JohnnyHotRocks** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:30 pm

I love looking down on the airliners while we pass them in the CLIMB!
I love it when ATC asks, "How FAST are you going???"...and the suprised response, "You need to slow to .80, you are following Air Canada"

dji · Post by **dji** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:00 pm

watching the sunrise when taking off just after sunset, and watching it go down again in 10 second during the descent

Flight85 · Post by **Flight85** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:17 pm

Flipping switches and turning knobs... I especially like tuning the radios.

HighBypass · Post by **HighBypass** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:17 pm

My favorite part of a flight is when you climb to 100' agl and it seems like your way up there.

Or maybe flying up to the 80th parallel and knowing that your the only plane in canada north of 70 that is below FL300.

Roger Perdactor.

ever · Post by **ever** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:23 pm

My favourite part of flight is sitting back while in cruise, having the flight attendant ask me what I want to drink, and knowing Im boeing south, not having to worry about shit for two weeks. Having said that My least favourite part is boeing north.

TerrainTerrain · Post by **TerrainTerrain** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:54 pm

l_reason wrote:I like any part of a flight that presents a challenge, if it’s crappy weather, an unfamiliar aircraft or just playing around challenging my self. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvucXMFdhFs

You've brought a smile to my face. Thats what its all about.

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:54 pm

Cat Driver wrote:
" hold the other pilot's hand....."
You fly with Captain S&J?

Nahhh.

But I heard if you do touch his hand it feels like you've touched God.

MUSKEG · Post by **MUSKEG** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:17 pm

Walking out that last day and not caring if the door hit you in the ass. It did have some awesome moments,...........but not enough.

rightseatwonder · Post by **rightseatwonder** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:29 pm

Always kinda liked waiting out the weather when we had to in the Maldives.....this is an abandoned island that they were thinking of developing into a resort...about 250nm north of Male on a typical NE monsoon season day minus the storm winds and swell of course!

Rudderless · Post by **Rudderless** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:58 pm

nice pictures.....no snow.....

Rubberbiscuit · Post by **Rubberbiscuit** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:10 pm

Skimming the top of a nice even stratus layer at dusk @ 250kts +!!

ei ei owe · Post by **ei ei owe** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:32 pm

rightseatwonder wrote:Always kinda liked waiting out the weather when we had to in the Maldives.....this is an abandoned island that they were thinking of developing into a resort...about 250nm north of Male on a typical NE monsoon season day minus the storm winds and swell of course!

How does one abandon an island? To do that, wouldn't you have to make some kind of claim to it first and then leave it? Great pic by the way.

Kateski · Post by **Kateski** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:52 pm

-Taking off at sunset.

-Recognizing a friend's voice on the radio.

-Pulling out my sorry little annorexic wallet and finding out I still have enough money on account to cover this one.

wingtip · Post by **wingtip** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:31 am

JohnnyHotRocks wrote:I love looking down on the airliners while we pass them in the CLIMB!
I love it when ATC asks, "How FAST are you going???"...and the suprised response, "You need to slow to .80, you are following Air Canada"

That is great if you are running long range at altitude but from YYZ to any NY/NJ airport, you are only as fast as the EMB ahead of you...

Airlines cruise to save money, Corporate cruises to save time...

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