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    I think I just flew my last international flight.

    Quote Originally Posted by spudfan View Post
    I have never been on an aeroplane.
    It’s like the bus, but when you get to the bus stop you have to stand in a line and wait, then have someone make sure you’re not a terrorist, then walk miles, wait then get in another line and wait, then shuffle slowly onto the bus, wait, take your seat, wait. Listen to the drivel about safety, wait, once you’ve finally got underway in a seat that’s a little smaller than the bus seat you’re used to, stay there for hour upon hour without moving.

    At the detonation, the bus stops, you wait, disembark, walk miles to get your bag, wait, then battle traffic in a taxi, car or bus/train to get to your destination.

    As Tins said - you aren’t missing much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post

    At the detonation, the bus stops, you wait, disembark, walk miles to get your bag, wait, then battle traffic in a taxi, car or bus/train to get to your destination.

    As Tins said - you aren’t missing much.
    Hope this wasn't a Freudian slip, Gav...
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    None of this applies to GA. I would definitely recommend you take at least one flight in a light aircraft, even if it's only a TIF (Trial introductory flight ). Unless you want to have a near death experience, avoid helicopters...


    ( What am I saying? Spud's post about his spouse will be a near death experience if ever she reads them )
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    Quote Originally Posted by spudfan View Post
    I have never been on an aeroplane.

    Bloody Hell spudsy! , Did they boot you off the steps before you could?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
    None of this applies to GA. I would definitely recommend you take at least one flight in a light aircraft, even if it's only a TIF (Trial introductory flight ). Unless you want to have a near death experience, avoid helicopters...


    That is probably what they said to Putin's mate before he did.


    ( What am I saying? Spuds post's about his spouse will be a near death experience if ever she reads them )


    Certainly not singular by any means. She probably has got his Number but just waiting for the right moment to make it headlines.

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    I think for a first flight you fly to Adelaide from mt gambier, you can watch the screws on the wings spin around and have less room than a back seat in a d2 and then bank left on the approach over the hills and almost fall into the person seat over the isle which is an arms length away, utter expletives have the co pilot and everyone else look at you as your sweating and looking pale then when you finally get up to leave the plane look at the pilot and think he’s no older than 18 and still the co pilot gives you a dirty look …. There’s a reason we have a license take a holiday and drive to where you want go lol I think I just flew my last international flight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobMichelle View Post
    I think for a first flight you fly to Adelaide from mt gambier, you can watch the screws on the wings spin around and have less room than a back seat in a d2 and then bank left on the approach over the hills and almost fall into the person seat over the isle which is an arms length away, utter expletives have the co pilot and everyone else look at you as your sweating and looking pale then when you finally get up to leave the plane look at the pilot and think he’s no older than 18 and still the co pilot gives you a dirty look …. There’s a reason we have a license take a holiday and drive to where you want go lol I think I just flew my last international flight.
    That used to be said of the DC3 watching the Rivets rotating First flight was a tad alarming but I got used to it after successive flights to KI.


    Never had a visual with the F27 though but the plane was a High wing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    Bloody Hell spudsy! , Did they boot you off the steps before you could?
    Just never flew anywhere. Their baggage charge for a Defender 110 on an aeroplane is pretty stiff....

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    Quote Originally Posted by spudfan View Post
    Their baggage charge for a Defender 110 on an aeroplane is pretty stiff....
    Yeah, and unless they fly the AN-225 it prolly won't fit in the overhead lockers.
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    In the seventies I flew on a DC3 which replaced the Fokker for some reason. N my return when talking to my mother referred to it as an historic aircraft. Horrified my mother as the only aircraft she had ever flown on were with Bush Pilot Airways who had operated the DC3

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