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Old Jan 17, 2012, 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by Swiss Tony
I thought in the late 90's the 747-200's had Club up top???
I used to fly LHR-JNB-LHR a lot in them days.
Upper deck WT emergency exit, aisle seat was my favourite (and usual) spot.
I think it was on 300's (larger bubble, but no winglets) but the internet and FT hadn't been invented, so I was less of geek.

I can remember one flight back from JNB, sitting at the end of the runway up there, feeling the wind blowing the plane and it wobbling about. Captain came on and told us that we were very close to max take-off weight for JNB altitude and we moved out of the way for some other flights to go while we waited for a more favourable wind! Somehow, the reassuring "RAF" tones of the BA captain's voice meant it didn't bother me at all. Had I been on SAA, it may have made me more concerned that we were so close to the limit.

Before that, I recall having to stop in Nairobi for refuelling. I think partly because they were shorter range 200s, and partly due to a "no fly" rule over other parts of Africa (due to being on way to a pre-free elections South Africa).
Them were the days - you even got a menu in WT!
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