Originally Posted by Tchiowa
I'm curious. Other than take off and landing what are you expecting to see?
Why do they put windows on airplanes, anyway? It must be for safety reasons so people can see outside if ever an unsafe situation should develop.
Originally Posted by Cloudship
Um - clouds? The passing terrain below? What else would one look out the window at when in the sky? That's why i like flying. I figured my username would say it all.
Whaaaat? Are you suggesting that some people actually enjoy the unique perspective of seeing this beautiful blue/green orb we inhabit from 30 some odd thousand feet above it? In this day and age of electronic entertainment via laptops and seat-back screens, I see more and more people slam their window shades down immediately after takeoff. Alas - a pretty evening sky, a beautiful descent through towering cumulonimbus clouds, the warm midday blue yonder out over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean - for many of us these no longer hold the same level of appeal as the electronically generated visage that appears on the screen in front of us...
Here are a few reasons why I actually enjoy looking out my window... After all, it's not everyday I get to see views like this. As for that movie on the seat back IFE or my laptop, I can watch that anytime back home on a much nicer screen.
As seen on a flight from Kodiak to Anchorage at 11:15pm
Fire In The Sky
Death Valley National Park from on high
20,320' Denali as seen on a flight between Fairbanks and Anchorage
Volcanoes as seen on a flight between Puerto Montt and Santiago