The joy of flying. Post something wonderful
Mar 12, 2014, 3:41 pm
#61
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,508
The one (and pretty much only) great thing about flying:
Within 24 hours I can be pretty much anywhere in the world from anywhere else in the world. Which is why we all put up with all the nonsense.
Oh and flying over my house is cool too...I always like being able to pinpoint my house from up in the air.
Within 24 hours I can be pretty much anywhere in the world from anywhere else in the world. Which is why we all put up with all the nonsense.
Oh and flying over my house is cool too...I always like being able to pinpoint my house from up in the air.
Mar 12, 2014, 10:47 pm
#62
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
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Last summer from FRA to SFO we had a routing almost up to the Arctic Circle, probably as far north as I'll ever be. Halfway up the eastern coast of Greenland I saw hundreds of icebergs drifting out from the shore on a perfectly clear day. In row 1 of the 747 I had 5 windows to choose from. All for 67.5k UA miles. 
Mar 13, 2014, 12:57 pm
#63
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
Programs: UA 2MM, AA 600k, DL 500k, Hyatt GP 1M, HH Gold, Rad. Gold, CP Gold, Miracle Fruit-su Club
Posts: 9,950
A hot air balloon ride over the Napa Valley early in the morning, when one's perception is altered by moving at the speed of the air, thus perceiving that one is still while everything else moves. Was it really the other way around? And in the quietude, hearing people talk far down below, as when one is on quiet water.
And for breathtaking: On approach to SCL, before feeling the change in pitch to indicate anything but cruise altitude, awakening and opening the window and looking directly across at Aconcagua at the same elevation.
And for breathtaking: On approach to SCL, before feeling the change in pitch to indicate anything but cruise altitude, awakening and opening the window and looking directly across at Aconcagua at the same elevation.
Last edited by Firewind; Mar 13, 2014 at 1:02 pm
Mar 17, 2014, 1:10 pm
#64
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Washington DC
Programs: AA Plt Pro (2MM)
Posts: 199
Several years ago I had the opportunity to fly in the back seat of an F-15D from Kadena AB in Okinawa. The 2 hours I spent watching the earth and sky tumble in a variety of most unusual orientations thru my peripherial vision will stand as the most awesome experience of my life. I can't describe what is was like witness firsthand the power of that aircraft and the skill of the pilot but I managed to last the flight with all of my airsick bags empty, memory banks full and a huge smile on my face.
Mar 17, 2014, 2:39 pm
#66
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
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Nowhere near any Air Force Plane ride, but what comes to my mind is a TC North Pole flight, with Northern Lights before the most beutiful sunrise I've ever seen
Mar 18, 2014, 3:19 am
#67
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Location: Sydney Australia
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