On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:02:56 -0500 Recliner wrote :
The thing that gets me is taking off in a propeller plane. They always seem
to be slow to get off the ground, making me wonder if it'll ever take off,
but then rise up anyway. They often have nice big windows, too.

Perhaps my hairiest flight was in a small single-engined sight-seeing plane
over the Grand Canyon, where I occupied the co-pilot's seat. The pilot
could see me taking pics, so he went out of his way to bank steeply as we
manoeuvred over the Canyon, so I got the best possible shots. The rising
air was bumpy, so I felt the need to hang on, but not to any of the moving
dual controls in front of me. It was one of those exhilarating flights
which you simultaneously want to go on forever, and to end immediately.

I did the same, save that it was a four seater with two of us tourists. The
other guy had a video camera so I gallantly let him have the back seat where
he could film from either side and I took the co-pilot's seat. No sooner had
we taken off than I started remembering those films where the pilot has a
heart attack and someone who has never flown a plane before has to take the
controls .... No need to worry though: he was an off duty airline pilot
making some extra money.

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Tony B