An absolute fear of flying.. again!

[croyde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBcC8zqNjKk

[boobles]

I know somebody who installs all of the wring looms etc & he once told me that even he is amazed at how these things stay in the sky especially if people saw how some of these wires are connected together!



Think he was only joking.. I hope so anyway!

[br d]

BiL was in the RAF, went to the Falklands, worked as a flight engineer and flew on everything they asked him to.

After leaving the service 20 years ago he has never flown again and never will. Says he's seen too many potential issues with flying to trust it!
They holiday in Jersey.

[-Pete-]

Good old PH, helping each other any way we can...

[Fatman2]

croyde said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBcC8zqNjKk

Woah, that is shocking! I only managed to look at this last night as the Nazi work setting don't allow youtube.

I was talking to the guys at work about this and reckon it definitely comes under 'extraordinary' conditions.

I don't think the plane was designed to do this kind of thing anyway and it looks like he was swooping down to drop off a shed load of water i.e. loads of tonnes of water! The guys reckon the sudden offloading of such high mass, coupled with the manoeuver and possibly the heat well and truly exceeded the design limit of the wings.

What I find shocking is that they both fail simmultaneously at the root joint. The load must have been mahoosive.

[Maxf]

"There are only two emotions on a plane - boredom and utter terror."

Great quote - cant remember who by though.

[croyde]

I've actually been so bored and fed up on a plane that for a brief moment I almost relished the idea of a crash.

[grumbledoak]

croyde said:

I've actually been so bored and fed up on a plane that for a brief moment I almost relished the idea of a crash.

I'm told that, after 36 hours awake and some wine I actually tried to open the door and get out. No recollection of that at all.

[boobles]

grumbledoak said:

I'm told that, after 36 hours awake and some wine I actually tried to open the door and get out. No recollection of that at all.

Were you not arrested & locked up?

If I was on that flight, I am sorry but I would have given you a stern telling off!

[grumbledoak]

boobles said:

Were you not arrested & locked up?

No. The stewardesses were nice to me. Apparently a sleepwalking man can't open them.

ETA- I meant the doors.

Edited by grumbledoak on Thursday 3rd November 11:01

[King Herald]

Maxf said:

"There are only two emotions on a plane - boredom and utter terror."

Great quote - cant remember who by though.

With the advent of in-seat entertainment systems I now quite enjoy long flights. The only time I get to see new and whole movies is when flying. I have noise-reducing headphones, a Kindle, ear plugs, and I select my seat in advance when possible. Flying is no longer the tedious bore it once was.


I flew Manila, Tokyo, Houston, New Orleans yesterday and it was not a bad trek. 27 hours, from leaving home to arriving at the hotel.