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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    So since we are a very international mob here let’s share some good and bad flying stories.

    I think my fave flight was flying on xmas eve/xmas day, London-Singapore-Melbourne. The pilots came on board dressed in santa suits and we had xmas dinners and got gifts! Surprisingly the plane was half empty.

    Another time, this was before 9-11, I arranged for young Miss Seagoon ( age 15 ), and her friends who were travelling with us, to visit the cockpit. They were allowed to experience the landing into Singapore, they sat in the cockpit. . ( and that’s a lovely airport at night , the harbour is so pretty with all the lights )

    • Force_majeure122@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Melbourne to Toronto 14 years ago (via Sydney and Vancouver), ~28 hours all up. I was withdrawing from nicotine and couldn’t sleep a wink. It was a torture I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
      Flying from Bali to Sumbawa about 20 years ago as a kid. 12 seater airplane. Takeoff was held up for half an hour while the pilot unscrewed the panels containing wiring behind all the cockpit controls etc and tinkered around in there for a while , which was in plain view😬