what would be more scarey
16 January 2006, 06:55 PM
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what would be more scarey
imagine if you're on an aeroplane half way through the journey
1, little turbelance, the lights in the plane starts to flicker and the masks fall down in front of you
2, the air stewardesses hurries down the aisles asking every passenger, "excuse me do you know how to fly a plane?"
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1, little turbelance, the lights in the plane starts to flicker and the masks fall down in front of you
2, the air stewardesses hurries down the aisles asking every passenger, "excuse me do you know how to fly a plane?"
just wondering
16 January 2006, 07:00 PM
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had the first, initialy its scary, but you get used to it!!!
the real scary one is when the crew strap themselves in next to you!!!
comming in to HR in a right hoooley!!!
or the almighty bang / shudder midway through a clear sky, non turbulant flight!!!
M
the real scary one is when the crew strap themselves in next to you!!!
comming in to HR in a right hoooley!!!
or the almighty bang / shudder midway through a clear sky, non turbulant flight!!!
M
16 January 2006, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by wwp8
2, the air stewardesses hurries down the aisles asking every passenger, "excuse me do you know how to fly a plane?"
That gives me an idea. All I'd need is a cheap Easyjet flight, an orange shirt, a jumper to go over it, and a trip to the toilet mid flight.
Take the jumper off while in the toilet, turn on a camp run and bellow out the above. I wonder how that'd go down.
16 January 2006, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by G-STAR
That gives me an idea. All I'd need is a cheap Easyjet flight, an orange shirt, a jumper to go over it, and a trip to the toilet mid flight.
Take the jumper off while in the toilet, turn on a camp run and bellow out the above. I wonder how that'd go down.
16 January 2006, 07:33 PM
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Niether...I can fly a plane*
*ok it's a two seater Cessna. But with a half decent autopiltot with autoland which most planes have, a good ATC giving a helping hand, plus ILS and a quick run through of which **** and lever does what, I'll get 'er down in one piece. Plane'll land itself and I'll take the credit
Without the autoland it might be a tad bumpy though
If the masks drop down, The only thing I'll worry about is losing my hearing from explosive de-compression. I might be tempted to try some zero gravity acrobatics as it nose dives back to 10000ft
Yes that is how bored I get on planes...Sometimes I pray for somthing to happen
*ok it's a two seater Cessna. But with a half decent autopiltot with autoland which most planes have, a good ATC giving a helping hand, plus ILS and a quick run through of which **** and lever does what, I'll get 'er down in one piece. Plane'll land itself and I'll take the credit
Without the autoland it might be a tad bumpy though
If the masks drop down, The only thing I'll worry about is losing my hearing from explosive de-compression. I might be tempted to try some zero gravity acrobatics as it nose dives back to 10000ft
Yes that is how bored I get on planes...Sometimes I pray for somthing to happen
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17 January 2006, 10:48 AM
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He's right, you know 
They do say that a good landing is one you walk away from.
An outstanding landing is one where you can use the 'plane again...
I've always wanted something like that to happen because I also get terribly Bored. Oh, and I'm a pilot
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They do say that a good landing is one you walk away from.
An outstanding landing is one where you can use the 'plane again...
I've always wanted something like that to happen because I also get terribly Bored. Oh, and I'm a pilot
SB
17 January 2006, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
It happened to me once in a VC10-but I was flying it
17 January 2006, 11:04 AM
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The scariest thing I've had is the pilot announcing that the fire warning light had come on and we were 2 hours from the nearest airport (mid-Atlantic at the time). He sounded really shaken up. Turned out to be some prat smoking in the toilet. 
He asked us to smell the person next to us to see if it was them
He asked us to smell the person next to us to see if it was them
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Originally Posted by wwp8
excuse me
only once have we had to divert due to a technical fault, and i reckon that was more serious than they told us!!!
we set off from HR on route to luxembourg.... a few bangs bumps and shudders after about 20 mins flying, and the pilot announced we were divertint to brussels
due to a technical prob..
HMMMM]
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17 January 2006, 01:06 PM
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I'd be scared if the oxygen masks dropped down...and the aircraft didn't start to descend...like what happened to those poor buggers in that 737 that crashed in Greece in the summer. How long does the oxygen to the masks last for 10/15 min max?
17 January 2006, 01:09 PM
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Last plane I was on, the ovens caught fire. Smoke alarms going of all over the place. Cabin crew in a panic etc.
I've never put a seatbelt on faster in my life.
I've never put a seatbelt on faster in my life.
17 January 2006, 01:14 PM
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I've seen a stewardess and her trolley hit the roof, a few passengers were out of their seats and heading upwards as well. All the more reason to wear your seatbelt at all times. Twice now I've seen the masks come out following a hard landing, loads of screams, quite funny.
17 January 2006, 01:14 PM
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Hello
I've been on a 'plane when it was dropping, shaking, getting side-swiped by the wind and the oxygen masks came down. It was like that for about an hour. I was extremely worried, and the crew strapped themselves in and were just staring straight ahead. Nothing happened, and the 'plane carried on as normal.
That was 10 years or so ago, and I am actually afraid of flying these days.
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I've been on a 'plane when it was dropping, shaking, getting side-swiped by the wind and the oxygen masks came down. It was like that for about an hour. I was extremely worried, and the crew strapped themselves in and were just staring straight ahead. Nothing happened, and the 'plane carried on as normal.
That was 10 years or so ago, and I am actually afraid of flying these days.
Steve
17 January 2006, 01:15 PM
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Flying from France to Dublin a few years ago I could smell hydraulic fluid fumes. Pointed it out to the chap next to me. He could smell it to and went to tell the crew. Pilot/co-pilot chap comes down the plane for a sniff, frowns a bit and wanders off. Pilot comes on the intercom.
"Ladies and Gentlemen - we seem to be experiencing some difficulties - we dont know what it is yet, but everything seems to be functioning OK, so..." (oxygen masks drop from ceiling - everyone starts crapping themselves) "... in the meantime can I ask you to fasten your seatbelts and familiarise yourselves with the use of the oxygen masks just in case"
2 minutes later he comes back to say they have checked all systems and everything is fine (but we can still smell the stuff)
Arrive in Dublin after 10 minutes to a runway flanked by fire engines and get taxied to the far end while they carry out an exterior check. Nothing :grrr: - I was really looking forward to a go on the big bouncy slide
"Ladies and Gentlemen - we seem to be experiencing some difficulties - we dont know what it is yet, but everything seems to be functioning OK, so..." (oxygen masks drop from ceiling - everyone starts crapping themselves) "... in the meantime can I ask you to fasten your seatbelts and familiarise yourselves with the use of the oxygen masks just in case"
2 minutes later he comes back to say they have checked all systems and everything is fine (but we can still smell the stuff)
Arrive in Dublin after 10 minutes to a runway flanked by fire engines and get taxied to the far end while they carry out an exterior check. Nothing :grrr: - I was really looking forward to a go on the big bouncy slide
17 January 2006, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
I've seen a stewardess and her trolley hit the roof, a few passengers were out of their seats and heading upwards as well. All the more reason to wear your seatbelt at all times. Twice now I've seen the masks come out following a hard landing, loads of screams, quite funny.
Yes, I've seen that as well, and I take great care in explaining that to people when they wonder why a "silly little" seatbelt has an effect. They think about cars and stopping, rather than 'planes and dropping, becoming weightless and breaking your neck on the roof.
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17 January 2006, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by G-STAR
That gives me an idea. All I'd need is a cheap Easyjet flight, an orange shirt, a jumper to go over it, and a trip to the toilet mid flight.
Take the jumper off while in the toilet, turn on a camp run and bellow out the above. I wonder how that'd go down.
Expect the plane to be diverted to the nearest airport and for you to be taken away in handcuffs. But don't let that deter you, please post pics / video of your escapades. You can skip the footage of you and Bubba in the shower though.
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