captainron
Well Known Member
CAT IIIb autolands in the DC-10 on a foggy day, when you feel the wheels touch before you ever see the ground.
The rush of a full-speed-brakes descent at barber pole in a B-727.
The back-door approach into Kai Tak in a B-747 with your wingtip skimming the rooftops of Yau Yat Chen as you make the steep turn to final.
The twists and turns of the noise-abatement departure out of Osaka 's old Itami Airport .
Deadheading in First Class.
The Canarsie approach into JFK.
The Eiffel Tower .
Max gross weight takeoffs.
Cross-wind landings.
Good co-pilots.
A large handful of thrust levers, each one connected to 50,000+ pounds of thrust.
Man-sized rudder pedals as big as pie plates.
Leak-checking your eyelids on a long night flight.
And, as one friend so perceptively pointed out, payday!
Then there was Venus coming up before the sun in the Eastern sky, giving the horizon a light show like no other!
Then there was the long night coming back from Narita or Hong Kong to SFO when the sun came up big and strong in the Eastern sky.? I would come up on the VHF tactical frequency and sing,? ?"Good Morning!? Good Morning, Ain't it great to stay up late,? Good Morning, Good Morning to you!"
The rush of a full-speed-brakes descent at barber pole in a B-727.
The back-door approach into Kai Tak in a B-747 with your wingtip skimming the rooftops of Yau Yat Chen as you make the steep turn to final.
The twists and turns of the noise-abatement departure out of Osaka 's old Itami Airport .
Deadheading in First Class.
The Canarsie approach into JFK.
The Eiffel Tower .
Max gross weight takeoffs.
Cross-wind landings.
Good co-pilots.
A large handful of thrust levers, each one connected to 50,000+ pounds of thrust.
Man-sized rudder pedals as big as pie plates.
Leak-checking your eyelids on a long night flight.
And, as one friend so perceptively pointed out, payday!
Then there was Venus coming up before the sun in the Eastern sky, giving the horizon a light show like no other!
Then there was the long night coming back from Narita or Hong Kong to SFO when the sun came up big and strong in the Eastern sky.? I would come up on the VHF tactical frequency and sing,? ?"Good Morning!? Good Morning, Ain't it great to stay up late,? Good Morning, Good Morning to you!"
