_BlackHawk_ wrote:Oh I dunno, you can still find that mystic of not know if you'll arrive at your destination alive; fly Adam Air or Garuda for that 'I don't know if I'll live through this' experience.
Been there, done that - got the t-shirt dude! I've been on some pretty well aged aeroplanes, somehow still allowed to fly in S.E.Asia. Remember being on a filthy old F-27 from Miri to Sandakan in 1981. It even had a small bronze plaque in the cabin saying that the original owner was some crap South American airline in 1959! I've also scared the crappers out of myself in a aeroplane enough times as well. I guess my point is that I just think it was cooler when people used to dressed up to go flying - not got pissed as fast as possible on their cheap holiday flight to Bali or Thailand.
Please don't mind my Monday mid-life grumpy b/s coming from me!
Actually, two of my scariest moments were on Aussie flights.
1. On final into Heathrow on a big Aussie 747-400. Felt this nasty sink on what was final (possibly a micro-burst I'm guessing from a nearby Cb) and I thought "oh crap!". There were nice big puffy summer Cb's around at the time. The drivers up front gave that big bird the spurs aborting the landing, but we got low. We then spent the next 30 min's on a low altitude scenic flight around London waiting to get slotted into the pattern - very nice!
2. Coming back from Tassie once in a horrible little BAe-146. No, we didn't suffer from oil fumes, but because those P.O.S can't climb very high, we had to punch right through a storm and the Capt then announced "Cabin crew - BRACE, BRACE, BRACE!". The FA near me was serving drinks/food. She shot her arms out and up and was then floating near the top of the cabin with her trolley - next second - BANG, she was on the floor - luckily the trolley missed her and we nearby pax! Tea, coffee and everything else loose went flying too. It was the most severe turbulence I've ever been through. The cabin got real quiet - no screaming, nothing.
Whilst not "scary" (well, some of the pax were a little!), one interesting flight I had back from a mine once in WA I class as the most "Aussie" flight I've been on. It was a 0800 departure back to Perth on a Dash-8. Just after t/o in cruise-climb, the FA walks up the isle with a tray full of VB's for everyone coming off "swing". Cool I thought! I ain't a "teetotaler" by any means, but I just wanted a coffee at that time of the morning!
I do agree though, there is still plenty of "adventure" to be had in aviation still!