I can't even imagine how you segued from the seating arrangement in aircraft of heads of state to 'princess Michelle taking a chariot ride.' Have another ladle of MAGA Kool-Aid and chill.

(Written on 08/27/2018)(Permalink)

Of course, bring up POTUS 44. Got the nerve to bring that up given what we know about 45's golf trips and wife talking a separate flight because she rather not look at his ugly, cheating puss.

(Written on 08/24/2018)(Permalink)

The ‘Three’ has always been my favorite jump ship. Riding her to altitude was always an experience to remember. She is such a piece of art. The rivets are amazing, and I used to marvel at the cockpit. It reminded me in an odd way of the submarine in Jules Verne 20,000 leagues under the sea. I think I also like it because she is a taildragger, an odd duck these days, like the Pilatus Porter and the Helio Stallion. The latter are turbos, while the ‘Three’ has radials. Hearing those radials fire up early in the morning made everyone run for their parachute rigs.

(Written on 09/01/2017)(Permalink)

We took a BA 787 from SJC to LHR. It was a hellish ride. I think the only ones who would call that sled a Dreamliner would be the airline bean counters. The lavatories were ridiculously small, and the seats wouldn't do as patio furniture. Our connection was a 767. Nicer layout. But then they charged 2.30 Euros for a cup of water. It's Lufthansa for me from now on.

(Written on 07/07/2017)(Permalink)

Exactly. That's why I vote with my wallet. United and American are no longer on my eligibility list. Thank Goodness, there are other ways to get from point A to point B.

(Written on 07/07/2017)(Permalink)

Totally plausible. My flight instructor and I were flipped 360° in a Cessna 172 when a FedEx MD-11 on an opposite heading en route to OAK passed 1000 feet overhead as we crossed SUNOL intersection. ATC had warned us of possible wake turbulance. I never saw it coming because I was under a hood getting instrument training. The clipboard with the charts wound up in the cargo compartment and the CFII hit his head on the cabin ventilator tube coming out of the wing at the uper right hand corner of the windshield. He had quite a gash in his forehead and we immediately returned to get him medical help.

(Written on 03/18/2017)(Permalink)

She may be sleek looking, but if the seat pitch will be like in a Air New Zealand 777-300ER, I wouldn’t want to go on a 30-minute Flight-To-Nowhere in that contraption.

(Written on 03/11/2017)(Permalink)

Note To Myself: Add British Airways to my list of crap airlines from whom I vow never to buy a ticket. The last one I added was Air France. At least partially at fault are the aircraft manufacturers, particularly, Boeing. During the past fifty years, the airplane interior design hasn't changed much at all. The Boeing 737 I flew in 1968 had the same layout and same refrigerator-size latrine as their latest ones. The legroom is gone, and the galley isn’t needed anymore since you don't need a galley to dole out peanuts. Seems like every improvement they made benefited their corporate customers, not the flying end-user. In other words, over 50 years, Boeings creativity had focused on making us passengers more miserable. And they succeeded. The worst abomination they perpetrated on the unsuspecting public was that 777 cattle wagon. With a 14-hour+ range, sardine seating, and the worst seats ever, that body-torturing piece of crap belongs on the scrap heap. The only thing missing

(Written on 11/25/2016)(Permalink)

Exactly. It looked like they were planning a 4-way, but the “hero“ came in too hot and became entangled.

(Written on 06/29/2015)(Permalink)

They were under the impression that she was dead, and acted accordingly? Take a step back and read what you've been shuffling. Ever read any of the firefighters’ testimony? Big picture, little picture ... you've got no clue.

(Written on 02/01/2014)(Permalink)