Re: Very OT: things that fly by

Jim <jim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Pd <peterd.news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> > > I remember flying in a DC6 when I were a lad. And several DC3s, as
well.
> > > Ee, I feel ancient.
> > 
> > My first experience of flying was in a Bristol Freighter, then the
> > Viscount, and then many flights in Fokker Friend****ps. I still love
the
> > smell and sound of those turboprops.
> 
> I've...er...been on a 737 recently. Um.

When I was a young lad in the Sea Scouts (before joining the ATC),
somebody with connections in NAC (National Airways Cor****ation)
organised a joy ride for a hundred or so scouts, in a 737. We flew round
Auckland doing maximum rate turns and descents and cool stuff like that.

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Pd