Tea? (Part 2)

[Mad Doug Biker]

It Heidenskip!

 

[Speicher]

I might have been able to understand it if he wanted to look out of the window. But he wanted to read, so why could he not just have the overhead lamp on? Instead we had the rising sun blazing our (shut) eyeballs.

 

[coffeejo]

I might have been able to understand it if he wanted to look out of the window. But he wanted to read, so why could he not just have the overhead lamp on? Instead we had the rising sun blazing our (shut) eyeballs.

Fair point.

Ooooooooh, fledgling finches at the bird feeders

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sint Pancras!

 

[Speicher]

My worst flight ever, was thank goodness also the shortest. Flying back from Dublin in a Short 22 or something, MDB will correct me.

It was a teeny tiny plane with about 22 seats and twin propellors. On take off, it felt like the plane was going to shake itself to pieces, and the noise deafened me. Never known noise that loud before or since. Add to that the fact that I had been enjoying Irish hoshpithtality until 5am that morning, and I felt very unwell indeed.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Heiloo!

 

[Speicher]

Heiloo!

 

[coffeejo]

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Next stop, Clacton by the looks of things!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

My worst flight ever, was thank goodness also the shortest. Flying back from Dublin in a Short 22 or something, MDB will correct me.

It was a teeny tiny plane with about 22 seats and twin propellors. On take off, it felt like the plane was going to shake itself to pieces, and the noise deafened me. Never known noise that loud before or since. Add to that the fact that I had been enjoying Irish hoshpithtality until 5am that morning, and I felt very unwell indeed.

One of these? :

I presume you actually mean something like this:

 

[Speicher]

Is there a smaller version of the upright one?

 

[Arch]

My shortest flight was Papa Westray to Westray. 2 minutes advertised flying time, we had a tailwind, it was 90 seconds.

I had walked round Papa Westray for the day, having arrived by boat, and thought I better be in good time for the flight. So much so, I got to the 'airport' before the ground crew, fire crew, or check-crew. Which was all the same man. I had to sit on the wall and wait.

I got a seat right behind the pilot. We'd barely levelled off before we were descending again.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Is there a smaller version of the upright one?

There are several versions, such as this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Skyvan

and the Shorts 330 (33 people), etc etc.

 

[Speicher]

I had a lovely flight in a four seater plane in Iceland. (The country, not the shop.) I was in the front with the driver pilot.
We flew over some lava fields, and it was fascinating. Then the pilot decided to unfold the map of the flight paths, in so doing he completely obliterated his view out of the wind screen.

 

[Speicher]

There are several versions, such as this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Skyvan

and the Shorts 330 (33 people), etc etc.

Yes, it may have been one of those. As I said, it was teeny tiny.