I always thought the ultimate flight over the pond would have been to ride in the observation seat on the Concorde. Pretty tight up there, but I would imagine lots of fun to watch, as I hear the grews workload is much busier than other planes.
Ed 300E On 4 December 2010 08:52, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I did Detroit to Schipol (Amsterdam) in the crew's bunk room one time. On > 747-300/400 models they sometimes had a small bunk room at the top of the > stairs in the forward part of the business class cabin. When they flew > longer routes, such as trans-Pacific where they had two crews on board, the > off duty crew billeted in the bunk room. > > In this case we had taken off from Detroit, shortly after which my seat > back broke, preventing it from staying upright. The plane was full, so the > cabin crew was was running around trying to find accommodations for me. I > pulled out my "airmans certificate" and suggested that I would be more than > happy to ride jump seat the rest of the way. They took it and went forward > to the flight deck, then came back and did a "follow me." > > "Woo-hoo!" I thought to myself - a trans Atlantic crossing on the flight > deck! As we neared the door to the flight deck we made an abrupt left into > the bunk room, where the first officer greeted me and pointed at the bunks > and a small jump seat. "Make yourself at home, we're not going to be using > it." > > It wasn't business class, but it was nice to be able to lay down and snooze > while watching inflight movies.... > > I had an associate who was also a private pilot who did get to make an > Atlantic crossing in the jump seat on a 747 once. He said it was pretty > boring... > > Dan > > > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > wrote: > > > From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old Airliners > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 11:17 PM > > I had the pleasure once of seat 1A in > > First Class on a BA flight from Boston to London, and since > > no one was in the aisle I moved there, sitting in the upper > > deck of the B747 right behind the flight deck, the door to > > which remained open during taxi and takeoff, and a good part > > of the flight. I wandered up there and chatted with > > the pilots awhile after my first cocktail while working on > > the second, before supper, it was great fun. Once at > > cruise altitude out over the water, they really had very > > little to do. > > > > First Class on BA is a very enjoyable experience. One > > wanted a longer flight so as to enjoy all the goodies on > > offer. > > > > --R > > > > On 12/3/2010 10:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > > Yea I remember being able to go up to the cockpit for > > a visit. How things have changed. > > > > > > On 12/3/2010 1:39 PM, E M wrote: > > >> Another plane I enjoyed flying on when I was a > > kid, was Vickers VC10s. The > > >> cockpit was like a stately sitting room. > > That was back in the days when > > >> kids and teens were allowed up to chat with the > > pilots, and even push a few > > >> buttons if you were lucky! :-) I think > > the British Air Force still have > > >> several in their fleet. > > >> > > >> Ed > > >> 300E > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
