Do you like flying?

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Ditto... i love having the window seat

does anyone else tend to think being at the airport is pretty fun... the wait isnt.. but all the technological equipment is fun... especially the security checkpoint... then my next favorite machine is the one that sucks your ticket in and shows your name on a small screen as you enter the jetway.

As a teenager I had a fear of flying - and I was even afraid when someone in my family flew! But then when I graduated college I suddenly decided that I HAD to learn how to fly an airplane myself. I don't know where that idea came from but it became an obsession. I flew single engine Cessna's (152 and 172) for about a year until I ran out of money. Now I can say that I love flying. I really want to learn hang gliding though - it seems more like 'real' flying to me.

haha I get very annoyed annoyed flying commercially! I fly heavies for the military. So Im pretty much used flying somewhere, jumping off the jet, get a ride into town, and take off again. No securities no waits! hehe And when Im a passenger Im paranoid cause I dont know the Pilot in command of the 747 and would rather fly the jet myself.

Is there a difference between microlights and ultralights?

I hate airplanes, and I have to fly on one in less than two weeks. Actually, I have to go on three different flights before I go back home. I get motion sickness when I fly, so I take Dramamine and pass out. I also hate all the time-consuming airport rituals, and all the waiting.

Love flying, been doing it all my life. Alas, haven't flown since before 9/11, so I've missed out on killer fingernail clippers, trick shoes, etc..

I'd love to be a pilot, except my eyesight, blood pressure, and lack of 40$/hr for many hours makes it impossible...

I like flying. I want to fly business class one day to see what it's like.

No, I have a fear of flying.

Once, last year, I had to go on a plane to fly to the place where my great grandfathers funeral was being held at. I think that I annoyed the people on the plane because I was saying really loudly..."Something doesn't sound right with the engine!"...."Whats that rattling sound?!"...."I think we are going to crash!"...."theres not enough oxygen I can't breathe!"...and many other things haha.

Tangentially related. I had a short lived obsession of reading text transcripts of black box recordings of the few final minutes in plane crashes. These are available online. I found it fascinating. I'm not afraid to fly though.

Probably an English or European term.

By the way, I still have my plan kit for the Weedhopper and various books I collected before the FAA finally developed some definition for them. I remember an engine called the Pong Dragon. 6 cylinder radial, 3 fore, 3 aft, separate carbs for each that had to be tuned, and delivered 65HP with 35 lbs of weight. Not bad. Made them in Seattle area.

Someone at the Hillsboro tower (Oregon) told me that they'd noted an ultralight at 18,500', one time. He didn't know what happened about it, but I figure the pilot must have had oxygen. Personally, other than commercial, I've never been above about 12,000' without oxygen and not for that long, then. (I know, supposed to have it above 10, passengers above 12.5.)

I'm curious, though. Since you flew heavies.... They ever put a badge on you for radiation? I brought up a geiger counter with me (several different ones and several different times) and it's pretty bad up at FL350 or so. I figure you get about 15 mRem in a 2hr flight. Which is about a years' worth on the ground where I live here in Oregon. (The first time I brought one up, I used the speaker on the counter and it was __noisy__ and I had to flip it up two scales to get the clicking into range. Then the stewardess asked me to turn it off. Times after that I made the measurements quietly.)

Jon

I dunno....no?

Tiny planes are very loud. midsized small planes are perfect (7 plus but less than 40 seaters), take offs and landings and scenery is definately mentally engaging---but the whole somebody else at the wheel and controlling security thing...smelly bodies, other peoples legs touching mine, children yibbering

Flew over alcatraz in a plush helicopter--it was almost enjoyable, if I hadn't been with my family.
Used to want to learn to hangglide.
Parachuted a couple/few 5 times-it wasn't that great.

I like boats and things that travel on the ground.

When I was a kid, I liked looking at how the planes pull up and park in a row. Just the whole driving up to the door thing. Never seemed to grow old. (my folks dealt in the airports-ALOT) escalators. People in golf carts indoors. Not the baggage wheel though. I DESPISE standing around tired with a bunch of strangers waiting on who's bag- who's bag- who's bag...

I want to cruise across the atlantic.

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oh i like trains... trains are so fun to ride on!

but i dont like cars that much... or buses for that fact...

boats are fun but not wheelchair accessible... but the train here has a lift on it yay!

Trains totally rock!
Most boats are not wheelchair accessable, but, somebody could lift you?
And....and...and....ferries, if I remember correctly-have elevators.

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I've always wanted to try one of those dinner storybook trains where they either tell a story or play a game as a theme for the trip.

actually the problem with being lifted onto a boat is the fact that my spine is so unstable that the best thing when i get my powerchair is to stay in my powerchair whenever possible... its designed for MY spine...

ferries usually have a giant ramp... and so do cruise ships

id love to go on a cruise...