who are your nicest celebs?
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Many moons ago !
We carried lots of folks down to PMI back in the mid/late 60s all going to visit Harry (Seegoon) Seycombe's place. Along with 'Spike' we had Peter Sellers, Joe Brown, Harry Fowler, Frankie Howard, Micheal Bentine, 'Burley Chasse' (Shirley Bassey, Acker Bilk and many. many more. All were super pax and never failed to perform for the crew & hoards
. Different world those days
. Different world those days
Flown too many to think of them all, but the top two have to be Kylie and Mr. Depp. (In no particular order, they're both Class A* acts)
Sean Connery has to get a special mention too - a very kind man - and Thierry Henri is always an absolute gent.
For just sheer fun, 28 days with Metallica on the Monsters of Rock tour in 1991 will take some beating (all areas backstage pass for the whole tour, and they even wangled me a pass to see AC/DC stageside, too) *and* I got a name check from Lars on MTV! \m/
Sean Connery has to get a special mention too - a very kind man - and Thierry Henri is always an absolute gent.
For just sheer fun, 28 days with Metallica on the Monsters of Rock tour in 1991 will take some beating (all areas backstage pass for the whole tour, and they even wangled me a pass to see AC/DC stageside, too) *and* I got a name check from Lars on MTV! \m/
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just flown Roger Moore and his wife, both absolutely lovely and charming. the slightly odd thing was that his wife was reading his autobiography!!
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Just noticed this thread - excellent!
Joe Frazier (and a son) a few years back. Both very pleasant and congenial. Junior looked a bit bigger and stronger than his dad was at the same age.
Joe Frazier (and a son) a few years back. Both very pleasant and congenial. Junior looked a bit bigger and stronger than his dad was at the same age.
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I'm SLF, hope I can post here, but just wanted to mention I sat next to Kinky Friedman* on flight from LHR to IAH the other day (in economy). Seemed like the nicest guy, cracking jokes and signing autographs for anyone who asked. Interesting that he managed to hang on to the same unlit cigar for the entire 10 hr. flight.
*not many may know Kinky on these boards, but he is a famous country-western singer/songwriter/humorist and unsucessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas.
*not many may know Kinky on these boards, but he is a famous country-western singer/songwriter/humorist and unsucessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas.
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Had a freind who was Manager of Hughes in Calgary many years ago.
Tells the story of Phyllis Diller who after checking in early was nowhere to be found after relentles paging, aircraft now ten minutes late, was found playing poker with the handling staff and ground crew.
Lifted moral to new heights
Tells the story of Phyllis Diller who after checking in early was nowhere to be found after relentles paging, aircraft now ten minutes late, was found playing poker with the handling staff and ground crew.
Lifted moral to new heights
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The Times online just published the 20 best (and worst) travel websites of 2008. PPRuNe comes in as number 5 (on the best list!).
Guess which thread is ´loved´ by the journalist?
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Guess which thread is ´loved´ by the journalist?
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I had Boris Johnson, shortly after becoming Mayor of London on board along with his wife and children. All extremely well behaved, and even signed the article in that day´s Sun which the captain wanted signing.
Sir Trevor Brooking and his wife. My dad is a huge fan of his and I was almost named after him until my mum said no! His wife had come to the forward galley and I told her the story, she thought it was hilarious. She knew as much about football as he did, which is a lot. Also had the pleasure of shaking his hand. He also poked his head in the flightdeck to say thank you before disembarking.
Sir Trevor Brooking and his wife. My dad is a huge fan of his and I was almost named after him until my mum said no! His wife had come to the forward galley and I told her the story, she thought it was hilarious. She knew as much about football as he did, which is a lot. Also had the pleasure of shaking his hand. He also poked his head in the flightdeck to say thank you before disembarking.
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Flew from ZRH-LHR with Lee Scratch Perry (he lives very quietly in Zürich.) Still, he is very much in charge of his own unique planet and on this day was wearing a suit with around 100 CDs sewn into the outside from top to bottom. He shone and clanked as he walked. It was a pleasure to shake the hand of a walking piece of reggae history. A very nice person.
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great thread...
I am TLF but my brothers fly. Apparently...
Jules Holland: polite and quiet as a mouse.
Laurence Llewellyn Bowen: tall guy, much bigger and quieter than you think, chuntering somewhat because he didn't get an upgrade.
Gwyneth Paltrow: charming, didn't eat anything at all.
Nicole Kidman (travelling sans entourage): low key, politely chatty: surprise surprise didn't eat anything at all from HK to SYD but did knock back a couple of glasses of champagne.
Myleene Klass: tiny even in massively high heels, surprisingly brusque but had small baby with her so perhaps stressed...
Sir Bobby Charlton: very sour, complained twice, a big disappointment
Gary Barlow and wife coming back from holiday: no VIP treatment at all, were really quiet, hardly said anything all flight but happy to sign autographs for all the transfer bus staff.
Charles Kennedy: clearly 3 sheets to the wind, red faced, obnoxious, "do you know who I am"...
I am TLF but my brothers fly. Apparently...
Jules Holland: polite and quiet as a mouse.
Laurence Llewellyn Bowen: tall guy, much bigger and quieter than you think, chuntering somewhat because he didn't get an upgrade.
Gwyneth Paltrow: charming, didn't eat anything at all.
Nicole Kidman (travelling sans entourage): low key, politely chatty: surprise surprise didn't eat anything at all from HK to SYD but did knock back a couple of glasses of champagne.
Myleene Klass: tiny even in massively high heels, surprisingly brusque but had small baby with her so perhaps stressed...
Sir Bobby Charlton: very sour, complained twice, a big disappointment
Gary Barlow and wife coming back from holiday: no VIP treatment at all, were really quiet, hardly said anything all flight but happy to sign autographs for all the transfer bus staff.
Charles Kennedy: clearly 3 sheets to the wind, red faced, obnoxious, "do you know who I am"...
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Tut-tut Jenny. The correct response is: "Oh God help us ... not another one with amnesia!"
This reminds me of the impeccably mannered stewardess who, on greeting a boarding male passenger with a cheerful "Good morning, Sir" got a snarling "What's so effing good about it?" She sweetly replied "It was merely a form of greeting, Sir, not the effing weather forecast!"
The cabin service director, who was standing next to her, went and cringed in the galley!
This reminds me of the impeccably mannered stewardess who, on greeting a boarding male passenger with a cheerful "Good morning, Sir" got a snarling "What's so effing good about it?" She sweetly replied "It was merely a form of greeting, Sir, not the effing weather forecast!"
The cabin service director, who was standing next to her, went and cringed in the galley!
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Sir Bobby Charlton: very sour, complained twice, a big disappointment 
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Get Down Shep
Many years ago I had the pleasure of sitting beside John Noakes on a British Midland flight down to PMI. I had grown up with Blue Peter and just couldn't believe my luck that the seat between us was empty (Y class B737 we were way down the back!).
He was an absolute gentleman and we chatted all the way to Palma about Blue Peter, Shep the Collie and the adverstising and voice over work that John was doing. He was on his way to spend the summer in Majorca and proudly told me all about his yacht and villa. The flight seemed to be over much too quickly and I found myself wishing we had been on a long haul route.
We waited together in the baggage reclaim hall and continued to chat whilst waiting for our luggage. As we left the Airport he said he felt that he'd only left London 10minutes ago. As I jumped into my cab I thought about how much I'd enjoyed chatting with him and realised that I hadn't even been aware of the landing in PMI!
Now where did I put that squeezy washing up liquid bottle and scissors?
He was an absolute gentleman and we chatted all the way to Palma about Blue Peter, Shep the Collie and the adverstising and voice over work that John was doing. He was on his way to spend the summer in Majorca and proudly told me all about his yacht and villa. The flight seemed to be over much too quickly and I found myself wishing we had been on a long haul route.
We waited together in the baggage reclaim hall and continued to chat whilst waiting for our luggage. As we left the Airport he said he felt that he'd only left London 10minutes ago. As I jumped into my cab I thought about how much I'd enjoyed chatting with him and realised that I hadn't even been aware of the landing in PMI!
Now where did I put that squeezy washing up liquid bottle and scissors?
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what an interesting post, really enjoyed reading it...
Not a CC story but a Pax experience - A friend of my flew business class from New York to London and sat next to Gary Barlow - he introduced himself before he sat down as "yes, I am Gary Barlow and no you can't have my autograph!" So my friend played Robbie Williams full blast on his IPOD for a few songs. Apparently he was quite rude to the CC and very into himself. He also sat next to Boy George on another flight who was apparently lovely, funny and talked about his legal woes candidly when he found out my friend was a lawyer!
Not a CC story but a Pax experience - A friend of my flew business class from New York to London and sat next to Gary Barlow - he introduced himself before he sat down as "yes, I am Gary Barlow and no you can't have my autograph!" So my friend played Robbie Williams full blast on his IPOD for a few songs. Apparently he was quite rude to the CC and very into himself. He also sat next to Boy George on another flight who was apparently lovely, funny and talked about his legal woes candidly when he found out my friend was a lawyer!
