I managed a Vicount flight back in the mid 80s Manch to Jersey. I proffered my PPL and asked for the jump seat for the take off. "We don't have one", said the captain, "but you can stand up behind the P2 seat if you like". So I did! For the take off and all the way to Jersey.
Amazing view, but though the passenegr cabin was pristine, the flight deck really showed that this was an aeroplane almost at the end of its operational life.
Came home on the flight deck of an F27. How can an aeroplane with half as many Darts be twice as noisy to fly in?
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