.. thank you for reminding me of the utter joy of skimmimg along just feet above the top of smooooth stratocu, best done into and out of Melbourne
Wiley - thanks for reminding
ME of my two-week airline attachment to Ansett during ATC training. My most memorable moment was of a Strathbogie departure out of Melbourne on a DC-9. As we climbed out of the cloud into the blue sky the captain (Tony Lake if memory serves) turned his head to me in the jump seat, gave me a wink, said "watch this", as he gently pushed the column forward and commenced to skim the clouds for about 30 seconds. As a then 20-year old who had never flown in jets, it was the most thrilling experience imaginable, and I've never forgotten that moment, nor the pilot who did it.