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Old 24th Jul 2009, 18:19
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Jersey to Dinard on 10 September 1976 in Intra Airways DC3 G-AMPY. We took off in weather sufficiently bad to prevent the Weymouth - Jersey ferry getting into St Helier harbour. We flew through a severe storm in which the thunder could be heard over the din made by the Pratt & Whitneys. The turbulence was worrying. Most of the passengers, and also cabin crew were, well, let's say unwell, in the one and only chemical toilet. I managed to hold onto my stomach - just. The approach into Dinard seemed to take for ever. The only time I've been scared on an aircraft, not helped when my mate sitting opposite pointed out the 'plane could have been dropping parachutists over Arnhem before either of us was born.

But at least I can say I've flown on a DC3!
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