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Old 2nd Apr 2010, 03:01
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twochai
 
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I think it was the coldest room I have ever slept in mainly as everything was so damp

Depends upon the starting point: Leaving -20C Goose Bay on a winter's evening, after ten hours of thrashing through the darkness, wind, turbulence, icing, etc., one's exact position usually in some slight doubt with the ADF's deflected by precip static, a bed in the Santa Maria Airport Hotel was a welcome, if somewhat musty environment. After getting to the bottom of a bottle of the local plonk, never had a problem sleeping!

And it did fill up occasionally, particularly after one or two diversions had arrived at SMA. I remember being driven to the only available room - one in the very rustic home of a local farming family - with a very grumpy farmer being thrown out of bed to make way for the temporary guests!
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