Originally Posted by
Shaggy Sheep Driver
My one and only Viscount flight was with BAF, Manchester to Jersey (should have been Guernsey but that was fogbound). I proffered my PPL and asked the captain for the jump seat at MAN.
"We don't have one, but you can stand behind the copilot's seat if you like".
So I did. Takeoff to touchdown!
Yes when I was detached from Glasgow to Sumburgh I did the same in the BEA VIscount. Crossing Scapa Flow at 500ft trying to spot sunken ships was most exhilerating!