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I see lots of replies that refer to the desert scenery. I can appreciate that ...
I have been fortunate enough to do a 'Shorts Skyvan' sector from MCT to Khasab on the Musnadam Peninsula in Oman.
The 'orange box' sprouting two engines is dwarfed by the mountains and 'fjords' up there.....
Spectacular is an understatement as you climb (approx 1500 feet) from the Indian Ocean side(sheer cliffs) over navigation points 'Beechers Brook' (true!) into the valley (not so wide especially, if the SOAF choppers are not keeping to the circuit and decide to take the 'short way' back by flying against the incoming traffic)
'Hang a right' at 'Tattenham Corner' to line up on the short strip behind the village and the sea beyond......
Very memorable.....
I have been fortunate enough to do a 'Shorts Skyvan' sector from MCT to Khasab on the Musnadam Peninsula in Oman.
The 'orange box' sprouting two engines is dwarfed by the mountains and 'fjords' up there.....
Spectacular is an understatement as you climb (approx 1500 feet) from the Indian Ocean side(sheer cliffs) over navigation points 'Beechers Brook' (true!) into the valley (not so wide especially, if the SOAF choppers are not keeping to the circuit and decide to take the 'short way' back by flying against the incoming traffic)
'Hang a right' at 'Tattenham Corner' to line up on the short strip behind the village and the sea beyond......
Very memorable.....
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Bravo 2-0,
I don't know if you have ever done MCT-SUR-Maseriah with Oman Air but it is Spectacular!
My own memorable views are Luxor, over Cairo and Alexanderia, along the Nile at 30,000ft, on SAS from JED-COP. The Pyramids were about 1/4" high but distinguishable:
FRA-MAD over GVA with a great view of Mont Blanc and the Pyrenees:
Crossing over Southern Greenland on a BA flight from SFO-LHR listening to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto brings back memories too:
and finally a flight I always enjoy especially on a clear day, is LHR (no longer, but now)LGW to PLH and NQY with my favourite airline Byrmon! You pick up the South coast at Portsmouth, get a full view of Southampton and the Isle of Wight, then Purbeck, Weymouth and Portland before crossing Lyme Bay to the South Downs. After a bumpy ride over Dartmoor into PLH, a short hop to NQY with a spectacular view of the Tamar and over beloved Cornwall! The friendly Brymon Staff, Flight crews and Cabin crews, their liberal heavy-handedness with the drinks and most of all the Barley Sugar sweets before landing all make for a wonderful return to the South West for me.
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Wake me up when we get there
By the way, Justapax, the Swiss Air Bandar Abbas flight is no longer running!
[This message has been edited by The Sleeping Pax (edited 26 June 2000).]
I don't know if you have ever done MCT-SUR-Maseriah with Oman Air but it is Spectacular!
My own memorable views are Luxor, over Cairo and Alexanderia, along the Nile at 30,000ft, on SAS from JED-COP. The Pyramids were about 1/4" high but distinguishable:
FRA-MAD over GVA with a great view of Mont Blanc and the Pyrenees:
Crossing over Southern Greenland on a BA flight from SFO-LHR listening to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto brings back memories too:
and finally a flight I always enjoy especially on a clear day, is LHR (no longer, but now)LGW to PLH and NQY with my favourite airline Byrmon! You pick up the South coast at Portsmouth, get a full view of Southampton and the Isle of Wight, then Purbeck, Weymouth and Portland before crossing Lyme Bay to the South Downs. After a bumpy ride over Dartmoor into PLH, a short hop to NQY with a spectacular view of the Tamar and over beloved Cornwall! The friendly Brymon Staff, Flight crews and Cabin crews, their liberal heavy-handedness with the drinks and most of all the Barley Sugar sweets before landing all make for a wonderful return to the South West for me.
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Wake me up when we get there
By the way, Justapax, the Swiss Air Bandar Abbas flight is no longer running!
[This message has been edited by The Sleeping Pax (edited 26 June 2000).]
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Sleeping Pax,
Your mention of dear ol Brymon(yep I used to enjoy the old service and before the DH on the HP Heralds...was that BMA or BIA?) reminds me of the days that the 'old man' used to take me flying, while he was 'moonlighting' one summer in the '60's (anything to get out of school!) in a DH Rapide of Mayflower Airways, operating PLH/NQY/EXT to ISC(St Mary's, Isles of Scilly)
Interesting runway at ISC, that did not leave to much error if you landed to far down otherwise you were likely to run down the cliff at the far end!! The airfield being similar to an inverted saucer !( I believe that is one reason the old man was helping out as one of the other Rapides did exactly that, with the Skipper lucky to escape alive!
Your mention of dear ol Brymon(yep I used to enjoy the old service and before the DH on the HP Heralds...was that BMA or BIA?) reminds me of the days that the 'old man' used to take me flying, while he was 'moonlighting' one summer in the '60's (anything to get out of school!) in a DH Rapide of Mayflower Airways, operating PLH/NQY/EXT to ISC(St Mary's, Isles of Scilly)
Interesting runway at ISC, that did not leave to much error if you landed to far down otherwise you were likely to run down the cliff at the far end!! The airfield being similar to an inverted saucer !( I believe that is one reason the old man was helping out as one of the other Rapides did exactly that, with the Skipper lucky to escape alive!
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"Dart" Heralds - definitely used by Peter Villa's British Island Airways (designator "UK"). Headquarters at KRH (no, not Kirachi, but Redhill!)
I flew them many times when I was based at LGW and supporting the BCAL computer reservations system. At one time they did the LGW-Rotterdam run, and I used to occasionally scrounge a ride to Guernsey on one. They also did the run to Blackpool.
Only thing you had to remember was that it was noisy as hell in the front rows - better down behind the wings.
The other odd thing was that the smokers (including me!) were on the right side of the aircraft and the non-smokers on the left!. So if you had an isle seat and you were travelling with non-smokers you could still chat with them during the flight! (Perhaps the outflow valve was on the right side of the aircraft, instead of at the rear
I flew them many times when I was based at LGW and supporting the BCAL computer reservations system. At one time they did the LGW-Rotterdam run, and I used to occasionally scrounge a ride to Guernsey on one. They also did the run to Blackpool.
Only thing you had to remember was that it was noisy as hell in the front rows - better down behind the wings.
The other odd thing was that the smokers (including me!) were on the right side of the aircraft and the non-smokers on the left!. So if you had an isle seat and you were travelling with non-smokers you could still chat with them during the flight! (Perhaps the outflow valve was on the right side of the aircraft, instead of at the rear
