Your favourite part of the flight
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Your favourite part of the flight
As professional pilots, what is your favourite part of a flight? Is it hearing the engines roar when spooling up for take-off? Is it pulling off a tricky landing? I know the question is a bit cliched, but I am genuinely interested to hear from the people who fly the heavy metal what aspect of flying they really enjoy (hopefully doing it professionally doesn't take all the fun out of it!). I thought this was the best place to ask. Thanks in advance.
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Launching on a dull cloudy day, then popping out into a brilliant blue sky. It does wonders for the mood.
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Don't fly heavy metal but the first take off of the day and the last landing are usually favourites.
But sometimes of a summer evening climbing over a blanket of cloud. The sun beginning to set, tingeing everything with red and gold. The sense of being 'elsewhere' is overwhelming particularly if you've reached a point in the day when you sense the aircraft as if it were part of you rather than a cold machine.
It's a rare experience. But when it happens the atmosphere in the aircraft changes. The people in the back go quiet and anyone sitting beside you either says nothing or simply 'Beautiful isn't it?'.
Better still, someone is paying me to be there!
But sometimes of a summer evening climbing over a blanket of cloud. The sun beginning to set, tingeing everything with red and gold. The sense of being 'elsewhere' is overwhelming particularly if you've reached a point in the day when you sense the aircraft as if it were part of you rather than a cold machine.
It's a rare experience. But when it happens the atmosphere in the aircraft changes. The people in the back go quiet and anyone sitting beside you either says nothing or simply 'Beautiful isn't it?'.
Better still, someone is paying me to be there!
