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inaluct

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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2009, 04:08:27 pm »
Quote from: Samyotix on May 25, 2009, 03:15:10 pm
BTW, don't applaud the pilot after the landing, only Tourists and Noobs do that  ;D
Unless you get one of those comedy pilots that basically does a stand up routine during the flight. If that happens and other people are applauding, it's probably a good idea.
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2009, 04:12:14 pm »
Or if he saves you by landing on a river.
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2009, 06:53:50 pm »
Quote from: ToonyMan on May 25, 2009, 04:12:14 pm
Or if he saves you by landing on a river.

Look at that example, the plane had a one-in-several-billion string of failures, yet everyone still survived.
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2009, 01:14:39 pm »
Quote from: Taniec on May 24, 2009, 05:55:28 pm
I'm kind of worried. Any advice?

You shouldn't worry. Aircrafts are safe. Some fun stuff:

Q: What are the chances of dying in a plane crash?
A: The odds of being killed on a single trip in an airliner accident is 52.6 million to 1. The odds are lower for smaller aircraft. If the plane is involved in a fatal crash, there is a 2 in 3 chance of dying.



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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2009, 01:29:56 am »
What is comforting is that the flight is only about 1 hour plus. When I get back I plan to do a Let's Play of a neat little game. If man can go to the moon I can survive a little plane ride.
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2009, 01:24:18 pm »
Bad news people. I kind of enjoyed the flight  :(

The city was great. School looked fantastic. And seeing the Earth from thousands of feet in the air is something that will never get old.
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2009, 01:29:58 pm »
The Ketchup and Shampoo bottles never fail!
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2009, 07:47:29 am »
I've only flown twice in my life: once out to California, and then the return trip. On the return I saw lightning under the plane. That was nerve-wracking.

I'm of the opinion that flying to any place is cheating because you skip all of the stuff in between. Of course, I've driven out west twice and have a severe and unending case of wanderlust.
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #23 on: May 31, 2009, 11:47:09 am »
I've been in a two seater plane before with some pilot guy.  It was quite fun, even though a slight wind blew us across a state.
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Re: Preparing For Liftoff
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2009, 04:16:51 pm »
I love planes, at one point I was actually gonna go and become a (commerical) pilot but I'm not a big fan of jets.

Gotta love small prop planes though, good fun. Been up a few times in a Cessna.

I have seen a plane crash in person though, This One, Specifically
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Quote from: Puck on October 29, 2010, 08:08:05 am
It felt a bit like a movie in which two stoners try to steal a military helicopter
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