Tuesday - June 17, 2025

[ReadingBob]

Morning all,

Sitting at gate, in Basel, waiting to board the first of three flights to go home. Boarding starts at 10:55. We should arrive in Orlando around midnight. Doesn't sound too bad until you add in the 6 hour time difference. 

Had a great time cruising the Rhine. We'll likely do another trip next year or the year after.

Have a great one!

[PRR Modeler]

Safe travels Bob.

[deemery]

Safe and BORING travels, Bob.  That's a situation where you don't want excitement.

It's our last day of cool temps in SE NH, cloudy, heading to 68.  My neighbor came by yesterday with his long arms and held up the skylight blinds while I screwed their frames into the wood I installed over the weekend.  I still need to go up and vacuum up there, but that project is done.  

A classmate co-owns a brewpub http://www.oakandironbrewing.com/ and tonight we're having a meet of classmates who are in the area. (Website says they have Kölsch on tap this week!) The college president is coming down to talk to us, probably telling us "send more money" :-)  

I should get some time in the train room today.  

dave

[Orionvp17]

Mornin,' All!

84, feels like 87 and partly cloudy here in the northern mitten today.  Good basement day, but that has to come after appointments.

Bob, listen to Dave!!!  Boring is better than exciting.... Trust me!  I've had exciting....  Engine fire in flight in the middle of the night in bad weather 1200 miles at sea over the Pacific with nobody within 300 miles who can help you if you have to go in the water... assuming that you can make it to the water before the wing burns off....  Don't need to repeat that experience, and don't wish it on anyone else, either....  So stay safe, and see if you can sleep....

Make it a great day, All, and stay safe!

Pete
in Michigan

[deemery]

Well, I've had less exciting flights than Pete, but I remember one where we were supposed to take off at 8:00 PM.  They kept on announcing delays, "mechanics are working on the problem and should have it fixed in 45 minutes."  After multiple occurrences of this, at midnight they finally cancelled the flight.  This was a flight from Newark to Madrid, and half the passengers were Spaniards trying to go home.  Most of them spoke no English.  The gate agents struggled to get hotels, meal vouchers, calls home, etc.  The big problem was by that time, they could only find one baggage handler who spoke both English and Spanish, plus my mother-in-law.  The two of them had to explain what was happening, get all the cats herded to the bus to the hotels, etc.  It was 4:00 by the time we settled down, and we had to be in the lobby by noon the next day, busses to take us to JFK for a flight on another airline....

The other thing I remember clearly about that flight (late 80s) was that several women flew to NYC to buy fur coats.  One woman had -5-, the one she was wearing, and 2 bags from furriers in each hand.  

I've had multiple delays for various reasons and lost luggage situations, but fortunately, I've never been on a flight that took off and then had to return to the gate or land somewhere else from an in-flight problem.  

dave

[GPdemayo]

Afternoon all.....

Exciting in an airplane is being out for your first flight away from the airport after you solo, climbing to 3500', starting a power on departure stall, catching a wing tip at stall and going into a spin.....get me the brown pants.....

Reference for "brown pants" below:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M8aHwWc_TOs

[KentuckySouthern]

Realizing in my early 20s flying just wasn't for me. Unlike driving it's really really hard to just slide off the side of the sky and regroup.

My scary flying tale was having the scattered light snow lose the scattered status and then lost the light status and then the VFR status as I did an early XC from Flint back to Lansing. Could only see down but knew the roads well. I had to request a Special VFR clearance to land. Was no local radar if I recall.

North Central Convair, Route of the Ruptured Duck, had to do a missed approach and go around while I was putting the 172 away. $24/hr was "expensive" to fly.

I did meet once with Navy aviation recruiters, not enough jackassery in my profile for them. Scored quite well on the screening test so got a brief ride in their little Beech trainer.

Life intervention ended any aviation ambitions.

KSsolidlyOnTheGround

[ReadingBob]

Afternoon all,

Thanks for the travel well wishes. Just got into Toronto so the longest leg of the journey is over. Now we have to sit at our gate for several hours before the last leg to Orlando. Since we should be landing there just before midnight I don't expect the drive home will be too difficult. 

Have a great one!

[jbvb]

Good evening, all, and welcome to North America, Bob.  I got home from another track work day at Seashore, ate dinner and sat down to catch up on the Forum and read email.  Rain is forecast Wednesday, protecting me from distractions: I must finish setting the new computer up and get it ready for Saturday's HUB Division Railfun presentation about my layout.