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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
on the same note, almost my whole life i've had a fascination with planes. Flown quite extensively, watched countless documentries on aviation, war planes, comercial aircraft, crash shows such as mayday etc.
call mine more of a morbid fascination but most of my interest stems in just how unremarkably reliable aircraft are in general. I have a very good understanding in mechanics, engines, etc. and even a bit of electronics/avionics and it still amazes me
on that note i'm curious have any of you guys been on any truely terrible flights? IE. mech failure etc?
I have a few friends who's family lived in Africa [pointe noir specifically] and it essentially took 26 hours of flying to reach a 2 hour jeep ride to get where they lived, each of them flew the route numerous times with the last plane being essentially a foot race to pack the plane until there was no more room and take off. Call if ignorance etc. but outside of one time where my friend did not think the plane would clear the trees, he said they always felt safe lol
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Originally Posted by JesseBlue
i always love planes even from a young age...its always a wonder and now grown up, you look at it from a different perspective but still the giddiness is still there...one day after the 787...i'd like to ride in the a380...
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I could say the same about myself. Spent my whole life fascinated by aircrafts and in particular from Boeing and Airbus. I'm engineer oriented and am interested in all aspects of aircraft engineering, operations, flight operations, airline/manufacturer politics, and much more.
I'm glad there's a forum on aviation so I could contribute a little. I've been silent in
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