> On Jul 24, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Edward Finnell > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Better avionics, higher altitude. One of my roughest rides was into Denver > from Houston on a Delta DC-8. > The thunder cloud tops were so high we couldn't fly over so the pilot flew > around like the ex-fighter pilot he was. It was like a forty thousand foot > roller coaster. Lots of flight bags got filled up that night. > > I used to fly around the Caribbean back in the 70-80’s quite a bit. It was not uncommon that they would weigh the passengers (as well as the luggage) before take off. Its been a while but one stop was at a airport that was a top of a mountain (yes a real mountain) Both take off and landing was an experience I will never try again. Just can’t remember the island St Nevis??? all I know is that the wouldn’t allow us to get out and stretch our legs as we would have to go through customs/immigration then.
In the late 80’s I was flying into one island and taking a air taxi to another. It was most memorable as the pilot let me fly the plane while we were over ocean. It was both exciting and scary. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
