my recent travels from Indiana, southern Arizona just before the holiday
season.yes, I have traveled numerous times before this but flying out of
Chicago has always been a nightmare!taking a shuttle bus from South Bend to
Chicago in just over a two hour ride departing at 4 AM. So once in Chicago I
had about an hour and a half before the departing flight and it seemed going
through security was not too much of a hassle. Just after a few minutes of
waiting at the departing the gate, I was approached by the individual for
special needs. Now, in times past, they usually transferred me from my power
chair directly to the aisle chair for the aircraft but I had a different idea.
This time around. Straight from my power chair to a manual chair and then to
the aisle chair. , With following my directions of breaking down my chair and
securing a gym bag of my clothing on top of the wheelchair parts to make one
beautiful package to fit under the plane. Using two
ratchet straps and commercial grade saran wrap to ensure everything would stay
together even when they laid chair down on its side. Even with my chair broken
down, it barely fits in the cargo hole of the aircraft. Getting the bulkhead
seats are the first row of seats in coach section and on the right-hand side of
seating in the middle seat with my traveling companion taking the window seat.
Departing nearly on time, which was very rare than previous departures. I am
3/4c complete 6 feet tall and just over 200 pounds, so transferring me is not
the easiest. Once we touched down the chair was actually still all put together
the same way we packed it prior to flight. So getting to the airport with
enough time to spare is key in not getting a damage chair during flight and
this occurred also on the returning flight. So anybody has any questions about
this travel fell free to ask and had an excellent time celebrating my grandpa's
90th birthday. I hope
everybody had a great holiday season and is ready for this new year. All is
well. Concerning my health really don't have any complaints at this time except
for my new chair. And it's been nearly a year now on getting my new chair
ordered and delivered. It's from 21st-century product and looks a lot more
durable than my current Invacare product! But for now programming it is the
next hurdle and hope to have it on the road in the near future. Will let you
know once I have it up and running. Take care my friends and have a good one.
