Woohooooooooooo!

 

Come on rab,whats she like then m8 ?

 

absoutly hate rollercoasters this does not help anyway done the flight now and was great really good and took 55mins once i was up it was ok cheers for the comments the actually helped

 

Well kev its MIND blowing owning a cossie looking out me window and is parked up so much i wanna do but its pissing down had 4 hrs sleep but cant sleep cos am buzzing , drove for 8-9 hours solid

 

Good stuff Rab Who went with you?

It's nice weather here,im just about to go wash mine

 

stoo its pissing down insaltcoats me and roy went down was some trip and im knackered just wanna go out and clean the interior and under bonnet

 

Im the same every morning i open the garage door and see my baby rab.

 

Congrats Rab

 

thanks troops

 

if your scared of flying,NEVER talk to me!i can tell you some shocking stories of aircraft maintenance! (its what i do!)

 

Tell me m8 i need to know big wig , for future reference i would rather know

 

rabmcS2, trust me mate you dont, i used to work along side greig, the work we do is shocking

 

well,the companies are more worried about the servicings being done on time than the quality!

 

whats the most likely coz of a plane going wrong or down or worse i would imagine its at the worst part for me and thats take off , because everything is going FULL chat and one point in the air it felt as if engines shut off or just went quiet it was as if it was standing still in air

 

the last jet we let go had flown at least 10 times before the tankies(work in the fuel tanks!) realised they were missing a mat (foam mat 4ft by 2ft!), it had been left in the tank and when we searched for it we found crisp packets,couple of screws etc in there!!!!BLOODY CIVVIES

 

most likely cause would be FOD (Foreign Object Damage),loose articles that can get caught in things like flying controls or go down the engine intakes and cause serious damage,BUT flying is still by far the safest way to travel!

 

thats really crap man they must take some abuse these flying buses

 

I like that


very true tho

 

Anyone got any pics/stories of the results of rapid depressurisation at say 30,000ft on the human body? Niiiiiiiiice

 

I assume you arrived OK?!

I was absolutely terrified of it after my first flight in 1996. Got caught in lots of air pockets in cloud over Bournemouth which put me off as I dont like heights anyway. Took many trips up to Heathrow on my own and paid stupid amounts of parking so I could get the feel for the airport. I knew I wanted to fly but needed to feel comfortable again.

In 2001 I met my aussie girlfriend and she talked me through buying my ticket etc and my parents dropped me at Heathrow in June of that year. I walked straight on the plane and loved every minute of it. I have now flown to oz 5 times, internally in oz many many times and had some shocking flights internally but none bother me anymore.

All I can say is I am SO SO glad I got a plane in June 2001 (before 9/11) and that I wasnt 50 by the time I summoned up the courage. It is normal to get nervous as well as it is not the way man was designed to travel (learnt that from Airport).

HTH