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<blockquote data-quote="Kismet" data-source="post: 470333" data-attributes="member: 8516"><p>Well, heck, of course I have wanted to fly my own plane in moments of self-delusion over the years.</p><p></p><p>However, I kept on reminding myself that Gravity is a LAW. I'm not suitable material for piloting.</p><p></p><p>But for almost 3 years I made weekly commutes from O'Hare to Longview, Texas, for a client. The first part of the trip was via jets of various models; the part from Dallas to Longview was in a Twin Otter. It smelled of av-gas, had 19 seats (if they had 20, they would have needed a flight attendant), it bounced over the thermals of East Texas like we were running moguls at a Olympic downhill ski competition, and yet, it became an old friend. Once onboard, I'd put my jacket against the window, lean into it, and be dozing by the time we taxied down the runway.</p><p></p><p>The commuter airline sold that plane, I'm told to some island-hopper airline in the Caribbean. It was a beater when I first flew in it, but I trusted it for all its faults. =D> </p><p></p><p>http://www.bush-planes.com/DeHavilland-DHC-6-Twin-Otter.html</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kismet, post: 470333, member: 8516"] Well, heck, of course I have wanted to fly my own plane in moments of self-delusion over the years. However, I kept on reminding myself that Gravity is a LAW. I'm not suitable material for piloting. But for almost 3 years I made weekly commutes from O'Hare to Longview, Texas, for a client. The first part of the trip was via jets of various models; the part from Dallas to Longview was in a Twin Otter. It smelled of av-gas, had 19 seats (if they had 20, they would have needed a flight attendant), it bounced over the thermals of East Texas like we were running moguls at a Olympic downhill ski competition, and yet, it became an old friend. Once onboard, I'd put my jacket against the window, lean into it, and be dozing by the time we taxied down the runway. The commuter airline sold that plane, I'm told to some island-hopper airline in the Caribbean. It was a beater when I first flew in it, but I trusted it for all its faults. =D> http://www.bush-planes.com/DeHavilland-DHC-6-Twin-Otter.html [/QUOTE]
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