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I spent over 48 hours in airports this year and don't intend to fly again for as long as I can get away with it.
The Miami International Airport is disgusting and full of spics, don't recommend.
 
AbyssStarer said:
I spent over 48 hours in airports this year and don't intend to fly again for as long as I can get away with it.
The Miami International Airport is disgusting and full of spics, don't recommend.
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Their are a lot of sandniggers at my state's airport and its as worse
 
Nothing like flying a couple hundred feet off the deck in a P-3 over a very stormy North Atlantic dropping sonobuoys looking for Russian boomers. Look out the porthole and the wings are flapping up and down like a bird trying to take off. Very rough shit! Only time in my life I've ever seen a black guy turn completely white as a sheet. Took over his crypto station while he went in the back of the bird and blew chunks in the trash can the rest of the mission. THAT'S flying, right by the seat of your pants! Amazingly enough, I never got airsick. Have gotten seasick a couple times crossing the Atlantic on a carrier when the seas were breaking on the flight deck. BTW - the flight deck is 75 ft. from the waterline. More truly rough shit and there's no escape from it anywhere on the ship. Vertigo sets in after a few hours and everybody's one shade of green or another.

I hate flying commercial. Usually just drive instead because I'm such a "people" person /sneed. No hurry, I'll get there.
 
If i had the money and time id just cut out flying and replace it with whatever ground option is available; going to asia via the transsib and a ferry? count me the fuck in! sounds awesome! sadly it takes like 3 weeks and costs around 4000$ on a good day...
Planes just make you despise people
 
Had a flight a few months ago, and had my first in person Karen experience.

Was in a small regional hopper plane to a bigger airport, it only seats about 80 people and the overhead bins are about 1/2 the size of a standard overhead. Karen brought her suitcase that looked like it barely would've fit in the regular sized overhead bin on the plane and it very obviously wouldn't fit. One of the ladies in the seat near her mentions that she'll have to put a tag on it and have them do an à la carte checked bag.

In case you've never used an airline that has this service, it's basically a free checked bag that you get to drop off/pick up at the jetway. It's pretty awesome, especially when you're going from a small airport to one much bigger like LAX so you don't have to mess with baggage claim and lost/stolen luggage.

Anyway, she gave the snappiest most sneering "No! I'm not letting them take my bag!" I've ever heard to the woman. I don't know how all Karens manage to look and sound the same, but they have to be made in a factory to be so uniform. She made enough of a fuss that she eventually convinced the poor flight attendant babysitting her to buckle her suitcase into one of the empty seats up in first class.

TL;DR~ Karen does Karen things and her suitcase gets a better seat in the plane than me for free.
 
Slappy McGherkin said:
Nothing like flying a couple hundred feet off the deck in a P-3 over a very stormy North Atlantic dropping sonobuoys looking for Russian boomers. Look out the porthole and the wings are flapping up and down like a bird trying to take off. Very rough shit! Only time in my life I've ever seen a black guy turn completely white as a sheet. Took over his crypto station while he went in the back of the bird and blew chunks in the trash can the rest of the mission. THAT'S flying, right by the seat of your pants! Amazingly enough, I never got airsick. Have gotten seasick a couple times crossing the Atlantic on a carrier when the seas were breaking on the flight deck. BTW - the flight deck is 75 ft. from the waterline. More truly rough shit and there's no escape from it anywhere on the ship. Vertigo sets in after a few hours and everybody's one shade of green or another.

I hate flying commercial. Usually just drive instead because I'm such a "people" person /sneed. No hurry, I'll get there.
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When I was in phase 1 back in the mid 90s, all the guys who were already married were praying for P-3 slots, the guys who played sports were all dying to get something pointy and our poorly socialized weirdos were all wanting choppers. Only one guy ended up getting a P-3 slot and he was pissed because a guy that was just a few months removed from 30 with a wife, 2 kids and a fresh Art degree had gotten Tomcats in our class
 
NigKid said:
If i had the money and time id just cut out flying and replace it with whatever ground option is available; going to asia via the transsib and a ferry? count me the fuck in! sounds awesome! sadly it takes like 3 weeks and costs around 4000$ on a good day...
Planes just make you despise people
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Back when I was younger, I used to love the airport experience and seeing, and sometimes talking to different people from different lands. Now, I hate it to almost misanthropic levels and current events don't help sway my opinion.
 
I love flying on commercial planes, especially during takeoff when the plane hits a patch of air and suddenly you feel like you're in zero-gravity for a few seconds.

I also flew on a turboprop plane out of some tiny airport in Canada once. I don't remember the exact model, but it started with a Q. The cutesy infographic on the flight magazine explained that the "Q" stood for "quiet". Somehow, the turboprop was louder and infinitely more annoying to listen to than the jet planes.
 
"I had to sit on the runway for 40 minutes! [it was the worst thing ever]"
"Oh my god, really, what happened then, did you FLY through the AIR like a BIRD? Incredibly? Did you SOAR into the clouds IMPOSSIBLY? Did you partake in the miracle of human flight and then softly land on giant tires that you couldn't even perceive how they put fucking air in them?"
"...but I had to pay for my sandwich"
"YOU'RE FLYING! You're sitting in a chair in the sky! You're like a Greek myth right now!"

- my favorite Louis CK bit (I know he's persona non grata to many, but it's an amazing bit)

(I like how at 2:16-2:18 after he screws up Wilbur Wright's name as "Wendel", a guy in the audience faintly corrects him with "Wilbur")

Me personally? I adore flight and love flying (or at least tolerate) plane flights -- it's the people who make it bad (but if you've used public transit. as I did for a decade, it just fine). The cost of tickets if you get them ahead of time is WAY cheaper than gas ALONE for many trips I have to do take.
 
North America said:
I love flying on commercial planes, especially during takeoff when the plane hits a patch of air and suddenly you feel like you're in zero-gravity for a few seconds.

I also flew on a turboprop plane out of some tiny airport in Canada once. I don't remember the exact model, but it started with a Q. The cutesy infographic on the flight magazine explained that the "Q" stood for "quiet". Somehow, the turboprop was louder and infinitely more annoying to listen to than the jet planes.
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You probably flew on a De Havilland Q400, the second gen of the Dash 8 basically. Afaik the engines are the same, but the prop blade design might be different. The Q only comes from some active NVH cancellation in the cabin. I bet some parts of the cabin are isolated by some bushings of some sort designed to soak of certain frequencies from the props.
 
Love flying. Will fly anything for any reason just to do it. 737? Sure. Cessna 175? Let me grab my coat. IL-76? Packing the vodka. I live in airport parking lots and I’m generally an insane person who loves the smell of Jet A and terminal carpet. I grew up in an aviation family, so it’s unsurprising.

Best experiences: My first flight in a warbird, a B-25 Mitchell; flying over Atlanta in a Huey; flying the B-17 Nine-O-Nine shortly before her sad ending; my first flight ever, in an MD-83 to ORD a zillion years ago. I love my dear old Mad Dogs. Got to be part of Delta’s retirement sendoffs for them last year. First class tix were the price of economy. Thanks, China!

@Slappy McGherkin I have a friend who was a P-3 mechanic. I’ve heard many tales such as those.

If there’s a substantial amount of Kiwi avgeeks out here, let’s have a private sperg chat. 🧩
 
My favorite airport is probably Minneapolis because it's so big that you at least have plenty to entertain you while you wait for your flight. They also have volunteers come through with floofy therapy dogs that you can pet.
 
Good flying experience: Got asked by the person at check-in whether I would be willing to trade seats with some old people and their families on a long haul flight, because they needed to be together for some reason at all costs. Basically got a free upgrade from cattle class to whatever higher class they were in, and got put far away from anyone else. The seat could fold over to a mini bed, the food was not microwaved meals, but actual food. Just...a really enjoyable 13-14 hour flight of just watching films while lying down. Good shit.

Bad flying experience: Annoying little shit kicking the back of my seat and screaming on another long haul flight and obnoxious as fuck parent letting them do it and getting uppity whenever someone, be it me or someone else told them to shut the kid up. The kid I can excuse, it's a small, young kid. The obnoxious faggot parent though...fuck em.
 
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