tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post6695563222404497688..comments2023-12-15T01:18:40.855+11:00Comments on Expat@Large: Report From Newark Transitexpat@largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-63813819819199122332008-12-08T22:11:00.000+11:002008-12-08T22:11:00.000+11:00No, I was the one taken pot shots at the landing g...No, I was the one taken pot shots at the landing gear though. Love that 2nd Amendment. :-)dibabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160261542703053377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-64760029761919011202008-12-08T15:00:00.001+11:002008-12-08T15:00:00.001+11:00Hey Diba, it wasn't you in that plane on the groun...Hey Diba, it wasn't you in that plane on the ground was it?expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-29235799665554174592008-12-08T15:00:00.000+11:002008-12-08T15:00:00.000+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-67729486643515717662008-12-08T14:16:00.000+11:002008-12-08T14:16:00.000+11:00Ey, funny that you arrived in Newark just as I was...Ey, funny that you arrived in Newark just as I was departing. 'tis truly a small world indeed.dibabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160261542703053377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-67526524225853195292008-12-05T17:48:00.000+11:002008-12-05T17:48:00.000+11:00Funny that, it has never happened to me either in ...Funny that, it has never happened to me either in 100s of flights, but I sat through two aborted landings coming into Singapore last Tuesday - landing through a storm, black outside except for lightening flashes, then the sudden extra roar of engines at full blast and the pressure back in the seat. The second time was not as bouncy but we seemed to pull out much later. <BR/><BR/>So we landed 45 minutes late after a flight from U Tapao in Thailand, and that after two days trying to get a seat, then two days to get on the one I had managed to book, after 2 and a half hours queue to check in. (but hell, if you have to be stuck anywhere in the world, Thailand is not a bad choice!... maybe the message was that I should have stayed there?)markehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387629308058823374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-78794138988726750412008-12-02T08:48:00.000+11:002008-12-02T08:48:00.000+11:00At least you got a wave off-I was in the back seat...At least you got a wave off-I was in the back seat of an F-18B several years ago when we almost landed on the same runway as a another jet was not yet leaving the far end. Fortunately the weather was gorgeous and we saw the guy and told the tower we would take it around.<BR/><BR/>That's the worst part for me now not able to fly like I used to-not know what is transpiring in the front-or with ATC.Skippy-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115988855323925228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-3141028540497718922008-12-01T23:42:00.000+11:002008-12-01T23:42:00.000+11:00Well at least you had an explanation! I have had t...Well at least you had an explanation! I have had the fly by occur to me on two occasions.<BR/>First time was flying into Moomba, the reason given was a Dingo on the airstrip. I have the feeling that any sane Dingo would have got well out of the way of a huge roaring monster lunging out of the skies.<BR/>The second time was flying into Sydney, exactly as you described. No explanation, no comforting words from any of the crew no apology no article in next days paper. Despite a plane full of worried passengers never a word was spoken.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12924042236227656173noreply@blogger.com