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Skriven 2011-09-02 12:47:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: NORTHERN AIR TRAVEL 10902
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> Communities such as yours which
 GJ> are so dependent on aerial services do tend to develop personal
 GJ> relationships with the people who run them
 JW> Yeah, we fly more often than most people. The pilots come from all
 JW> over but most of the flight attendants are local.. Roslind taught
 JW> most of them when they were in high school.

Rather similar to PNG Highlands, with many outstations that were only
accessible by light aircraft or walking tracks.  I did a lot of flying
in those days, and knew a few aircrew who didn't come back.  The
missionaries used young Australian or Kiwi pilots who were prepared to
work for low salaries so as to accrue flying hours.  They tended to
take risks, and so had a fairly high fatality rate.  As they say,
"There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots."
Even some of the old pilots got caught out by unexpected mechanical
faults, such as one whose air speed indicator pitot tube got blocked
by a wasp nest.  He ran off the end of the airstrip while waiting for
the indicated air speed to rise.
 
 JW> when the ceremony was over, unexpectedly, a Canadian
 JW> North 737 leaving for Edmonton, pulled a very hard, tight turn right
 JW> after takeoff (I wonder what the passengers thought) and passed
 JW> over us, tipped his wings, then turned again to resume his flight
 JW> southward. Very moving.
 GJ> I am sure the pilot would have warned his passengers before that
 GJ> traditional wartime wing dipping gesture of respect to the deceased
 GJ> flyers, and they would have approved.

 JW> I'm sure he did and that they did but he pulled a VERY hard turn,
 JW> like a fighter plane, to get over us, so I think they might have
 JW> been unnerved a bit. I have never seen a 737 maneuver like that
 JW> before. 

It would certainly be something that the passengers would remember.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Niki's Flying Fish Barbados Style
 Categories: Fish
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      8    Flying fish fillets
      1 sm Onion
      1 sm Green pepper chopped
      1    Blade chives chopped
           Thyme and parsley
           Salt and pepper
           Few drops of lime juice
      1    Egg beaten
           Breadcrumbs
           Oil for frying
      2    Limes wedged
 
  Mix the seasoning ingredients and spread over the meaty side of the
  fish. Leave for about 1 hour. Dip the fish into the beaten egg and
  then into the breadcrumbs. Fry gently in a little oil for about 10
  minutes. Serve with wedges of lime. Serves 4-6. From:
  Webmaster@nikibone.Com Date: 12-12-02
 
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