Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

That cheese sounds pretty good!

Does Odin ever fly in the cabin. I'm sure that he would have liked that cheese.

They used to make my dog fly in a cage in the belly.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Odin's a virgin air traveler!

He also finds stinky things with great ease. Did you know? Hospital barf bags look like condemns and are marked to measure volume. They sent me home with several, Odin found the one I needed the minute I got in!

 

[Al Kraft]

He also finds stinky things with great ease.

You'd think that dogs who have a much greater sense of smell compared to humans would use it to seek out more pleasant aromas...although who can say what a dog might find pleasing?

 

[GonePlaid]

You'd think that dogs who have a much greater sense of smell compared to humans would use it to seek out more pleasant aromas...although who can say what a dog might find pleasing?

They do sniff each other's .....er,.....exits.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'm sorry, but I just can't call him by that name. I call him Gary Indiana, after the song in Music Man.

Were the buried gas storage tanks found on his Colorado property after his death, or before?

His personal solution to the gas crisis didn't sit well with his neighbors, I remember that much.

Maybe if he'd put some gas in the plane it wouldn't have gone down. Or woulda been a more spectacular crash.

 

[StereoPlayer]

SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk confirms intra-Earth spaceport and test flight
I'm waiting for SpaceX airline travel! Any where on Earth less than a hour.

 

[beans-on-toast]

They do sniff each other's .....er,.....exits.

Dogs can detect smells many thousands of times better than we can. But what’s amazing is is that they have an organ that can dial out the poop and other bad smells and hone in on other chemicals. Each dog has a unique smell that’s literally like an set of dog tags. They can tell if they ever met the dog in question so they’ll know friend or foe.

With the stinky cheese, they can analyze the complex chemical makeup that we don’t have a clue about.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Odin's a virgin air traveler!

He also finds stinky things with great ease. Did you know? Hospital barf bags look like condemns and are marked to measure volume. They sent me home with several, Odin found the one I needed the minute I got in!

I’ve never traveled on Virgin Airlines.

The barf bag has your attention, he must see it as a new toy to investigate.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Odin definitely smells the blood on the bandaging. He stays as close to me as he can possibly get. and brought his toys in my room when I went to bed.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Odin definitely smells the blood on the bandaging. He stays as close to me as he can possibly get. and brought his toys in my room when I went to bed.

He knows that you are poorly and wants to help by sharing his toys. It doesn’t get better than that.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I tend to be listening to air traffic control when I can and paying a lot of attention to what I expect to hear and feel during take-offs and landings - hazard of the profession I guess. Cruising at altitude is the only time I typically sleep on a plane, and even then I tend to listen to ATC rather than music or a movie.

How do you monitor ATC, a handheld scanner or the internet?

 

[Al Kraft]

How do you monitor ATC, a handheld scanner or the internet?

On many of the flights I used routinely you can (or used to able to) get it as part of the onboard audio selections. I know United and American Airlines always had that option on coast to coast non-stop flights - music, movie, or ATC. I actually find ATC more relaxing when flying than I do music or movies - there is an added sense of situational awareness that's comforting for me. Those not familiar with ATC comms would likely find it cool for about a minute and then be annoyed by it.

It's easier to do with the piped in system as you don't have to dial in the new frequencies at all the center and departure/approach/tower/ground control hand-offs. Using a laptop is something that would work (there are sites), but I suspect frequency changes would be cumbersome. Some aircraft do not have the capability to pipe ATC into the onboard entertainment system and allowing passengers to hear it is pilot's discretion as best i know.

Scanners can be hit and miss at picking up the ground side of things in an aircraft at altitude, but you'd likely hear the pilot's comms quite well. Having a scanner in today's (post-911) world would likely cause paranoid behaviors from the crew and/or other passengers. There is a smartphone app I believe that does work well and would be a better option than a scanner (assuming the aircraft has WiFi).

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Singapore Airlines first class is also oooh la la, according to a friend who split her time between homes in Singapore and France. She also tells of one of her worst flights in first class. A crying baby flight from hell.

Singapore First was superb. But their Business Class? Cathay Pacific was easily better. But the Singapore First flights between Singapore (duh) and Frankfurt were outstanding. Never flew on a 787 or A380 (and now A350), so things may have changed. And the Middle East airlines weren't really a big deal for me, either.

I've heard Cathay Pacific has slid in service. Too bad.

 

[GonePlaid]

On many of the flights I used routinely you can (or used to able to) get it as part of the onboard audio selections. I know United and American Airlines always had that option on coast to coast non-stop flights - music, movie, or ATC. I actually find ATC more relaxing when flying than I do music or movies - there is an added sense of situational awareness that's comforting for me. Those not familiar with ATC comms would likely find it cool for about a minute and then be annoyed by it.

It's easier to do with the piped in system as you don't have to dial in the new frequencies at all the center and departure/approach/tower/ground control hand-offs. Using a laptop is something that would work (there are sites), but I suspect frequency changes would be cumbersome. Some aircraft do not have the capability to pipe ATC into the onboard entertainment system and allowing passengers to hear it is pilot's discretion as best i know.

Scanners can be hit and miss at picking up the ground side of things in an aircraft at altitude, but you'd likely hear the pilot's comms quite well. Having a scanner in today's (post-911) world would likely cause paranoid behaviors from the crew and/or other passengers. There is a smartphone app I believe that does work well and would be a better option than a scanner (assuming the aircraft has WiFi).

I thought you were some kinda secret agent with those ear bud thingies. or am I not s'posed to mention that?

 

[GonePlaid]

Singapore First was superb. But their Business Class? Cathay Pacific was easily better. But the Singapore First flights between Singapore (duh) and Frankfurt were outstanding. Never flew on a 787 or A380 (and now A350), so things may have changed. And the Middle East airlines weren't really a big deal for me, either.

I've heard Cathay Pacific has slid in service. Too bad.

As long as they haven't slud* off the runway.
*past pluperfect of 'slide' according to Dizzy Dean

 

[Charlie Tango]

As long as they haven't slud* off the runway.
*past pluperfect of 'slide' according to Dizzy Dean

Great use of the DD reference!

 

[Deleted member 268085]

It doesn't matter to me what class I'm in if I cross enough time zones. I'm going to be zonked for at least a day, no matter how I attempted to "sleep".

That's why I scheduled as much of my travel east->west as possible. Those quick Chicago->Europe flights were the killers. And the flights back kinda sucked, too. Too short to sleep. I need at least a 10 hour flight. Then I can get 5-6 hours. Noise-cancelling headphones are a must! I detached the cord to my Bose cans, turned on the noise cancelling circuit, put on the eye shades and snuggled up to a 1 liter bottle of water. NO alcohol if you want to sleep.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

As long as they haven't slud* off the runway.
*past pluperfect of 'slide' according to Dizzy Dean

When Hong Kong was still using the old airport, I did get to take off over the China Southern 747 that went off the end of the runway into the bay. They had to close the airport until they could remove the tail from the plane! It was a 1 month old 747. Pilot error. A very expensive pilot error.

 

[Charlie Tango]

On many of the flights I used routinely you can (or used to able to) get it as part of the onboard audio selections. I know United and American Airlines always had that option on coast to coast non-stop flights - music, movie, or ATC. I actually find ATC more relaxing when flying than I do music or movies - there is an added sense of situational awareness that's comforting for me. Those not familiar with ATC comms would likely find it cool for about a minute and then be annoyed by it.

It's easier to do with the piped in system as you don't have to dial in the new frequencies at all the center and departure/approach/tower/ground control hand-offs. Using a laptop is something that would work (there are sites), but I suspect frequency changes would be cumbersome. Some aircraft do not have the capability to pipe ATC into the onboard entertainment system and allowing passengers to hear it is pilot's discretion as best i know.

Scanners can be hit and miss at picking up the ground side of things in an aircraft at altitude, but you'd likely hear the pilot's comms quite well. Having a scanner in today's (post-911) world would likely cause paranoid behaviors from the crew and/or other passengers. There is a smartphone app I believe that does work well and would be a better option than a scanner (assuming the aircraft has WiFi).

For those of us on the ground, Listen to Live ATC (Air Traffic Control) Communications | LiveATC.net is great.

 

[GonePlaid]

For those of us on the ground, Listen to Live ATC (Air Traffic Control) Communications | LiveATC.net is great.

Pre 9/11, I used to go over to PBIA and watch ops. I had a handheld with tower and ground control programmed in. Watched/listened to Prince Phillip take off once, saw Trump's 727(b4 he became POTUS), and saw a guy hafta belly land a Mooney on the dirt next to runway 13. After it stopped moving, he came on the air and said "it stopped quicker than expected!". Landing gear malfunctioned. Had it fixed and back to flying.
I went back once post 9/11 and was informed that "watching ops was now frowned upon". Crap.