Post by LOU on Jun 18th, 2011 at 6:50pm
CoolP asked: How long was your longest holding in those 40 years?
Isn't it big fun to fly racetracks for hours? Especially without an LNAV device doing the correct steering for you.
I think the longest hold was one time coming into KJFK from the south. We held at about five different holding patterns. The total time was about 3 hours +. But hey, we get paid by the flight hour! 8-)
Holding in the 727 was easy...OK F/O, it's your leg! ;D
Did you take any pictures of St. Elmo's fire by the way?
You know I never did, but if I did here is what it would look like...
Sometimes the fire would just be in the sharp corners of the window, and other times it would dance around the windshield wiper nut. One time in the 747 climbing out of KJFK in rain the St Elmo's looked like a real bright landing light out of the nose and then BANG a discharge to the air. This stuff is very cool. Only one thing cooler is the Aurora.
One night while flying to Stockholm out of New York we were flying in a 767-200 at about 66 degrees north and the light display was actually south of us - and wild!
Notice Orion in the left of the picture. The three belt stars are easy to find and Betelgeuse the bright red-yellow giant star, just above the three belt stars, which makes up Orion's right shoulder.
Lou
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Isn't it big fun to fly racetracks for hours? Especially without an LNAV device doing the correct steering for you.
I think the longest hold was one time coming into KJFK from the south. We held at about five different holding patterns. The total time was about 3 hours +. But hey, we get paid by the flight hour! 8-)
Holding in the 727 was easy...OK F/O, it's your leg! ;D
Did you take any pictures of St. Elmo's fire by the way?
You know I never did, but if I did here is what it would look like...
Sometimes the fire would just be in the sharp corners of the window, and other times it would dance around the windshield wiper nut. One time in the 747 climbing out of KJFK in rain the St Elmo's looked like a real bright landing light out of the nose and then BANG a discharge to the air. This stuff is very cool. Only one thing cooler is the Aurora.
One night while flying to Stockholm out of New York we were flying in a 767-200 at about 66 degrees north and the light display was actually south of us - and wild!
Notice Orion in the left of the picture. The three belt stars are easy to find and Betelgeuse the bright red-yellow giant star, just above the three belt stars, which makes up Orion's right shoulder.
Lou
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