My Dad's had the Yankees, the Mets, Celtics, Oakland A's, Tommy Lasorda, Paris Hilton twice (she's actually a nice girl!), a golfer or two, Shaq, some girl from Law & Order,

My Dad says she was friendly to all the flight attendants and thanked the flight crew for the flight.

I'm voting for Paris Hilton to not be a celebrity. She hasn't achieved anything instead of being .. I don't know, what is she? Just kidding.  

But those Captains seem to collect quite some big names over the years, huh? Interesting, especially such people like Neil Armstrong. Wow, I would hope for the flight to last days there since I would have tons of questions or would just listen.  
Or Michael Jackson .. you don't have to like him, but what a life, what a story to tell!

Lou, did you have a favourite ATC location or even a special character there? I remember guys speaking about some London Control lady for example or some others about the machine gun like ATC around New York (which seems to be present in Vatsim too  ).
Or was there some extremely funny or difficult station where you could hear the guy but didn't understand him at all?

Oh, yeah, speaking of ATC, Lou, did you ever fly through Minneapolis St. Paul International? I'm reading a book by a air traffic controller who was stationed there, and I was wondering if by freak chance you might have unknowingly been in radio contact with him. 

How many people can you get in a 727?



What is the maximum load in numbers of bodies?




World Airways Evacuation From Da Nang To Saigon 1975
A memory (perhaps best forgotten?)


Not for the faint of heart....http://vimeo.com/8649603

LOU wrote on May 25^th, 2011 at 3:16am:


Wow. That really gives you a picture about how horrible it was to be there during the war...  

Mark, both planes were 727's. The aft stair gives this away as well as the cockpit.
The newsman got it wrong as is sometimes the case. 

Peter, as it says in my little side banner - only Boeing planes.

Yep, three engines and an aft stairway- it's a 727.