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Have you ever flown?

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Have you ever flown?

Yes
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No
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Voting closed: May 01, 2016, 06:32:19 AM

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us Offline ColoSwiss

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Have you ever flown?
on: April 17, 2016, 06:32:19 AM
One of those odd questions that came up. How many people have flown at least once in their life. Commercial, general or military. There's a fairly reliable figure of around 80% of adult US citizens. World-wide there's a SWAG of around 5%. Suspect that's way too low as it implies Americans are the vast majority of fliers.  Just curious as to how many members here have ever flown.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #1 on: April 17, 2016, 06:39:44 AM
Flyer here. I hate it though.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #2 on: April 17, 2016, 07:05:24 AM
I've flown and which I could fly more... Not because I like flying but because id like to visit more places.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #3 on: April 17, 2016, 07:10:24 AM
Mostly from NY to Az, for summer vacation to visit family, but with sometime stops along the way, other flights once from Az to Ca, and Oh to Ny, but that's it.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #4 on: April 17, 2016, 08:35:27 AM
In the 5% but never on my own money. Always on company pennies.

About once every two months for the last 8 years...

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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #5 on: April 17, 2016, 09:04:38 AM
I have flown many many times.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #6 on: April 17, 2016, 10:00:16 AM
Yup, national and international flights.

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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #7 on: April 17, 2016, 10:02:37 AM
Yes.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #8 on: April 17, 2016, 11:08:25 AM
Aussie here, I've flown many times on works dime, and several times when I've paid.  I don't like it ( I get nervous during take-off and landing) so I haven't flown for over ten years now. 

My worst experience was a gung-ho glider pilot showing me just what his unpowered air-craft was capable of, he wouldn't calm down even when I warned him I suffered from motion sickness - I caught most (but not all) of my vomit in the bag  ::)
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #9 on: April 17, 2016, 11:15:40 AM
Flown once ... to Norway. It were wonderful two weeks.

But I´m not a friend of it. I prefer it to  have the control. Not liking going by plane or train.
And the pressure difference made my ears ache. I really hated it. The food was horrible IIRC.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #10 on: April 17, 2016, 12:53:23 PM
Not once, and I plan to keep it that way for as long as possible.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #11 on: April 17, 2016, 01:06:19 PM
I have no problem with being inside a tiny can going at 900 kph higher up than the peak of Mt Everest, I do often have problems sharing the can, and the procedures getting into and out of the can. On the other hand, I actually like airline food. It's sort of a little adventure in itself, and the closest I'll ever get to astronaut food. I dreamt of going to space when I was a kid.

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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #12 on: April 17, 2016, 01:14:35 PM
Few times. I hate it. Not as much as sea ships. Do not fly when you are sick. I popped my ears one time flying sick. Damn it hurts, and i did not hear anything for many days.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #13 on: April 17, 2016, 01:25:14 PM
Oh yes, many times, including into the Grand Canyon in a small plane. That was pretty damn cool. :tu:
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #14 on: April 17, 2016, 01:32:53 PM
Considering my paternal grandparents lived on the US west coast near Seattle, and my maternal grandparents on the Canadian east coast in Halifax where I spent a good chunk of my youth, I've flown across Canada several times, and now that I've moved to Spain, hopping the Atlantic Ocean every couple years.

Longest trip so far was Vancouver to London UK.

Not a huge fan, but it's a necessity.

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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #15 on: April 17, 2016, 05:52:08 PM
I've flown nationally and internationally, in commercial aircraft, private aircraft and military aircraft.  And in helicopters as well as fixed wing craft.

I much prefer smaller craft as the airlines are starting to feel like getting on a bus, only with a lot more molestation for the privilege of being treated like cattle. 

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Reply #16 on: April 17, 2016, 05:54:40 PM
I forgot to mention I used to go up in a single engine plane every so often.
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Reply #17 on: April 17, 2016, 06:58:28 PM
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Oh yes, many times, including into the Grand Canyon in a small plane. That was pretty damn cool. :tu:
Hey no fair, my high school grad present was suppose to be the mule ride down in, but the wait time was like over 2yrs, so they just gave me the cash that it would have cost..
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #18 on: April 18, 2016, 02:59:32 AM
I have a Commercial Pilot License so yes, I have flown. :-D

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Reply #19 on: April 18, 2016, 03:26:46 AM
I have but not a lot, but I really sort of want to be in a air accident.

5% seems really low, last time flying to the UK it seemed like my American passport was out of place in a sea of UK passports.  But then again I was flying BA to and from Florida, (I really noticed it on the flight to Orlando).


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Reply #20 on: April 18, 2016, 04:03:48 AM
I was in a 757 that had to make an emergency one engine landing into a snowstorm in Cleveland coming back from Arizona once. The flight crew handled it so smoothly that if they hadn't told us the reason for it you would have never noticed. Well, you would have noticed that you were in Cleveland..... ::)
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Reply #21 on: April 18, 2016, 04:49:14 AM
Not much but yep.  Bush planes mostly.  My neighbor back home had one, and I worked a summer for the ministry of natural resources cataloging aerial phototgraphs taken by bush planes.  We got to go up for a photo run a few times.

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Reply #22 on: April 18, 2016, 05:19:28 AM
Flown hundreds of times, landed about half of them.
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Reply #23 on: April 18, 2016, 08:48:19 AM
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Flown hundreds of times, landed about half of them.

I heard you got kicked off the other half...

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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #24 on: April 18, 2016, 11:54:06 AM
I have been known to partake in a bit of flight.
Commercial, too many times to count, international and domestic Twin prop through to A380
Helicopter, Grand Canyon
Batcopter, yes Batcopter
Balloon, as you would expect very Balloony
P51 Mustang, low and fast, and upside down (aerobatic routine).
A fighter jet or proper aerobatic aircaft is on the to do list.

Seems an appropriate time to flop this out again
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #25 on: April 18, 2016, 01:43:43 PM
I've flown as well, mostly on Ryanair 737's, between Ireland and Spain.
I like aviation stuff, so its fine for me, though I'd really like a ride in a small plane!!!
Funny this topic came up, I am due for a flight later today to spain. I'm downloading charts so I can see which taxiways and such the pilot takes.
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Reply #26 on: April 18, 2016, 02:07:30 PM
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Flown hundreds of times, landed about half of them.

I heard you got kicked off the other half...

More true then not.

My first parachute jump the Jumpmaster actually kicked me out of the plane.
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #27 on: April 18, 2016, 02:09:27 PM
Quote from: moonweasel on April 18, 2016, 11:54:06 AM

Seems an appropriate time to flop this out again

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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #28 on: April 18, 2016, 02:37:22 PM
haven't flown in a few years but for a time I flew 3 - 4 times a years for my job. Living on an island only way off is by boat or plane so even my kids have flown multiple times. We've taken the ferry too, think they enjoyed that more :)
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Re: Have you ever flown?
Reply #29 on: April 18, 2016, 04:30:39 PM
First time I flew I was still in nappies, I'm told I really enjoyed bouncing up and down and my father frantically worked the manual hydraulic pump to try and lower the landing gear.

What I can recall....
Cessna 152
Cessna 182
Cessna 210
Cessna Caravan
Some turbo prop KingAir.
DC-3 and puked my guts out..
727
737
747

The safest I've ever felt in a plane and the flying I enjoyed the most was in a friend's ultralight.
He informed me the airframe was rated past 6G, he's a great pilot, so I knew if anything went wrong I would probably be passed out before the (flimsy) plane broke up.
You never get the hollow-stomach feeling, and flying over scenic country is an experience second probably only to a hot air balloon.
Because it's relatively slow it's a great platform to take stunning photos.

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