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re: What's the Worst flight you've ever been on
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:01 pm to TheIndulger
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:01 pm to TheIndulger
Smashed my face at a club in cabo and was in the hospital with 6 stiches right below my eye and a broken nose, three hours later I was on a flight back to houston and it sucked, I was hungover and my face hurt like shite. Also flying back from Europe after our first flight sat at the gate for 2 hrs so I missed the connecting flight back to he states and had to wait in Germany for another 4 hours and was put in a middle seat between a smelly dude and a larger lady. It was a long day 
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Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:06 pm to TheIndulger
Flight into Telluride. Mother of god.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:07 pm to TheIndulger
DFW to Little Rock for a conference. Bad, bad weather as we began to land. I honestly thought I was going to die that day. It was that bad.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:20 pm to TheIndulger
Flew from BR to ATL and back, a day later, with a kidney stone lodged in my ureter - I didn't even realize I had a damn stone...
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:50 pm to GRTiger
Very sorry for your loss. Rough trip and sorry you had to endure it.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:52 pm to TheIndulger
1 hr flight from NOLA back to Dallas after Mardis Gras 2 years ago
SO HUNGOVER
SO HUNGOVER
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:57 pm to Tiger1242
6AM flight from Miami to Houston after the Superbowl, hungover with the flu. Quietest plane I've ever been on.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:00 pm to boom roasted
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Posted by Message boom roasted
What's the Worst flight you've ever been on Flight into Telluride. Mother of god.
Yes I've flown into Telluride as PIC and it is like landing in a soup bowl on the side of a mountain. They have curfews and once I was on short final when the airport closed and had to go around.
Throw in some weather and it's just nasty. I go to Montrose and make life easier.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:12 pm to TheIndulger
This didn't happen to me, but I have a friend that was in 2 separate plane crashes. Two.
One somewhere in South America, and the woman sitting next to him died quickly after the crash as he tried to console her. More than half of the passengers died in that one. The other was when the flaps on a plane became inoperable and they ran off the end of the runway. No one died in that one.
One somewhere in South America, and the woman sitting next to him died quickly after the crash as he tried to console her. More than half of the passengers died in that one. The other was when the flaps on a plane became inoperable and they ran off the end of the runway. No one died in that one.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:16 pm to LaFlyer
One time everyone sitting in my aisle ordered drinks with no ice.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:18 pm to boom roasted
I love landing in T-Ride unless the weather is crappy. Nothing like it - hit the table or die.
Worst flight, Tokyo to San Antonio C-130 with multiple refuelings.
Best, Tokyo to San Antonio on an Empty (except for 12 guys) C-5. We played nerf football in the cargo bay. Awesome time.
Second best, OKC to KC in an empty except for 3 people and the flight crew on the plane. It was hauling mail so that was the only reason we went. Had a lot of fun with the crew.
Worst flight, Tokyo to San Antonio C-130 with multiple refuelings.
Best, Tokyo to San Antonio on an Empty (except for 12 guys) C-5. We played nerf football in the cargo bay. Awesome time.
Second best, OKC to KC in an empty except for 3 people and the flight crew on the plane. It was hauling mail so that was the only reason we went. Had a lot of fun with the crew.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:19 pm to Al Dante
Maximum weirdness....
London Heathrow to Frankfurt in 1972....pan am connection from Dulles to Heathrow was late so they put us on the next available flight...Iran Air, American plane (727), British pilot, and Iranian stews......
Pilot approached Frankfurt like he was flying to dodge flak....
London Heathrow to Frankfurt in 1972....pan am connection from Dulles to Heathrow was late so they put us on the next available flight...Iran Air, American plane (727), British pilot, and Iranian stews......
Pilot approached Frankfurt like he was flying to dodge flak....
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:19 pm to LaFlyer
On a flight to Montreal and the pilot would make his announcements in French, then in English.
We were coming in for the landing and suddenly went up and to the right, (a hard up and right). After making a big circle the pilot spoke in French and those who spoke the language were going ooh and ahh.
When he next spoke in English he apologized for the rapid ascent and said as we were coming in another plane was taking off from the same runway. I said something stronger than ooh.
He then said in both languages, complimentary drinks for all.
We were coming in for the landing and suddenly went up and to the right, (a hard up and right). After making a big circle the pilot spoke in French and those who spoke the language were going ooh and ahh.
When he next spoke in English he apologized for the rapid ascent and said as we were coming in another plane was taking off from the same runway. I said something stronger than ooh.
He then said in both languages, complimentary drinks for all.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:20 pm to titmouse
Flight from Las Vegas to DTW. Was hung over and puking the whole trip
DTW to JFK to DUB. Sat on the Tarmac 3 hours before getting deplaned. Then terrible turbulence on the way there. Had to run to catch my connecting flight to Dublin only to sit on the Tarmac for another 2 hours.
DTW to JFK to DUB. Sat on the Tarmac 3 hours before getting deplaned. Then terrible turbulence on the way there. Had to run to catch my connecting flight to Dublin only to sit on the Tarmac for another 2 hours.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 6:51 pm to TheIndulger
Flight from Austin, TX to ATL. Sat on the tarmac for four hours in a full plane due to mechanical issues then got deplaned. Sat in the airport for four more hours before finally taking off. Bad turbulence and circled ATL for 30 minutes before finally landing. There were no more connecting flights and I had to be in Miami the next morning, so I had to rent a car and drive all night.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:00 pm to TheIndulger
I hate flying, for good reason.
1 - came within 50 ft of midair collision with military jet at 30000 ft. Drastic maneuvers by both aircraft at last moment prevented collision. I could see the face of the military pilot. We banked left and dived. Military pilot pulled straight up and almost lost control. It was all over in a couple of seconds.
2 - Flew in a 727 on the first day they were put back in service after being grounded for months because they had a tendency to fall out of the air. Flight was actually one of the best ever, but I was white knuckle all the way.
3 - Lost an engine on the way to Chicago from Houston. We diverted to DFW and had trouble keeping in the holding pattern to prepare for landing. Landing was uneventful.
4 - On the continuation flight from DFW to Chicago they pulled an old Electra (propeller) out of moth balls. I watched the nacelle on the inboard port engine make a 3" circle all the way - was waiting for it to come apart.
5 - Sat on the runway in DC for 8 hours once in August waiting for clearance to takeoff.
6 - Rode with a drunk as a skunk Joe Willie Namath on the way from Orlando back to Houston. He kept the stewardesses occupied.
etc etc
In fact the only really good flight I ever had was in a NASA Gulfstream that was being sent to Cape Canaveral to pick up a VIP. They could save the cost of an airline ticket by having me ride the otherwise empty Gulfstream on the way down. Fantastic digs.
1 - came within 50 ft of midair collision with military jet at 30000 ft. Drastic maneuvers by both aircraft at last moment prevented collision. I could see the face of the military pilot. We banked left and dived. Military pilot pulled straight up and almost lost control. It was all over in a couple of seconds.
2 - Flew in a 727 on the first day they were put back in service after being grounded for months because they had a tendency to fall out of the air. Flight was actually one of the best ever, but I was white knuckle all the way.
3 - Lost an engine on the way to Chicago from Houston. We diverted to DFW and had trouble keeping in the holding pattern to prepare for landing. Landing was uneventful.
4 - On the continuation flight from DFW to Chicago they pulled an old Electra (propeller) out of moth balls. I watched the nacelle on the inboard port engine make a 3" circle all the way - was waiting for it to come apart.
5 - Sat on the runway in DC for 8 hours once in August waiting for clearance to takeoff.
6 - Rode with a drunk as a skunk Joe Willie Namath on the way from Orlando back to Houston. He kept the stewardesses occupied.
etc etc
In fact the only really good flight I ever had was in a NASA Gulfstream that was being sent to Cape Canaveral to pick up a VIP. They could save the cost of an airline ticket by having me ride the otherwise empty Gulfstream on the way down. Fantastic digs.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:04 pm to TheIndulger
Abu Dhabi to ohare. Massive amount of people who don't shower were on the plane.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:04 pm to ChineseBandit58
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came within 50 ft of midair collision with military jet at 30000 ft. Drastic maneuvers by both aircraft at last moment prevented collision. I could see the face of the military pilot. We banked left and dived. Military pilot pulled straight up and almost lost control. It was all over in a couple of seconds.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:05 pm to TheIndulger
Flew on a turboprop from Ft. Lauderdale to Tampa. We flew right through a thunder storm at night. Radar wasn't working, incredibly bad turbulence. People were crying, throwing up, etc. I thought I was going to die.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:14 pm to TheIndulger
A flight into Shemya on Reeves Aleutian in the 80s. I had a window seat and the fog was so thick on approach, I could just barely see the end of the wing. Miraculously we landed on the runway. They had to send out a Follow Me truck to the runway to get us to the terminal. I definitely kissed the concrete when I got off the plane.
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