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Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 22:41
by DanKH
What a relief! Yet another Dane! Proves that we're not alone!
Welcome to the forum Nils
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 22:43
by Garry Russell
Hello Nils
And a very warm welcome to the forum with such a great first post.
It really is wonderful to read first hand of what an adventure such a trip could be.
Thanks a lot for a great read and in english better than some of us natives.
BTW I edited you link to make it open up directly instead of going to a Google result page
ATB
Garry
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 23:07
by DispatchDragon
Nils
Welcome to the monkey house
Your shot is incredible captures that old Douglas feeling .....BTW As Garry said your English is better than my
Danish. Ive flown over Greenland a couple of times and remember when
Sonderstrom was "Bluie West Eight" - my last crossing was riding in Saga
class on an Icelandair 757 enroute fromBIKF-KBOS
. Maybe you can keep
our resident Dane (Dan) in line.
Again welcome and hope you enjoy the forum
Leif (English not Scandinavian - although after working for a year with the
good folks at IceOps in Keflavik got used to be called Leifur)
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 23:16
by Garry Russell
Hi Leif
What does Leifur mean?
Is it a hairy Leif :roll:
Garry
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 23:25
by speedbird591
Greeting Nils. Wonderful posts guys. I thoroughly enjoy hearing about the good old days from you senior citizens (especially Leifur)
It reminds me of this print that is regularly on sale on eBay for £20 which rather tempts me:
My father managed to make his last flight in a rather stylish manner. I took him to San Francisco on a trip when he was 85 (He's 91 now!) to cheer him up after Mum died. He dressed in his blazer with regimental badge and regimental tie and naturally I found him a First Class seat. The Captain invited him on to the Flight Deck for take-off and landing on the 744. He achieved two of his lifelong ambitions on the flight - to see the icebergs of Greenland and the Rockies. The return flight was even better. Due to damage by a ground vehicle we were delayed 24 hours and flew back with only 2 passengers - Dad and the Captain's wife. He spent the night wandering about the empty aircraft and achieved his last ambition - to see the Northern Lights. On arrival at LHR the dispatcher was completely gobsmacked to open the door and see only 2 immaculately dressed people disembark from a 747 on to the jetway! Not many people have ever had a flight experience like that and I still can't believe that I was lucky enough to help make it happen for him.
Ian
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 23:29
by Garry Russell
Ah yes the famous picture
Often wondered about the feathered prop.......but being a Stratocruiser perhaps that's not so odd.
The formal dress is well shown.
Garry
Posted: 12 Mar 2007, 23:36
by Garry Russell
Posted: 13 Mar 2007, 00:05
by speedbird591
Thanks for those, Garry. Very nice. 20 hours, 2 stops New York to Paris. Your immaculate suit wouldn't look so good after that!
I did a 19 hour duty once which was about 15 hours airborne. LHR to Buenos Aires. But we did have bunks!
Posted: 14 Mar 2007, 16:19
by rodata
Dan, Gary, Leifur (Viking name - Gary) and Ian,
Thank You for the warm Welcome!
I can understand that this topic is for the odd subjects and the screwballs
That suits me fine.
My main interest is old airliners - first and formost propliners.
I have allso done a lot of scale modelling, and I was a member of IPMS for several years (I even won a competition
).
Gary, I can not promise you to keep Dan on line. After all he is a Dane, and them folks are very difficult to control.
I hope I contribute a little to the forum in the future.
Kind regards
Nils
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