Ben Brown Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) One the many, many things I miss about flying is the view: LINK EDIT: Just to clarify, these are not my photos. My photography skills are almost nonexistent! Ben Edited February 6, 2018 by Ben Brown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Me too, I was a passenger not a pilot though. I DON'T miss the airport hassle or stupid people though, especially the stewardesses that let teenage rich brats throw popcorn and nuts across the aisle at each other, worst Southwest flight EVER!!!!---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric B. Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Hi Ben, Thank you, followed the Link, then another one to the pilot/photographer site and ended up ordering his book... Great find. Cheers Eric B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Agreed - seen a lot of similar sights, Mother Nature is quite the cook!!!! There's nothing like taking off and getting to altitude and watching all the lightning in the clouds ahead, above and below our flight altitude!! Knowing we could not climb over that stuff (in F-5B) and flying under it, totally not smart and as we turned to RTB, realising the met report was pretty much bogus as that flashy crap was not reported!!!! Oh well...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Oh man...you ain't kidding. Flew on P-3Cs, Flight Engineer...best seat in the house! And out of Maine to boot. We'd take the plane and just go sightseeing along the coast, low and slow, nothing beat the fall season up through there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Gorgeous photos, wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taneal1 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 On 2/6/2018 at 8:48 AM, Ben Brown said: One the many, many things I miss about flying is the view: LINK Hi Ben, Due to the "Midway Airlines" graphic under your name, presumably (I've been wrong before...) you flew for Midway. If so, which aircraft did you fly? Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 11 hours ago, taneal1 said: Hi Ben, Due to the "Midway Airlines" graphic under your name, presumably (I've been wrong before...) you flew for Midway. If so, which aircraft did you fly? Tom Hi Tom, Yes, was with the them for 5 years. I delayed moving up from the CRJ, because I could get schedules with nothing but day trips, so I could be home with my family almost every night. I was scheduled to move to the 737 in fall 2001, but Midway's bankruptcy, post-9/11 shutdown, and their eventual switch to an all-CRJ fleet as a US Airways commuter, took care of that. Cheers! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taneal1 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hi Ben, Sorry for the late reply -- my email's been screwed up, so I missed your reply. I hear you regarding scheduling. I stayed on the 727 for a LONG time because I could hold a schedule with back-to-back layovers in Orlando where I live. Sorry to hear you never got to fly the 73, but really, a jet's a jet, so you it wouldn't have been much of a difference after you'd flown it a while. Did you retire flying the CRJ for Midway operating as a US Air commuter? Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hi Tom, I went down with the ship at Midway, when they finally went under in 2003. I'd already spent 20 years in aviation by then and decided I'd go find something else to do. I never found anything I enjoyed as much as flying, but I recently retired, so all is finally well. Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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