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EasyJet pilot makes a 360º so passengers could see view of the northern lights
A most welcome flight diversion. That’s a rarity for commercial airline passengers, but it’s what travelers on at least two flights got this week when their planes looped around to give everyone a good view of the northern lights. (www.cnn.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
(I really want to do this) Finnair has what they call "The Northern route diplomas" where you get a diploma (and some stickers) for flying over the north poll.
Many years ago, I was on a Pan Am 707 flying between Portland and Seattle. It was a beautiful spring day and pilot went down into a valley and gave the passengers and cabin crew a beautiful view. Even the f/as were surprised.
I was on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco, when the pilot noticed ice bergs south of Greenland. They were floating in the ocean, and the pilot announced what was below us, so he dipped the 747 so that passengers on the right side of the aircraft could see them, too. I thought that was pretty cool.
IU was on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco, when the pilot noticed ice bergs south of Greenland. They were floating in the ocean, and the pilot announced what was below us, so he dipped the 747 so that passengers on the right side of the aircraft could see them, too. I thought that was pretty cool.
Shouldn't he have done two, one to the left over to the right for both sides to experience the up wing view of the sky? It's only fair.
In the early 80s, an AA DC-10 pilot did slow dips over Grand Canyon for nearly 10 minutes after receiving permission from ATC. (I was on Channel 9 listening to the request and approval + a lot more that's off-topic).