I actually preferred those seats to the ones we had on Lufthansa's big jet.
We were in the very last row. Seats would not recline even though those
in front of us did. TV's were broken and the ride was very rough.
Lufthansa made up for it by serving delicious meals and coming around with
wine every few minutes.
If airline seats get any closer together, Tom, who is 6'4" will not be able
to fit his knees in the space allowed. It's already very, very close. His
brother is 6'8" and will only fly first class but that means they almost
never go anywhere!
Tina
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That security reason issue is rather odd. I'm sure taking a picture
> with your cellphone wouldn't have been a problem, though. Go figure.
>
> I'm with Rick on this one. Avoid the propeller row like the plague.
> Unfortunately, we rarely get any choice these days, so you just hold
> onto the fact that blade-slinging doesn't happen too often. However, I
> was on a commuter flight one time where we were flying through severe
> icing conditions and things started vibrating real bad. Suddenly
> KWACK!!!! The prop deicers kicked in and the blades started shedding
> ice. Some came off and hit the fusulage. I was nearby when that
> happened and almost came out of my skin. After a few seconds of even
> rougher conditions, the engines smoothed out. But the ice build-up on
> every leading edge was amazing. The deice boots were popping ice off
> every minute or so. But where the boots weren't, there was at least
> three inches of ice sticking out in that weird duel-horn coral shape.
> I never realized how quickly ice can build on an airplane. Without the
> deicing gear, there would have been no way to get out of that mess in
> time.
>
> Biggest problem, of course, is the horrendous noise level. Even with
> earplugs, my head hurts after a flight where I'm near the blades.
> That's mostly due to Osseotympanic bone-conduction which earplugs
> don't do anything to reduce. For me, this is also an instant migraine
> trigger. Jack hammers and other low-frequency or impact-style noises
> are rough. Ear plugs take care of sounds that come through the
> auditory canal, but most of the lower frequency sounds don't actually
> go into the ear, but instead vibrate the bone just outside the ear.
> Oversize, full-seal hearing protection (or race-car helmets) are aobut
> he only thing that can keep these sounds in control.
>
> AG
>
>
>
> I love the shadows and colors in the landscape below.
>
>
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