Sorry Tina... didn't mean to hijack your post. Seeing your great shot
reminded me of commuter flight on Ransom Airlines (really). I had a similar
seat in (I think) a Twin Otter, when they hit a duck. The remains slammed
my window with a THUD! heard over the noise of the engines... I almost
messed the seat. Got to view entrails for the duration.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Having once flown Lufthansa, I can only imagine. I am just a tiny bit over
> 5'8", and I found the seats very uncomfortable. But the I lso found tha
> staff nasty and officious, so I put it down as a post Nazi German thing.
> Most uncomfortable seats ever!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tina Manley
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 4:05 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Propeller Plane
>
> 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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> > http://www.zone-10.com
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