Western Canada from an Aeroplane
The North Okanagan Valley
The Rocky Mountains
The West Kootneys
posted by Connie @ 9:53 AM
Saturday, July 02, 2005
The North Okanagan ValleyThe Rocky MountainsThe West Kootneys
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4 Comments:
That is beautiful.
Did you take them, and if so, do you often get to go out on the planes?
Yes I did take them - 2 weeks ago on my flight to Edmonton as a matter of fact.
The top picture is the view of the area where I live... The body of water is Kalamalka Lake.
I go out on planes quite a bit. We get to fly with the pilots in the jumpseat a lot when we go to other bases to work. One time I got to go out on a test flight for my job where I built an experimental designed flap. Just before takeoff my hands were sweating....every possible scary scenario went thru my head... they took that Boeing 737 thru some heavy g- forces including an arcing climb and dive where you went weightless for a couple seconds. I'm generally not a motion sickness kind of person but combined with my nervousness and the sharp turns and weightlessness I was close to losing my lunch.... The flap held together and did its job and it was an unforgetable experience nevertheless.
We always like an AME who will get in the plane she's just worked on.
I had to fly a mechanic and a spare pilot into a remote strip so the mechanic could do a repair on an airplane that was stranded there. When he was done (in almost exactly the amount of time he said it would take, after his first assessment) we offered him his choice of rides home, with me in the plane he'd just repaired or with the other pilot in the plane he'd flown out in.
He picked the one he'd just repaired.
Well, nobody should know a plane better than its mechanic. I would be scared shitless though because I'm not very good with spanners and shit like that.
I'm quite envious of you, Connie. It seems that you've pretty much got it all.
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