WhoTom Posted May 8, 2020 Posted May 8, 2020 31 minutes ago, Augie said: Seriously, I’d love to take a nice train ride through some beautiful area like the Rockies or Alaska, but the wife has this motion sickness thing. Bummer.... My wife and I took the train from Chicago to Seattle and back a couple of months ago. It was a cool experience, although I'm not sure I'd do it again. If you go, splurge on the full room, not the roomette, and certainly not coach for a trip that long. 1
Augie Posted May 8, 2020 Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, WhoTom said: My wife and I took the train from Chicago to Seattle and back a couple of months ago. It was a cool experience, although I'm not sure I'd do it again. If you go, splurge on the full room, not the roomette, and certainly not coach for a trip that long. My sister and her family travel the world regularly, in their way. We have never traveled as much (for various reasons), but when we do, we travel OUR way. That may mean less quantity and more quality, but I can live with that. We did a Barcelona to Lisbon Cruise last fall on a Windstar ship. Have Italy to Barcelona set up for next year (same ship). I was afraid her motion sickness would wreck the cruise last year, but the wrist band and meds made it doable. I’m afraid the train will have to be a solo trip on my part, that might be too much for her. Windy roads or the back seat of a car may end badly. We took our young son deep sea fishing for his birthday when he was like 8. We went 4o miles off shore, caught more grouper than was fair to grouper at multiple fishing holes, 4o miles back, and she puked into a bucket the entire time. A ride to church can lead to struggles, it’s pretty bad. I’d still love the train trip! . Edited May 8, 2020 by Augie
sherpa Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Niagara Bill said: I always worried about those signs on the wings....don't friggen step here...or only step here...now I know. A couple of geese bring down a plane...they need moose guards like trains The damage on that 737 engine would not have caused any serious problem. I flew airplanes for 40 some years, from little Cessnas to flying fighters at very low altitude and very high speed, (bird region), to 777's all over the world and have had three bird strikes, none of which cause any problems. The Sullenberger thing was a complete fluke. In my 32 year airline career, my company, about 185,000 flights per year, had one serious bird strike which took out the left windscreen. 3
Golden Goat Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: How tall would this person have to be? that has to be how many feet off the ground? 737 engines are deceptively close to the ground, per this image from Business Insider Australia. Click below for a larger image and try to ignore the ****ing idiot posing for a photo inside the engine. Edited May 9, 2020 by Golden Goat
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 2 hours ago, sherpa said: The damage on that 737 engine would not have caused any serious problem. I flew airplanes for 40 some years, from little Cessnas to flying fighters at very low altitude and very high speed, (bird region), to 777's all over the world and have had three bird strikes, none of which cause any problems. The Sullenberger thing was a complete fluke. In my 32 year airline career, my company, about 185,000 flights per year, had one serious bird strike which took out the left windscreen.
Niagara Bill Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 12 hours ago, WhoTom said: Yes - it's a very thin aluminum alloy. Airplanes aren't designed to survive collisions - if they were, they'd never get off the ground. I hope the FAA has studied this. ? Well if moose ever learn how to fly the plane engineers better find a way of having a moose guard.
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