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Beautiful pic, but not for me, dont do airplanes or boats. Im trying to figure out why the Saudies bought so much
carnival cruise lines stock last june? 🤔, i wonder if i should get on board!!!!
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Look Mable, in this room we can almost see the water. It's going to be 2 hours before our turn to eat. Stan
 
I imagine commercial flying does suck. Can you believe, at almost 66, I've managed to avoid it?! Since I have avoided it so far, I think I'll keep it this way. Yet, I have a private pilot license, and an airplane! It doesn't turn out to be a practical way to travel at all.
 
I have flown on commercial air lines a few times, like riding a bus. Biggest ship I have been on was the car fairy Badger, crossing Lake Michigan, it was a calm day really, but we did have some two foot waves for a while. I found at first even just the two foot waves caused the big lake boat to sway enough I could start to feel light headed, and needed to sit down. The feeling soon past , but I realized in that moment, I was a land lubber !
 
I can only imagine what it feels like to be a passenger in a commercial plane when you are yourself a pilot. Probably like letting my wife drive!
 
Went to see my sons in Alaska. We fly up every year. Took a 5 hour cruise around Seward AK. Having fun and running up and down the upper and lower deck taking pictures. Then they picked up the speed to i think 50 knots. The pretty good size ship pounded on the waves. I got VERY sick. I made a mad dash to the side door and i fed the fish over the side. That is a terrible way to feel.
 

Wife and I went on a Biblical-Archealogical cruise of the Adriatic 15 years ago. The ship was one sixth the size of current cruise ships. We were part of a group of around 35 and we got to know many of them. We spent the whole day everyday on land going to archaeological sites by bus and walking the ancient Roman roads while the ship was moored in different ports. It was a great experience.
 
Riding in a passenger plane is riding in a Greyhound bus. Piloting your own plane is riding in a Corvette. TDF, who no longer does either.
 
I agree with the Greyhound bus analogy. Did my share for work years ago and thats how I described air travel. Beats driving for days though. We did a cruise and it was ok. Lots of stuff to do on and off the ship. We are planning another in Alaska. It was scheduled last year but got delayed.
 

I sold out of my 172 after it got to the point to where I was just making a lot of hamburger runs and those places by the tarmac began to close. Have a little Hummelbird project almost finished after I had to rebuild the motor after it seized up. Maybe after I get done with my tractor projects I can get back to it. Would like to change it from a taildragger to a front wheel job but probably not.
 
I gotta agree, Two Dogs. I just loved flying and the freedom it offered, especially in our area, no controlled airports for 100 miles and lots of beautiful scenery with the farmland and lakes below....at 1000 feet I could easily see Michigan....sigh...

Ben
 
The problem with sea is that if you are in a storm, there is no place to go to get on solid ground. The ground keeps going up and down and up and down....and.......
 
Back when we could travel my first (late) wife and I made several nature type trips on small ships with < 50 guests. Very laid back, no casino, great experiences. The Galapagos Islands and Southeast Alaska were a couple. My "new" wife and I had plans but .........
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I like flying but only as "PIC" pilot in command. Flying commercially is a PITA now days. Remember the "Champagne" flights. Now the charge you for everything. Water has never appealed to me.
 
I suspect the cruise line business will be exploding once the virus restrictions are lifted. Probably be a good time to invest in them now!

Never been on a cruise, afraid I would be bored, if you're not into drinking and gambling, all that's left is gluttony...

They might be having a burial at sea!

If I were to go on one, it would probably be an Alaskan cruise where you get to go do some exploring.


Or a river cruise up the Mississippi. But those are very expensive.


Probably never happen, but I would really like a ride in a fighter jet!

At this point, if something did go wrong, I would die happy and quick!
 
"[b:654c4848f0][i:654c4848f0]Piloting your own plane is riding in a Corvette[/i:654c4848f0][/b:654c4848f0]"

Agree, but much faster.

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I took a cruise to the Bahamas in 1990. I was a bit boring. I was glad it was only a couple days and a night. Smooth seas and an easy trip. Took a ferry to Beaver Island Mi on rough seas. I puked once and felt better after. Very glad when it was over. Return trip not as adventuresome..... Ive flown to Florida several times and it's just like riding a bus. Go uphill for while level off and glide along. Went to Hawaii once 13hr flight. Long and boring. Ended up with the wife on the right and some young girl sleeping in my shoulder on the left. When she woke up she said sorry to me. I just responded "Been nice sleeping with you" Wife did think it was funny. Luckily....
 
I did probably the same trip out of Seward. It poured rain the whole time. We were traveling on my motorcycle though and set out on the deck most of the trip in our rain suits. Everyone thought we we nuts. But it rained everyday for the two weeks we spent in Ak. and we pretty much just put rain gear on in the morning and took it off when we hit the motels at night. I wasn't impressed with the boat trip, it was pretty much my wife's idea but it did get us off the motorcycle for a day.
 
We always carry rain gear in Alaska. Did you go to the glacier where the ship shut it engines off and waited for the ice to break off and fall in the water? It sounds like dynamite when it hits the water.
 
I had to travel internationally for work. After a while its not fun anymore. I retired 8 years ago and haven't been anywhere that didn't involve driving since. I still have 300k frequent flyer miles in my account. Most likely they will expire. If I never see the inside of an airplane again it will be too soon. The thought of a cruise just wouldn't interest me in the slightest.

OTJ
 
I've already spent way to much time out at sea I sure don't need to any more. Been all over th east coast area on a sub and a air craft carrier
 
Bought the 57 from a fellow in Minden, LA back in the mid 80s.

Traded a 64 Impala SS 327 4sp plus some cash.

Really enjoyed that 327 with dual 4s.
 
(quoted from post at 12:27:37 01/30/21) Where did you get my 57 vette? Ron MN

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hirst one pictured ie fs a 1958.
 
James Howell is that your plane? My cousin Less a retired United Airlines pilot has this little beauty. He loves to fly and lives in Colorado and Florida.
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Not only up and down but side to side. I still remember doing 30 degree rolls in the SSBN633 150 feet down due to the hurricane that was going over us. Also had the JFK CVA67 do pretty good roll in an area where a hurricane had been just a day or too before. All hatches locked closed
 

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Easy way to get to the best salmon streams. Took me 5 days to get my float rating. This is a SUper Hawk I used to rent from the flying club at Elmnendorf AK.
 
(quoted from post at 02:23:42 01/30/21) I have flowen to Florida many times, Florida sucks and so does flying.
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Well, usn's in Florida would be very happy for you to keep your arse where you are at and don't come down here no more. We kinda like Florida.
Haha, Lighten up dude!
 
Didn't mean for anyone to say that--but Thanks. The pic is me coming in for a landing on the carrier-The co-pilot took my camera and took the pic for me-I was in one of the back seats. The ADR's changed a engine on one of the planes and the skipper of our squadron knew I wanted a plane ride off a carrier and said if I could fine a flight suit big enough I could ride along on the test flight--They said they never seen me move so fast--I even remember the guys name whose suit I used--Bulger. Memories---Tee
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Just landed and they took the plane down to the hanger bay so I got my pic taken in front of it..
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Not the same plane but one like it folding the wings after landing--I sat in the seat behind the window you can see thru the prop-It was a bubble window so you could see ahead some..
 
Hey Old--You should have been a AT instead of a ET--you wouldn't have had to ride in a boat with NO windows--AT-2 Tee
 
I did 3 tours on the SSBN633 and then got off of it and went to the JFK CVA67 and did a med cruise so I have been to Scotland, England, Spain, Italy and Egypt. Plus been under the arctic circle in Jan and boy was it cold even being in the sub
 
We used to play cat and mouse with the Russians in the north Atlantic so I also have my "Blue Nose" certificate---Anchors Away Old---Tee
 
Basically the same plane--The ones we had were full of submarine finding junk instead of people and cargo hauling stuff--COD--Carrier On Deck---Tee
 
On the JFK when ever a COD landed we knew mail call would only be an hour or 2 away. I know after we did the refit/dry dock of the JFK it sure was nicer as for eating and entertainment. They put in a sort McDonald sort of place to eat at and it was ope 24/7/.
 
My wife said you were on the Glacier tour and we were on the wildlife tour, I guess it was two different trips, both out of Seward. It was was in 2011. We road the bike back up their again in 2018 and wore our rain suits on one day is all, riding from Denali to Anchorage.
 
They started that fast food galley on the old Yorktown also-wasn't bad--better than some of the "stuff" in the regular galley---
 
Yes the fast food was better plus you could get it when you wanted to eat instead of being told to eat at say 1800 hours. Plus they put in video games like pack man. Not sure when you where in but I g out in July or 1980 and if I knew what I know now I would have gone to sickbay and told them I hurt here and here etc. I have bad knees due to being on the sub and a bad shoulder due to things I did on the JFK but the V.A. says it never happened
 

Oregon you can probably use your miles to fly your family and friends around as a gift. Wife had a friend who flew three of them to New York and NJ to visit over the 4th of July 2 years ago with all the business miles she accumulated. You can always fly me back to Hawaii while they are good. There might have been a transfer fee as I recall.
 
Wow, a CV doing a roll, must have been somethng. Watching the Crabbers in the Bearing Sea gives me the willies.
 
I did 33 months on a DDR. we went out off Washington and north in November and they tried to serve pork chops for supper. 50+ degree rolls. I heard later that some were wondering if it would come back up at times. I do not know if anybody ate any, I did not. After that one time I never had another problem with seasick. That was over 50 years ago would probably not do so well now.
 
There where a lot of guys on the JFK getting seasick because of those rolls. My self I laughed at them but I had also been on the sub before the carrier and there well known to do rolls when on op of the water
 

No cruise ship for us, wife is terrified of boats on large bodies of water, she gets nervous crossing bridges on some of the larger rivers.
In the 70's after high school I got paid the cruise Illinois, Ohio and Mississippi rivers working on river barges hauling grain, fertilizer and fuel. Did a lot of commercial flying then going to and from work on the barges.
Loaded my semi on a ocean barge to make a delivery on Martha's Vineyard Island, rode a ferry boat back.
Commercial flying was better in the 70's than today, seats where bigger and spaced farther apart, you could lean you seat back some and not bother the person behind you, on early or late flights they provided a small meal, wasn't much but better than today's nothing.
Flew to DC in 90 and plane seamed more crowed but though it was the plane I was on, boarding was same as in the 70's.
Flew to Newark, NJ in 2012, Charleston, S.C. in 2016 and Fayetteville, N.C. in 2019, seats are smaller and closer together, at 6'1" 200lbs my knee's are nearly against the seat in front of me, if you lean the seat back it's in the face of the person behind you.
Add the extra 2 hours you need to be at the air port before the flight along with emptying your pockets taking of my belt and shoes to go thru metal detector , no pocket knife or nail clippers that I always carry all adds up to make commercial flying a hassle today.
Most of our travel plans will be driving to locations in the US that we of she hasn't seen or we want to see again.
 
Here one I never figured out. While i was on the SSBN633 there where times when we would be doing our normal and cruising around under water and all at once it felt like we had hit something. The whole sub would shutter and shake. But when we would surface you could not see any damage
 
I can see how the sea could definitely be bad but I can’t fly and I can’t swim but when’s the last time you heard of a cruise ship going down ?
 
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