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Post by maureen on Jun 3, 2009 15:52:59 GMT
Same here. I love roller coaster and stomach rides of all sorts. This is another thing to add to my bucket list.  |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 3, 2009 15:55:34 GMT
Keep going, you might get there one day!! Oh, and if you ever do get to go to the moon, give it a big hug from me and tell it I love it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 11:00:51 GMT
I imagine when an astronauts or astronauts in training go to the edge of the atmosphere it must make them feel quite small in the grand scheme of things yet priviledged to view the Earth in such a spectacular way.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 4, 2009 12:10:50 GMT
Yeah, scary as hell sh*t though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 13:15:40 GMT
Scary yes and awe inspiring. seeing the Earth as this huge round planet rather than the flat environment with trees and buildings. A person would have to question lots of things as well as realise that the world is possibly finite.
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Post by Mystik on Jun 5, 2009 2:48:49 GMT
I flew to the US around 13 years ago when I was a kid, and this was before the imminent threat of terrorism and bulletproof cabin doors on planes  . Fortunately I have family who were Qantas flight attendants on that flight - they got me into the cockpit of a plane flying over the Pacific (actually, we flew over Hawaii when I was up there) and it genuinely is something I can remember like a photo... the sun on the left setting, night time on the right and the seriously curved horizon. I wish I had a camera at the time. It was genuinely breathtaking. So if James is saying going up twice as high as that (I believe 747s fly around 40k ft at cruising altitude over the Pacific...) changed his life, I wouldn't doubt that for a second. |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 5, 2009 11:13:40 GMT
Oh no I don't doubt it at all. I look out my window every night to see if I can see the moon and I just stare at it. I know we are mere minions here on planet earth but I do still think that we are aliens though. But maybe I am just thinking about things too deeply. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2009 12:53:31 GMT
I flew to the US around 13 years ago when I was a kid, and this was before the imminent threat of terrorism and bulletproof cabin doors on planes . Fortunately I have family who were Qantas flight attendants on that flight - they got me into the cockpit of a plane flying over the Pacific (actually, we flew over Hawaii when I was up there) and it genuinely is something I can remember like a photo... the sun on the left setting, night time on the right and the seriously curved horizon. I wish I had a camera at the time. It was genuinely breathtaking. So if James is saying going up twice as high as that (I believe 747s fly around 40k ft at cruising altitude over the Pacific...) changed his life, I wouldn't doubt that for a second. That sounds like an amazing experience. |
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Post by lew on Jun 5, 2009 13:18:16 GMT
Wow asparay, many moons ago ;D when I was only a mere girl, my dream was to be an airline pilot, it still is, but at sixteen and having a whale of a time, I was advised at the time that the best route and (probably the cheapest) was to join the RAF sadly it didn't quite appeal, what a stupid fool  |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 5, 2009 13:31:47 GMT
Aww, that's a sad story.  Maybe you could be a wee plane pilot like James. You could be a Jamesette! |
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Post by Shortie on Jun 5, 2009 13:47:56 GMT
Wow asparay, many moons ago ;D when I was only a mere girl, my dream was to be an airline pilot, it still is, but at sixteen and having a whale of a time, I was advised at the time that the best route and (probably the cheapest) was to join the RAF sadly it quite appeal, what a stupid fool At this stage it's probably no comfort at all, lew, we have a v good friend who was an airline pilot, he got to be a senior captain, but he gave it up because he said he was no more than a glorified bus driver! |
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Post by lew on Jun 5, 2009 13:59:31 GMT
Really, suppose it is thinking about it, oh well I did right then to go into banking ;D still a wish thing to do before I'm too bloody old |
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Post by Shortie on Jun 5, 2009 14:04:33 GMT
Really, suppose it is thinking about it, oh well I did right then to go into banking ;D still a wish thing to do before I'm too bloody old I have a list of things to do before I die, too. Some of them are impossible, so I dare say that means I will never die. |
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Post by lew on Jun 5, 2009 14:33:03 GMT
Me is laughing, it looks like if I did ever do the fly thing I may only be a pilot for easyjet ;D dream is dashed thanks James ;D still going to have ago
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 5, 2009 14:38:24 GMT
What about a hot air balloon? Would you consider that flying, learning how to get one of those in the air?
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Post by lew on Jun 5, 2009 14:44:47 GMT
I have to say an air balloon has as much appeal to me as a kick in the kisser.....too slow, I'd puke  ;D |
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Post by Shortie on Jun 5, 2009 14:49:25 GMT
I won a flight in a balloon in a raffle. I think I was the third choice, the first two wouldn't have anything to do with it. It was fun, but surprisingly noisy. You can only float gracefully over the countryside for a very short time before they have to fire the flame up to keep the thing in the air and that comes close to being deafening. The landing was a bit undignified.
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Post by TheDaisy on Jun 5, 2009 14:50:26 GMT
I love to watch hot hairy balloons ;D but I wouldn't go in one. You have very little control over where you go in one of those things.
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Post by Mystik on Jun 5, 2009 14:59:03 GMT
Exactly - there's no control in a HAB. Big gust of wind and you're going into a) those power lines or b) the wrong direction in general!  |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 5, 2009 14:59:41 GMT
That's true, look at what happened to Richard Branson. And didn't Steve Fossett disappear in a balloon or was it something else that suffered him an ill fate?
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Post by lew on Jun 5, 2009 15:38:20 GMT
Something like that......
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Post by lindenchase on Jun 5, 2009 16:11:36 GMT
And didn't Steve Fossett disappear in a balloon or was it something else that suffered him an ill fate? Nope. Steve Fossett was flying his Decathlon light aircraft that fateful day. In fact, it's the same sort of airplane that James has. |
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Post by TheDaisy on Jun 5, 2009 16:13:30 GMT
And didn't Steve Fossett disappear in a balloon or was it something else that suffered him an ill fate? Nope. Steve Fossett was flying his Decathlon light aircraft that fateful day. In fact, it's the same sort of airplane that James has. Ohhhh dear  |
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Post by lew on Jun 5, 2009 16:13:32 GMT
Oh yes I remember.......same plane, oh dear ....let's change the subject |
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Post by lindenchase on Jun 5, 2009 16:51:19 GMT
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 5, 2009 17:06:06 GMT
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Post by lindenchase on Jun 5, 2009 17:10:00 GMT
Not just a nice pic, but a very nice story as well. Awww. Little James watching the moon landing. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2009 17:12:09 GMT
Brilliant ;d
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 5, 2009 17:15:17 GMT
Yeah, that is a nice story. |
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Post by TheDaisy on Jun 5, 2009 17:26:24 GMT
Cool beans ;D I'm looking forward to this, a LOT.
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. Fortunately I have family who were Qantas flight attendants on that flight - they got me into the cockpit of a plane flying over the Pacific (actually, we flew over Hawaii when I was up there) and it genuinely is something I can remember like a photo... the sun on the left setting, night time on the right and the seriously curved horizon. I wish I had a camera at the time. It was genuinely breathtaking. So if James is saying going up twice as high as that (I believe 747s fly around 40k ft at cruising altitude over the Pacific...) changed his life, I wouldn't doubt that for a second. 
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