Comments on: Dan the Early Retired Man: A Lifelong Love of 747s http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617 A 50-something baby boomer examines midlife crisis, ennui in America, and other compelling ideas Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rhea http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617&cpage=1#comment-163851 Rhea Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:50:14 +0000 http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617#comment-163851 Gary, you're lucky. I never get to see planes land. Even if I go down to Boston Harbor, you can't get that close to the airport. Gary, you’re lucky. I never get to see planes land. Even if I go down to Boston Harbor, you can’t get that close to the airport.

]]> By: Gary http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617&cpage=1#comment-163850 Gary Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:59:12 +0000 http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617#comment-163850 I live in Leeds, a city in the north of England that used to manufacture rotor blades for the Concorde engines, but more to the point I share your ability to still stop and stare at an airplane on final approach. We live just one mile away from the end of our city's airport, we've lived here all of my 53 years and although I am nobodys airplane geek I still stand at the window and watch the planes touch down on the hill opposite my house - only yesterday I was taking my oldest daughter to college on a road that is directly under the flight path and we sat and watched a commuter aircraft (the 8.10 from Amsterdam, we see it every morning) approach the airfield sideways into a strong crosswind - amazing to watch (Youtube "Leeds Bradford Airport Crosswind", we are the highest altitude airfield in the UK) I live in Leeds, a city in the north of England that used to manufacture rotor blades for the Concorde engines, but more to the point I share your ability to still stop and stare at an airplane on final approach.

We live just one mile away from the end of our city’s airport, we’ve lived here all of my 53 years and although I am nobodys airplane geek I still stand at the window and watch the planes touch down on the hill opposite my house – only yesterday I was taking my oldest daughter to college on a road that is directly under the flight path and we sat and watched a commuter aircraft (the 8.10 from Amsterdam, we see it every morning) approach the airfield sideways into a strong crosswind – amazing to watch (Youtube “Leeds Bradford Airport Crosswind”, we are the highest altitude airfield in the UK)

]]> By: morrison http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617&cpage=1#comment-163827 morrison Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:56:13 +0000 http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617#comment-163827 Think 'Concorde'. Think ‘Concorde’.

]]> By: Steve Skinner http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617&cpage=1#comment-163826 Steve Skinner Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:56 +0000 http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=3617#comment-163826 I will never forget my first flight on a 747 – December of 1972 I was returning home for Christmas break. The flight was over an hour late departing Spokane well past 1 AM. As the flight has originated in Seattle, the cabin was near capacity when I entered. The thought that crossed my mind as I looked for my assigned seat was similar to entering a three ring circus. There were parents everywhere with their little children, all of whom had been issued balloons by the airline. I will never forget my first flight on a 747 – December of 1972 I was returning home for Christmas break. The flight was over an hour late departing Spokane well past 1 AM. As the flight has originated in Seattle, the cabin was near capacity when I entered. The thought that crossed my mind as I looked for my assigned seat was similar to entering a three ring circus. There were parents everywhere with their little children, all of whom had been issued balloons by the airline.

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