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A Legendary Flight Experience

Plane and Pilot

Like a sailplane, we glided silently in a lazy, downward spiral until we were lined up with the runway at the correct altitude for our approach. We crossed the threshold just a few feet above the tarmac, and our intrepid pilot announced, “This is what I call the Tennessee waltz.”

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Flying on New Year's Day With A New Airline from Frankfurt to Athens!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

What I like about the interior of the terminals at this airport is they offer good view of the tarmac which allow great opportunity to take good photos of the aircraft. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Finally we reached the threshold and we were on our way.

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Trying Out Air India's Airbus A350-900 Business Class from Bombai to New Delhi!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

One of them informed us about the weather and possible thunderstorm at Delhi Airport and he mentioned about the smooth ride when they flew in from Delhi so we could be expecting smooth ride during cruising but possible turbulence when we approach Delhi. Before I know it, we were on our final approach. Let's check what movies are there.