This week Air Force One was parked at the Ottawa airport. President Obama came to visit Ottawa for a few hours.
Some years ago one of the space shuttles flew over Ottawa on top of an airplane. This was quite interesting and everyone was looking up to see it.
My mom used to watch quite faithfully the launches from Cape Canaveral. I started to think about her mom and the years that she lived through. She was born in 1885 - the horse and buggy era. She was still alive in 1969 when men walked on the moon.
Coming into the Toronto airport one time we were told to look out the window to see one of the Concorde aircraft sitting on the tarmac. They had quite a distinctive pointed nose.
In England I went to visit Windsor Castle. It is in the flight path close to Heathrow Airport. It was quite noisy at times. A tourist was heard to remark - why did they build the castle so close to the airport? Dear me…
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Flying...what a nice view
So why is it good to get a window seat when flying? Is it fun to watch where you are?
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Returning from the Middle East, we flew high over London as our captain told us this. It was at night and brightly lit up.
Again returning from the Middle East, we stopped in Vienna. It was so green after the dry landscape of the Middle East.
When flying up to Alaska the pilot made a slight detour to let us see the highest mountain in Canada - Mount Logan. It was a beautiful day and we could clearly see its snowy top. There was some controversy a few years ago when there were plans to change the name of the mountain to Mount Trudeau. This did not happen.
Because of living in Ottawa, I often fly over the Great Lakes. I have to think of my geography lessons to remember which one is shaped like what. It is obvious when flying over this part of the country to see the effects of the Ice Age - the lakes all point in the same direction.
Last fall flying home from Vancouver the only view I had was of the Rockies - quite spectacular of course. The rest of the way home it was too cloudy to see anything.
There is a old picture taken by my dad of Iceland (or was it Greenland) out the window of the plane. He was on his way to Europe. It is not too clear what you are looking at.
Coming home from South America, we flew high above the Caribbean islands. The different colours of the water closer to the islands were very noticeable - a beautiful blue.
What is always interesting is leaving or coming into a city - whether I am familiar with the place or not. Can I find familiar landmarks or am I confused?
I do like flying over a city at night with all the lights twinkling.
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My first flight was not too enjoyable - I was quite nervous. It was in the company plane which belonged to the company where my dad worked. We went for a very short flight over the lakes and low mountains (Laurentians) near Lachute. Now I would really enjoy that view.
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Returning from the Middle East, we flew high over London as our captain told us this. It was at night and brightly lit up.
Again returning from the Middle East, we stopped in Vienna. It was so green after the dry landscape of the Middle East.
When flying up to Alaska the pilot made a slight detour to let us see the highest mountain in Canada - Mount Logan. It was a beautiful day and we could clearly see its snowy top. There was some controversy a few years ago when there were plans to change the name of the mountain to Mount Trudeau. This did not happen.
Because of living in Ottawa, I often fly over the Great Lakes. I have to think of my geography lessons to remember which one is shaped like what. It is obvious when flying over this part of the country to see the effects of the Ice Age - the lakes all point in the same direction.
Last fall flying home from Vancouver the only view I had was of the Rockies - quite spectacular of course. The rest of the way home it was too cloudy to see anything.
There is a old picture taken by my dad of Iceland (or was it Greenland) out the window of the plane. He was on his way to Europe. It is not too clear what you are looking at.
Coming home from South America, we flew high above the Caribbean islands. The different colours of the water closer to the islands were very noticeable - a beautiful blue.
What is always interesting is leaving or coming into a city - whether I am familiar with the place or not. Can I find familiar landmarks or am I confused?
I do like flying over a city at night with all the lights twinkling.
*****
My first flight was not too enjoyable - I was quite nervous. It was in the company plane which belonged to the company where my dad worked. We went for a very short flight over the lakes and low mountains (Laurentians) near Lachute. Now I would really enjoy that view.
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