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Last week our national airline SN Brussels Airlines held an Open House. A friend from our soaring association is a pilot for SN. Thanks to him, we could place a glider next to one of their Airbusses and we could also join a scenic flight over Belgium at 3000ft. I could sit in the jumpseat of the RJ100 and had the ride of my life!

Here are some photos...

preflight checks


rwy20 at Brussels Intl.


rotating


'cruising' at 3000ft and 250kts...sorry for the blur  :-[

port of Zeebrugge at the Canal

Lucky devil you.

WOW, did you get lucky,...he could have been fired for doing that, atleast in the US.....but I wish I was there for that

Whoa! Neat! I don't think to many people had that honour!

Great shots man.

How long did the flight take?

Good one Bones.

This goes to prove that it's not so much what you know but who you know.

Thanks guys.

The flight lasted a little less than one hour. Instead of the normal climb to cruise, we stayed low so the passengers could see most of our landmarks. We went up to 7000ft, but we ended up into the clouds. Therefore, we went to 2000ft again in uncontrolled airspace! Something you don't do with an airliner every day.
Unfortunately I couldn't stay in the cockpit the entire flight because someone else also had to sit on the jumpseat for a while. Therefore no landing shots...allas.

My friend did 3 flights that day with constantly a passenger in the cockpit. Just because it was a special day I guess, otherwise it wouldn't be that easy.

nice shots! that must've been cool!

what kind of camera is that?

Ramos

Oh, how I wish I would have taken pics on my jump seat experience on a 737...

Thanx for sharing- what a great break!

Fing amazing Ken!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!

Wow. Great shots!

WOW!!! Oustanding shots, they could get on airliners.net or jetphotos.net. In the UK going into a cockpit on a airliner isnt aloud no more, due to secruity and terriosts e.t.c before this happend tho i managed to get in a cockpit of a a320 and a 757

Nice one Ken