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Postby Mr. Bones » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:46 am

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!

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rwy20 at Brussels Intl.
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'cruising' at 3000ft and 250kts...sorry for the blur  :-[Image

port of Zeebrugge at the Canal
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby Craig. » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:32 am

Lucky devil you. :)
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby jrpilot » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:19 am

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
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:52 am

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

Great shots man.

How long did the flight take?
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby Hagar » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:34 am

Good one Bones.

This goes to prove that it's not so much what you know but who you know. ;)
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby Mr. Bones » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:44 am

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.
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby legoalex2000 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:31 am

nice shots! that must've been cool!

what kind of camera is that?

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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby Silver1SWA » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:30 pm

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

Postby beaky » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:43 pm

Thanx for sharing- what a great break!
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby Fly2e » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:05 pm

Fing amazing Ken!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby flyboy 28 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:43 pm

Wow. Great shots! :o
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby FlyHeaven » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:30 pm

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 :)
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Re: Cockpit snaps

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:43 am

Nice one Ken ;)
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