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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 132440, member: 22&quot;]Back in the mid 60`s we as a family were due to fly on holiday to Italy, the holiday got cancelled due to overbooking at the hotel so we were offered an alternative booking to Spain with the same dates.(My first flight)</p><p>When we arrived in Spain we discovered the other flight had crashed and most passengers &amp; crew were killed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then in the early 70`s I was on an exersise when I was aboard a helicopter that went down in the North Sea on a freezing January night, we all survived but it was bloody cold.</p><p><br /></p><p>1988 my plane was struck with lightning at 5000 feet coming into Luton,LOL that certainly made everyone go quiet.</p><p><br /></p><p>1999 Kuala Lumpur to Sydney 6 of the 8 hours flight time was severe turbulance, no drinks were served, pilot took two attempts at landing in torrential rain.</p><p><br /></p><p>2002 I was flying back from Gran Canaria with a girlfriend when the arse end of the plane struck the runway on take off.</p><p>We circled over the sea dumping fuel and then came back in. We had to wait another day for a replacement flight.</p><p><br /></p><p>2004 with the same girlfriend flying back from Corfu we hit severe turbulance for about an hour and several passengers</p><p>were injured.</p><p>The girlfriend became hysterical and had to be sedated,after landing said she would never fly again.</p><p>The next year we drove to Corfu via Holland, Germany, Austria and Italy, using car ferries</p><p>Since then I have driven throughout Europe using my car</p><p>I`ve travelled the world but there is nowhere I wish to go now which involves flying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Come Fly with me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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