It was parked on the other side of mine.
HA! Reminds me of the time we were flying our young family to Florida on Ozark; our disappointed three-year-old daughter wanted to know where the animals were on “Noah’s Ark” airlines...
Flight coming back from Orlando?
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HA! Reminds me of the time we were flying our young family to Florida on Ozark; our disappointed three-year-old daughter wanted to know where the animals were on “Noah’s Ark” airlines...
Should have flown Pan Am. Their 747's give a smooth ride.
No problems coming back. Met some folks at the United Club visiting family, but they had a daughter enrolled with Iowa State. It was just a coincidence that they were on the flight. We got confirmed stand-by on the 2:50pm Sunday United flight to Chicago. Sean Foster and his mom were on the flight. He gave me a nice "Go Cyclones" when he walked down the aisle. Lots of Cyclone fans that seemed to be in decent mood all things considered. The 7:15pm flight to DSM was bumpy, but nothing too bad. The flight attendants were only able to serve as before take-off and shortly before landing. Again, most Cyclone fans just seemed glad to have had the opportunity for a good bowl and a good opponent.
Flew home Saturday night -- flight was initially delayed an hour. Then another hour. Then finally a total of 3.5 hours. Then the APU on the plane was down so there was no A/C while we sat near the gate. Then the pilot announced that because the APU was down, they couldn't start the engines, so we waited for a ground cart to come out and get us going.
Thankfully the flight was only about 70% full and I didn't have anyone else in my row so I buckled myself into the middle seat once we were airborne and laid across all three seats for the next 3+ hours. Was supposed to land at 11pm, ended up landing around 3am.
Thankfully the flight was only about 70% full and I didn't have anyone else in my row so I buckled myself into the middle seat once we were airborne and laid across all three seats for the next 3+ hours. Was supposed to land at 11pm, ended up landing around 3am.
Great photo, my dad worked for both airlines plus AA.It was parked on the other side of mine.
No flight issues but I had two of the hardest landings I’ve ever experienced. 99% sure I had Cougar from Top Gun after his freak out landing in St. Louis.
Let me see if I got this right. The bus for an alumni charter left the hotel at 6:30am for a 9:00am scheduled flight that didn't take off until 4:00pm. Is that correct?
Where were you all that time? Just at a regular MCO gate? Or at a special limited service gate for charters? Sounds awful. Like the first quarter of the game! I'll bet there will be some interesting conversations with the travel company before next year's bowl trip.
Surprised we haven't heard more complaints about it.
Seems like the CF/CL charter went okay as we haven't heard any comments about it. Of course, they may still be sobering up.
That is correct. We were at Gate 17, just a regular gate.
We all sat there and watched flights come and go all day, then about 2 or 3, one gate over, the next departing flight was 5:30ish direct to Des Moines. Luckily for all involved we made it out before then.
Was that the Southwest flight from Orlando to St. Louis Sunday night? I was on that one, it felt like the pilot was trying to hit the three wire on the deck and missed. We had some turbulence that had the flight attendants strapped in, which was good for me, because nobody came back to charge me for the Jack Daniels and Coke.
Eastern was resurrected with little success a few years ago. Mainly just do charter flying.
As a result of the storm this past weekend there was some pretty bad turbulence over the Midwest.
Waiting for the plane to arrive for our 11:30 flight on Sunday to Chicago it pulls up and the tail reads TWA. Very bumpy about half way to Chicago, and we really came in hot with a rough landing. American Eagle from Chicago to DSM was very rough too, flight attendant was serving drinks about half full to prevent spilling..
Cyclones Liquor charter flight was kinda rough. Direct from Orlando that departed at 4:30 pm. We also ended up circling DSM for about 15 minutes. I asked the pilot on the way out why that happened, and he said another plane pulled out in front of us. Not sure exactly what that means, but it was the first time I've ever had anything like that happen. It kinda freaked me out because it was obvious something was going on but none of the crew filled us in while it was happening.
Pan Am still exists. they operate some simulators out of Miami.
After reading some of the flight horror stories, glad I flew with CF/CL. A few extra minutes hovering Des Moines isn’t too bad.
Thanks again Cyclone Fanatic and Cyclone Liquor! Good time had by all in my party. Would definitely recommend.
