http://www.flightstory.net 50 newest stories from flightstory.net en-us http://www.flightstory.net/91/Abnormal-Landing-at-SLC- He finally announced a suspected landing gear problem, and that he was ordering an "abnormal landing" emergency procedure . The crew then began an emergency briefing for everone. He circled ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:38:57 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/88/Shock Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 13:54:11 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/85/My-Dad-And-Those-Wonderful-Flying-Machines My Dad And Those Wonderful Flying Machines
By Earlaiman
Words 1451
October 2, 2002

It was back in the early thirties; I couldn't have been more than four or five years old. I remember I was still small enough for my dad to carry me on his shoulders when we went to see the airplanes.

Barnstormers used to fly in and use the pastures along the road north of our home in Southeastern Michigan on summer weekends. They would line their ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:57:46 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/83/You-dont-always-get-what-you-want DHL guys spoke up: "Is there a reason why we are waiting 5 minutes in between dash 8s to depart?"
the girl with a cute voice up on the concrete throne was caught off guard: "please repeat?"
DHL: "Are we going to get the runway or should we just shut down our ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:59:11 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/81/Flight-420-Engine-Failure
It seemed like at least five minutes passed before the piolt announced we had lost ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:38:09 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/80/Cell-Phones-on-Airplanes-...-Just-Try-It

But for once, I’m not going to wait until airline travel becomes even more excruciating than it already is.

I’m taking matters into my own hands with a promise - no make that ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:56:44 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/79/Don't-mix-the-hand-set! One houre before landing the captain left the cockpit to use the forward lavatory. In accordance with security regulations, a flight attendant stayed with the first officer while the captain was gone.
When the captain came back, he called the cockpit for re-admittance. Before he could say anything, the flight attendant opened the door as the first officer accidentally used the intercom hand set, and said ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:34:47 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/78/Freezing-pax
I was on a SAA flight from Cape Town -> Frankfurt this spring, and had a pax sitting behind me, asking the stewardess roughly short before take off, if it would be possible to heat the plane a bit because he was freezing... (It was while she was getting her seat for take off..) she said that she would tell the Captain as soon as possible after take off.

about a minute or two after take off he was being grumpy to his wife that it is still not warmer and he will ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:50:43 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/77/Airline-Life
Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:05:40 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/76/The-Shaved-Flight-Attendant
F/A: Dude, my back itches like a mf
Capt: What happened to you at home?
F/A: My ol' lady decided to shave my back while I was asleep. She did a good job because I didn't wake up.
F/O: Damn, Larry, how many beers did you drink last night?
F/A: A few. I just know my back itches like hell!
Capt: I'm glad Nandi finally shaved your back. Now ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:00:58 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/75/Travolta-707-reunion-in-Orlando

More Travolta 707 photos



Original Qantas 707-138B’s reunited

It was 40 years ago when the first and last Boeing 707-138B produced flew under the Qantas livery. History was recently repeated in December 2006 ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:09:44 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/74/Elderly-lady-died-during-flight
Flew FRA-LAX on LH 450 in F. (Loved the FRA terminal). Interesting how things happen. We met two ladies on the ride from the terminal to the plane. Mother and daughter. Mother was 92. They were going to the funeral of another daughter. A parent should never have to outlive a child. As we climbed the stairs to the jetway, we marvelled at what good shape the 92 year old was in.

Flight began superbly. About 5.5 hours in, I noticed that many people were ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:48 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/73/The-smoking-hot-girl-Ashley Tower: Cessna XXX, enter left base, runway 13L, report hospital.
Cessna: Roger. (with mic still on) Dude I was in Bellevue last Saturday, this girl Ashley was smoking hot! You know her? No way man! That is awesome.
Tower: Cessna XXX you're still on tower, attention all aircraft, has anyone else met this smoking hot Ashley!
Pilot1: That's affermative
Pilot2: Affermative
Pilot3: I tapped ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:06:30 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/72/Cleaning-the-lavatory
Horizon xxx: Tower, cancel that call for some cleaning on the lav, one of our flight attendants determined the smell was coming from one of our passengers, not the lav.

Tower: Uhhhh...okay. They might already be on their ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:55:41 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/64/Too-low-entry-door Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 15:27:03 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/71/The-Perfect-Landing Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 15:25:11 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/70/Checking-on-Husband Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 15:24:36 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/69/Duplicate-Seats Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 14:20:25 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/68/It’s-Not-McDonald's Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 14:20:14 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/66/Going-to-Mexico-City Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 14:16:20 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/65/59-Dials The kid says “How ya doin” looks around and says: “Look at all those round dials. There must be 59 of them.” He then asked some typical little kid questions – What does this and that do. He asked why there were two control wheels.
The Captain said: “Sometimes I fly and sometimes he flies.”
The kid says: “What - do you get tired?” Then he says: ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 01 May 2007 14:08:33 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/63/Nude-Woman-Thrown-Off-Plane
A woman seated in the BusinessFirst cabin began to take her clothes off because she had urinated in her seat and her clothes were drenched in urine. The woman was lying down in the aisle completely nude. She also lost her teeth, which were later found one row behind her urinated seat. Her upper set was found lodged between seat cushions.

The cockpit ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:15:22 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/62/Exit-the-plane-at-30.000-feet

After some time I noticed a man standing up and going straight to the hindmost of the 2 cabin doors located on the ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:30:55 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/61/The-1st-Lieutenant-prank Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:26:21 +0200 http://www.flightstory.net/60/Airbus-A380-First-Time-at-JFK After Landing

Ground: "Lufthansa 8940 Heavy switch to Ramp frequency..."
LH8940 (A380): "Roger do you want us to switch now?"
Ground: "Yes, you must have eight radios on that thing its so big"
LH8940 (A380): " *laughing* Roger ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:30:25 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/59/CH-53E-traffic-on-railroad-track
I was snooping around with the FLIR, seeing what was out there to see, and when I re-caged it forward I picked up a good-sized blob on the FLIR, on the ground. I thought it was a fire at first (we had already seen numerous small brushfires that day, both on the FLIR and the Mark ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:49:02 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/58/Pig-On-Board Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:03:41 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/57/The-sweet-female-controller Washington Center: "USAir 1170 you are Cleared to FL 280."
USAir 1170: "Ehm, we're only filed for FL 260 but 280 is fine. Which would you prefer?"
Washington Center - sweet voice of the female controller: "I'm kind of warm and fuzzy about 280."
USAir 1170 speecheless for a few moments
USAir 1170: "That works for me, we'll ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:29 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/56/Center-not-answering USAir 123: "Washington Center, there is no answer on 124.45. "
Washington Center (another controller): "He's sitting right next to me. Try him again. If he doesn't answer this time, I'll hit him."
Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:22 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/55/The-Lodermaster Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:15 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/54/Follow-the-Airbus Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:28:06 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/53/The-drunken-ballerina my her armrest completely for her own, for the whole flight, she just started telling me her whole life. With no chance to escape, I pretended to be interested in listening, hoping she would be finished soon ...
She told me to be a ballet teacher. To that date I ever believed ballet dancers would be young and attractive. Apparently, unfortunately once again I had ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:09:38 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/52/And-I-Thought-The-PASSENGERS-Were-IDIOTS!
After hauling my pitful(ly LARGE)BUTT in a coach seat across the flappin' continent to JFK yesterday....all I want DESPERATELY to do is get OFF of this aluminium TUBE and go have a SMOKE before dragging my flightbag outta' the overhead bin and "assuming my position" in the cockpit for my return segment going back ALL the damn way across the continent again (durn near).

Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:14:17 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/51/Why-not-to-fly-with-Adam-Air Why you should not fly with Adam Air

1. Horrible maintenance situation where aircrafts are beeing officially fixed before arrival.

2. Once during whole monsoon season, all of their 732s had no weather radar. Despite this, they were forced to fly into the night in areas with dense cumulus and Cumulonimbus clouds that is prevalent during monsoon season.

3. Once during cruise, GEN2 failed. The, in order to replace the GEN, engaged APU GEN failed ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:25:35 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/50/The-blind-pilot diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that
there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft
the plane would re board in 50 minutes.
Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind. The man had
noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her
Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:13:57 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/47/Student-pilot
"Lafayette approach, Cessna November 9877."
Lafayette approach: "Cessna 877, go ahead."
Cessna 9877: "Lafayette approach, Cessna November 9877 is 15 miles south of Lafayette, northbound at 1,000 feet."
Lafayette approach: "Cessna 877, say intentions".
Cessna 9877 after a long pause: "To become a private ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:50:56 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/49/No-go-right....
We asked the Korean mechanic what the problem was, and in a heavy accent, he quickly replied, "Ah...prane no go right." ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:16:04 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/48/Electrical-failure
As I was in central ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:02:46 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/45/Mombasa-Int.-Airport---Welcome-to-the-real-world
After a few weeks of vacation in Kenia in 1995, the day of departure came. I'm not gonna go into detail about the exciting journey to get to the airport ;). ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:48:56 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/46/Emergency-because-of-light-chop "Light chop" is the term to describe a condition one notch worse than baby-bum smooth air. It is typical to not even put the seat belt signs on in light chop.
The next condition is moderate chop, then light turbulence, then moderate turbulence, severe turbulence, extreme turbulence.
So, it's only a very light turbulences.


Someone posted this ATC log on a discussion forum. So it's not ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:34:13 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/44/The-not-amused-little-old-lady
An flight attendant's comment on the less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:02:56 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/43/,Intercom-Quote,-bumpy-landing Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:02:54 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/42/,Quotes,-Funny-Southwest-Flight-Attendant
"Welcome aboard Southwest Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seatbelt, and if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised.

In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:02:50 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/41/circle-Australia-twice
Captain: "Good morning, Sydney, this is United XXX, we're 50 miles out and have your island in sight ..."

Approach: "Roger, United ... you're cleared to circle the island twice, then it's okay to ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:02:41 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/40/No-Hotel
33W: Uhhhmm, we're flying into McCarren International. Uhhhmm, we don't have a hotel room yet.

approach control was laughing too hard to respond. The next several calls went like this:

Approach: United 5, descend to FL220.

United 5: United 5 down to FL220; we don't have a hotel room either.
Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:02:37 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/39/Heavy-wife
N1234: All I have on board is my wife ... and she's heavy, but not THAT heavy.

(pause)

Tower: Roger N1234, and she's flying with you, now?

N1234: Yep, she's got her headset on and is punching the heck out of me. Cleared to land runway 6, N1234.

Tower: Copy. ...We'll roll the trucks.
Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:02:32 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/38/Woman-stuck-in-aircraft-door
At Fairbanks International Airport an aircraft arrived and all the luggage came off of the flight, but only very few people came off. Waiting people and relatives were wondering what's up.

Time went by and finally after nearly half an hour after arrival of the plane, the remaining passengers appeared in the arrival hall.

Replying on the question what happened, they told that ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:57:39 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/37/Being-an-ATC.....-*dream* I thought of publishing this because it might help some others who also want nothing more than being an ATC (short term for air traffic controller).

The first time I got to know about a job called ATC was in the late years of school. Since I always was very thrilled in everything that contains planes and flying stuff I decided to know everything about that job.
Finally - right after my high school diploma - I sent my application to the ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:26:26 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/36/Country-bumpkins-on-tour
I was waiting for boarding back to Frankfurt with Lufthansa as something unexpected came down the corridor. All people turned over, we couldn't believe what we saw. A country bumpkin family! I hoped they would pass by, but no, of course not, they were heading directly to the same gate I was waiting at. They had no problem finding a seat because very quickly, mysteriously most people moved from the waiting area to the area ... Click here to read the full story ]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:49:47 +0100 http://www.flightstory.net/35/Heavy-thunderstorm-over-the-Balkan---The-flight-that-changed-my-life
The route was Berlin Schönefeld (SXF / EDDB) - Constanta (CND / LRCK) - back to Berlin Schönefeld with Interflug, the national airline of the DDR. Normally this route was served by an Ilyushin Il-62M but this time they had some operational problems because they lost one of their Il-62 just a few weeks ago (Click here to read the full story ]]> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:17:51 +0100