Me sigo riendo cada vez que releo esto. Aunque no es mi caso, ya que mis vuelos nocturnos se deben sobre todo a la diferencia horaria de Tenerife (UTC+1) con el huso en el que estoy volando (UTC+8), lo cierto es que la mayoría de los vuelos, especialmente los largos, los he tenido que hacer de noche. Y para mí sigue teniendo un atractivo especial, sobre todo si dejando a un lado la lógica y la seguridad y suponiendo que conseguir una autorización VFR especial es algo sencillo, el vuelo se hace en visual.Jazzhace 9 añosYOU MIGHT BE A FREIGHT DOG IF…
- Your aeroplane was getting old when you were born
- You have not done a daylight landing in the past six months
- ATC advises you of smoother air at a different flight level, but you don’t care
- When you taxi up to the FBO they roll out the red carpet, but quickly take it back when they recognize you
- You call the hotel taxi to pick you up, and they don’t understand were you are on the airport
- ATC asks you to “keep the chickens down” so they can hear you talk
- Your aeroplane has more than 75,000 cycles
- Your company call sign is “Oil Can”
- The lady in the terminal locks up the popcorn machine because you plan on “making a meal of it”
- Your aeroplane has more than eight faded logos on it
- You wear the same shirt for a week, and no one complains
- ATC mispronounces your callsign more than three times in one flight
- Your OPS manager mysteriously increases your max take-off weight during the peak season
- You mark every ramp with engine oil
- Everything you own is in your flight bag and suitcase
- You lost your sunglasses a year ago, and haven’t bothered looking for them
- Your aircraft’s cabin is never too cold or too warm, always just right
- You never have to explain to anyone why there is a delay
- You’re the one with the wrinkled shirt because it doubles as your pijamas
- You’re the only one flying against the flow over the North Atlantic
- You have shirts in the laundry on three continents
- Your frequent flyer miles exceed your salary every year
- You can convert Euros to Dollars, Pounds and Yen in your head
- Your dog barks at you when you come home
- 6000 ft, 4nm finals don’t bother you
- You are cleared direct everywhere
- Your first altitude restriction on departure is FL250
- You start to wonder what’s wrong with ATC if you don’t have your landing clearance 50nm from the runway
- The first runway condition report of the day is given by: you
- You have never disembarked from your aircraft onto a airbridge
- You get annoyed if you’re No.2 in traffic
- You haven’t done a hold for so long you can’t remember how it’s done
- When Maverick and Goose get threatened with being thrown out of the Navy to fly “a cargo plane full of rubber dogshits outta Hong Kong!” you think: “that’s cool!”
- You have to wake up the Customs & Immigration agents at your destination
- You check into your hotel, and reception asks where the rest of the crew is
- You pick up every VOLMET en route, just to hear someone talk on the radio
- You get out of the cargo business, then realise it’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made
Las capturas he tenido que retocarlas para intensificar un poso la luz, ya que si no, a duras penas se veía algo.
La siempre relajante visión de las luces de pista entre la maraña de luces de las poblaciones e instalaciones cercanas.
A pesar de los equipos de navegación modernos, la orografía y las nubes bajas son un mal combinado y hay que tener siempre previsto el procedimiento de entrada inadvertida en IMC.
¿Cómo era eso otro? Tienes que despertar a los agentes de aduanas e inmigración cuando llegas al aeropuerto. Pero los rodajes son tranquilos.
