I sat entranced the whole way through, brilliant, and I disagree with a previous post regarding the backing music. I thought that they perfectly complemented each other.
Being an "armchair pilot" I found the article enlightening and very interesting. During my many sightseeing trips (now no longer possible) with spotting the main objective, I had the enormous privilege of being invited to the flight deck on routeing KIX to AMS in a 744, (this was prior to 911) This occurred over Moscow with still 3 hours to run. I was in the jump seat behind the Captain and had many things explained to me, even the 3 times rule even made sense to me now. Asked to stay for the touchdown you can imagine my reaction. It turned out that I was the last passenger disembarking, but hey ho, who cares, that once in a lifetime experience will now never be repeated. My most grateful thanks and appreciation to the KLM flightdeck crew and a special thanks to the FAs for making this possible.
If you think that is awesome try lying on your back on the beach at St.Martin when a 747-400 of KLM is on final approach. As you look up you could swear that you could reach out and touch the undercarriage as it drops on to the threshold. Paradise beach, it was enough to give an aviation nerd an orgasm!
