Posts tagged flying
How to Land a Cessna

What is a smooth landing you might be wondering? One that is perfectly in the middle of on the runway’s centerline, approaching final with a speed of 65 (or whatever your plane’s speed should be), bleeding out the energy on the runway until the plane gently touches down back wheels first with the nose falling into place like a graceful ballerina if she were 2300 pounds and made of metal.

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Lessons From 35,000 Feet

My first lesson I’ve learned while four years as a cabin crew member is this : people are comforted with the stories and fantasies they have of others whose lifestyles they either don’t agree with or understand. There will be so many weird questions, so many strange assumptions about your life.

But it literally doesn’t matter. At all. It doesn’t matter that someone has an impression of you as a directionless gypsy, all that matters is that you are doing whatever it is that makes you happy to be alive.

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