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When I was a kid air travel was great fun! I got to visit the cockpit in every plane we flew in, including the Concorde. As a curious child, this was absolutely
by eric_h 10y ago
When I was a kid air travel was great fun! I got to visit the cockpit in every plane we flew in, including the Concorde. As a curious child, this was absolutely wonderful.
Ah well, it seems that those days will never return.
- mikeash 10y agoCockpit visits are still allowed on the ground, it's only in flight that it's no longer possible.
- eric_h 10y agoWell that's good, at least. I still remember when I was fortunate enough to failover to a concorde when our 747 was grounded ~20 years ago and got to visit the cockpit in flight. There was a seam between two portions of the cockpit (a little less than an inch wide) that only existed when the plane was supersonic, and it closed tight when not. Wouldn't have been able to scare a kid into thinking they could get their hand stuck in there if the plane was still on the ground ;) Of course whether or not in-flight cockpit visits were still allowed, that particular experience wouldn't happen anymore.