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Post by flyinkiwi on Mar 26, 2019 14:12:03 GMT 12
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Post by saratoga on Mar 26, 2019 16:01:08 GMT 12
I think a few WW2 Luftwaffe pilots did the same years back...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 26, 2019 16:04:42 GMT 12
One thing that strikes me as odd, as the crew believed they were meant to be heading to Edinburgh, did hey not announce before or just after take off "Welcome to this flight to Edinburgh, Scotland"? The passengers who were all under the belief they were heading to Dusseldorf would have twigged then that something was amiss.
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Post by baz62 on Mar 26, 2019 16:25:00 GMT 12
One thing that strikes me as odd, as the crew believed they were meant to be heading to Edinburgh, did hey not announce before or just after take off "Welcome to this flight to Edinburgh, Scotland"? The passengers who were all under the belief they were heading to Dusseldorf would have twigged then that something was amiss. Maybe a lot of non-English speakers on board, or just didn't take any notice? |
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Post by shorty on Mar 26, 2019 18:15:00 GMT 12
Or a typical aircraft PA system where you can't distinguish a single thing that is said!
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Post by vultee43 on Mar 26, 2019 20:33:13 GMT 12
One thing that strikes me as odd, as the crew believed they were meant to be heading to Edinburgh, did hey not announce before or just after take off "Welcome to this flight to Edinburgh, Scotland"? The passengers who were all under the belief they were heading to Dusseldorf would have twigged then that something was amiss. That one puzzled me too. Shows how much we pay to pre flight briefings and announcements. |
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Post by flyinkiwi on Mar 27, 2019 14:29:35 GMT 12
Or a typical aircraft PA system where you can't distinguish a single thing that is said! And here's why! |
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Post by isc on Mar 27, 2019 21:00:41 GMT 12
There is a joke somewhere about a British pilot that's got himself a bit lost on a German taxi way, and the tower asking him if he had been there before, and the reply yes twice in 1945, but it was night time and I didn't land. isc
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Post by 30sqnatc on Mar 28, 2019 16:31:11 GMT 12
My father related the story of a Fiesler Storch landing at RAF Detling in Kent when he was stationed there during Battle of Britain. The German pilot was most pissed off as he was caught in strong winds during a flight over the English Channel and was unable to return to France so had to find an RAF field in the dark. I think he said the flare path had been lit for an aircraft returning from a coastal patrol.
Paul
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