Fly like a squirrel

Wingsuit Basejumping - The Need 4 Speed: The Art of Flight from Phoenix Fly on Vimeo.

Strangers on my Flight

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Inseat amenities

Looks like power, USB, and networking are inseat. We have not yet taken off so not sure how it will all work. Weirdest us the flight of stairs behind me, to the upper deck.

UPDATE: the RCA plug at the top is a video connector. You can plug in your iPod or video camera or personal media player and watch your stuf on the screen in front of you. Only business class has the audio connectors - go figure! The USB socket could read media from a flashdrive.

Great Cabin Crew on Emirates

Cabin Crew onboard Emirates Air from Joburg to Dubai 08 March 2007

Here is a picture of the cabin crew who fussed over me on my birthday. It all started when I cheekily asked one of them if I might have a better seat seeing it was my birthday (I was secretly hoping for much bigger seat, sleeper chair ... but the senior stewardess explained to me it was worth more than her job to do that). They found me a great bulkhead seat with lots of legroom but the entertainment screen would not stay up. Neither did the one in the seat next to that one. So they moved me right to the back of the plane, and made sure I was well taken care of. The cake and coffee in a previous picture came from First Class, and they giggled as they did their best to write 'Happy 50th Birthday' from sachets of strawberry jam. And when they suddenly all gathered around and sang happy birthday in whispers, I was grinning from ear to ear. Thanks again EK, it was fun.

Birthday in the air

I was very surprised when the cabin crew of my Emirates flight between Joburg and Dubai gathered around my seat, presented me with a decorated cake, and sang happy birthday to me. It was very sweet of them all, and made me love flying Emirates even more! The photo above is a scan of the instant photo they took at the time.