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> > Hi,
> >        over the past few years I've had a number of emails about the
> > flying boats - which is one of the reasons I was happy to be able to post
> > pictures of VH-BRC at long last.  Most of the comments about the boats
> > seem to be of a favourable nature, which is odd given the comfort level.
> > Is it nostalgia, or did people find an affinity with this mode of travel
> 
> I remember it as being quite comfortable - plenty of room.   Also the noise
> level downstairs wasn't remarkable, there was nothing in the way of
> turbulence and nothing to look at except water so nothing to interrupt the
> card games :-)
> 
> Perhaps more similar to train travel than other flights!

Did it in 1972 and have to agree with RT, was quite comfortable. It
was noisy, but not noticably more so than the DC4 to Norfolk Is. Also
the whole ambience was totally diffrent, at least to Lord Howe.
The whole world looks diffrent on a very late summer morning at 2:00
am in the park down by Sydney Harbour at Rose Bay when the culmination
of a long held dream is about to happen. It felt like no other flight
I have ever taken.

The dawn arrival at Lord howe was also some thing very special, and
the whole thing was so long ago (last millieum, as my kids remind me)
it may be an artifical rosey memory, but as I'm not likley to fly a
flying boat again I'll keep it thanks!


Allen