Do you ever try to find your house when taking off/landing in an airplane?

[Intelsucks]

Have you ever been able to locate it from the sky?

Mine isn't much of a challenge because it's right near the Austin airport. I've been able to find it every time I had a window seat.

[Coventina]

1. No, I'm too busy crying, praying & sweating

I don't fly well.

[Intelsucks]

9. Try thinking of it this way...

1) If something happens, there is nothing you can do about it anyway.

2) If you crash, you'll probably never feel a thing.

3) Flying is much safer than driving a car.


...Feel better now?;-)

[Coventina]

10. No. I know all that, and I know it is true but.....

for some reason, it doesn't comfort me.
:shrug:

[trotsky]

11. This one is kind of a mixed blessing...

but something like 99% of all airplane accidents happen within 15 minutes of takeoff or landing. "Condense your stress" into that half hour, and the rest of the flight can go a little easier!

[SCDem]

2. Always

Where I live now I live to far away but when I lived in California leaving are landing at the Ontario airport I could see my house my HS the Botanical Gardens, heck everything!

[GOPisEvil]

3. I try to find landmarks that I know.

My apartment is right on the landing path, so every now and then I can spot them.

[Skittles]

4. LOL, back in '76 I thought the Austin airport was a hotel

I kid you not. :D

[GOPisEvil]

6. The old Austin airport was a tiny little thing!

Now the old HQ Bldg at Bergstrom IS a hotel! Go figure! :o

[RebelOne]

5. When I lived in Miami,

my house was almost next door to the airport, so never had a problem seeing it from the air.

[Wickerman]

7. When I lived in San Antonio

I could look out and see my dog in the yard if I were on the correct side of the plane - yes, I lived that close. Could never see the homestead on the way down, but I could find a friend's house.

[Insider]

8. check out the pics?

www.terraserver.com or www.globexplorer.com

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. Couldn't in Portland

but now that I live right under one of the busiest approaches to MSP, I'll be sure to give it a try. I know I'll be able to spot the lake that I live near.