It was a fabulous day and the Captain announced that we were flying towards Fingal's Cave (Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics and made popular in music by Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.). He went on to say that he was going to make a low pass and that passengers on the port side would get a really good view. He then went on to ask passengers not to all crowd over to the port side or we would tip the plane over.
It was a really low slow pass which I'm sure would not have been countenanced by the Powers That Be.
However, he got a rousing cheer of thanks from his passengers and I think everyone on board would have retold that story many times.
In this risk-averse world where such actions could not be hidden or overlooked because of modern monitoring in and outwith the plane such experiences are unlikely. I think the world is a sadder place as a result.
