OK so while you wait for my overview of my time in Russia. Here are my impressions during the flight to Murmansk.
Not the exact plane but same sort
2nd Feb.
To start with the flight was delayed 4 hours because of bad weather in Tromsø (in Norway). Then my first impressions on board the Aeroflot turboprop plane was of an old movie theater. I think it was the material on the seats and the old musty smell. The vinyl wallpaper on the sides added a nice touch as did the bubble porthole windows and gold curtains to cover them. It was like a bus in its layout with baggage racks and 2 seats per side with about 50 seats all together.
The seat beside me was broken as it would only stay in the laid back position. There where no face masks to fall down if the cabin lost pressure…but I am pretty sure that was because the cabin was not pressurized.
To get to the cockpit you needed to walk through the baggage hold where I could see netting holding back the bags from falling on the airhostesses.
Number one benefit of this old plane was the massage you got from the vibrating seats…I mean you would pay big money for chairs like that in your living room.
Another funny thing was when the hostess was giving the safety demonstration. After she showed the exits (one was beside me and only seemed to go halfway down the wall – so I guess you would need to dive out, and hope the propellers that were outside had stopped.), she had put on the life vest (which looked so old it I really did not want to have to test it). Then when she was demonstrating how to turn on the light by pulling the cord…it came off in her hands much to the amusement of the people around her. Overall it was a relaxing trip, although rather loud with the engines. For fun I would watch my pen travel around my tray table by itself. And wonder how it would be going through passport control…
But in saying all this I never felt unsafe, and just enjoyed the ride…..not bad at all, and far better than other stories I have heard about flying in Russian aircrafts!
More to come……
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2 comments:
Thank you for the tips for prayer for Russia that you posted on my blog. I forgot to say to - did you realise I am in New Zealand? So greetings from Auckland to you. Lovely and hot here.
Happy to hae you back here at Borgen Helen, I was a bit worried then yo didn´t show up the day you should.
but, "More to come..." is that the best you can do? It was such a nice (visual) story and then you end with that. I was expecting something like: "Hang on as I´ll tell you about the DTS team on my next entry...".
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