This trip must've helped you to overcome your fear for heights and flight. Congrats broh, I pray one day my too will come this easy
DenreleDave: Scenario 1: plane ✈ going up... First I felt weak but I later align. I saw men like ants, I saw mansions like ant colony, I saw the 3rd mainland bridge and the oceans. I went into the clouds 🌥, I stayed amongst the cloud 🌥, I went above the cloud 🌥. I saw the 5th heavens 😂😂😂. The plane looked slow in my sight but I'm sure it is not what I see it to be. It was as if something were blocking my ears, I had to dip my fingers in my ears.
Scenario 2: They gave us dwarf plastic water and snacks (though I was expecting vegetables and swallow 😂) . As the moment of typing this 8.20am, I am above the clouds.. The cloud 🌥 feel so lonely 😂😂😂. I finished my snacks in 2 minutes (me wey be ebinna 😂).
So it got to point I could not see anything again and the plane was shaking (Lord, hope this is not your call to home 😩). People were just sleeping and snoring, but as for me, Lagos boy, my eyes were wide open 👀👀 (I can't be caught unaware)
Scenario 3: We are preparing for landing 8.36am. E be like say something dey block my ears again 🙄🙄 and it's kinda heavy blocking. We are about landing 8.44am, cabin crew are instructed to sit and prepare for landing. I can see farmlands and scanty houses. Aeroplane wheels touched the ground 8 46 am. We got down from plane at 8.53am
Scenario 4: while I was in the sky, I remembered that iran has been firing bombs. I was praying they don't mistakenly fire one into Nigerian airspace while I am in the sky . I was just watching out from the window
Finally, that was how my flight trip to asaba went. This is my first time in delta state.
My nairaland fans in delta, Oya come and do meet and greet óòo 😂😂😂😂
DenreleDave: Firstly, I am not ashamed to say this is my first time boarding a plane, I decided to support our own, one of the best carrier "Airpeace". I will board Airpeace whether local or international.. I will support her. Though the fee was quite high but we will always support her.
So I was opportuned to be chosen for an opportunity to go outside lagos for an assignment. Initially, I thought we will be going through a bus until I was called to send my ID card details for flight.
Mehnn, this is my first time of going to an airport to board a plane ✈. First time to seat in the lounge waiting to fly. First time typing from an airport about to board a plane.
Spoiler: I am scared.. I fear height so much.
Local me , I have never been shy of asking people anything I don't know.. My village people wan first catch me for my ID card.. They insisted my national ID is not clear enough which is true ( thanks to Nigeria ways of doing things basha basha), but as an intentional man, I brought another ID and they were still contemplating if it was me . Háà village people wan carry me handicap on my first time to board a plane...
Later they cleared me, I still had to face another queue again, the one that surprised me most was when people were pulling off their shoes, Haaaaaaa wetin happen na? Why are we pulling our shoes ńa? My village people whispered to me and said "Denrele, don't pull your shoe, go back home" and I replied them saying "Shut up village people, the God of Denrele rebuke you".
I humbled myself and I pulled my shoe, I kon dey waka with leg to go sit. We should have boarded our flight by 7 but it was announced that it will be delayed for 14 mins. 14 mins came and gone, nothing yet..
So we waited for about 1 hour than the departure. First time, I entered a plane ✈.. Jésù
franchasofficia: On a more serious note, I don't think anyone should be celebrating traveling by air.
Me that is always praying not to even have any reason to travel beyond my city so that I won't have any reason to board a plane, life sha.
Anytime people post with excitement their travel experience by air, I just wonder why cos it makes me sick and jittery till the plane touches down the airport
The only travel I enjoy is driving myself around the city in company of friends.
Make me the President today and I will break the record of being the first President that didn't leave his country till his tenure expires
Same here, if not work wetin I Dy find outside, I love staying indoors and fighting on nairaland that's all.
It seems you were not by the window side, if so, the shaking of the wings would make you think say you don use your own hand do yourself. It will look as if the wings wanted fall off. And secondly, thank God say your plane just they vibrate but not turbulence, e sure me die say you go ask for last chance from God. Lol.
Flying is full of fun though but maybe not see the other side of it. Amen
On a more serious note, I don't think anyone should be celebrating traveling by air.
Me that is always praying not to even have any reason to travel beyond my city so that I won't have any reason to board a plane, life sha.
Anytime people post with excitement their travel experience by air, I just wonder why cos it makes me sick and jittery till the plane touches down the airport
The only travel I enjoy is driving myself around the city in company of friends.
Make me the President today and I will break the record of being the first President that didn't leave his country till his tenure expires
DenreleDave: Scenario 1: plane ✈ going up... First I felt weak but I later align. I saw men like ants, I saw mansions like ant colony, I saw the 3rd mainland bridge and the oceans. I went into the clouds 🌥, I stayed amongst the cloud 🌥, I went above the cloud 🌥. I saw the 5th heavens 😂😂😂. The plane looked slow in my sight but I'm sure it is not what I see it to be. It was as if something were blocking my ears, I had to dip my fingers in my ears.
Scenario 2: They gave us dwarf plastic water and snacks (though I was expecting vegetables and swallow 😂) . As the moment of typing this 8.20am, I am above the clouds.. The cloud 🌥 feel so lonely 😂😂😂. I finished my snacks in 2 minutes (me wey be ebinna 😂).
So it got to point I could not see anything again and the plane was shaking (Lord, hope this is not your call to home 😩). People were just sleeping and snoring, but as for me, Lagos boy, my eyes were wide open 👀👀 (I can't be caught unaware)
Scenario 3: We are preparing for landing 8.36am. E be like say something dey block my ears again 🙄🙄 and it's kinda heavy blocking. We are about landing 8.44am, cabin crew are instructed to sit and prepare for landing. I can see farmlands and scanty houses. Aeroplane wheels touched the ground 8 46 am. We got down from plane at 8.53am
Scenario 4: while I was in the sky, I remembered that iran has been firing bombs. I was praying they don't mistakenly fire one into Nigerian airspace while I am in the sky . I was just watching out from the window
Finally, that was how my flight trip to asaba went. This is my first time in delta state.
My nairaland fans in delta, Oya come and do meet and greet óòo 😂😂😂😂
You are not supposed to be typing on board. Phones radio wave may interfere with important signal or the lithium battery inside phone could explode and cause panic. Avoid wahala for onward peace and Obi adinma
DenreleDave: Scenario 1: plane ✈ going up... First I felt weak but I later align. I saw men like ants, I saw mansions like ant colony, I saw the 3rd mainland bridge and the oceans. I went into the clouds 🌥, I stayed amongst the cloud 🌥, I went above the cloud 🌥. I saw the 5th heavens 😂😂😂. The plane looked slow in my sight but I'm sure it is not what I see it to be. It was as if something were blocking my ears, I had to dip my fingers in my ears.
Scenario 2: They gave us dwarf plastic water and snacks (though I was expecting vegetables and swallow 😂) . As the moment of typing this 8.20am, I am above the clouds.. The cloud 🌥 feel so lonely 😂😂😂. I finished my snacks in 2 minutes (me wey be ebinna 😂).
So it got to point I could not see anything again and the plane was shaking (Lord, hope this is not your call to home 😩). People were just sleeping and snoring, but as for me, Lagos boy, my eyes were wide open 👀👀 (I can't be caught unaware)
Scenario 3: We are preparing for landing 8.36am. E be like say something dey block my ears again 🙄🙄 and it's kinda heavy blocking. We are about landing 8.44am, cabin crew are instructed to sit and prepare for landing. I can see farmlands and scanty houses. Aeroplane wheels touched the ground 8 46 am. We got down from plane at 8.53am
Scenario 4: while I was in the sky, I remembered that iran has been firing bombs. I was praying they don't mistakenly fire one into Nigerian airspace while I am in the sky . I was just watching out from the window
Finally, that was how my flight trip to asaba went. This is my first time in delta state.
My nairaland fans in delta, Oya come and do meet and greet óòo 😂😂😂😂
DenreleDave: Firstly, I am not ashamed to say this is my first time boarding a plane, I decided to support our own, one of the best carrier "Airpeace". I will board Airpeace whether local or international.. I will support her. Though the fee was quite high but we will always support her.
So I was opportuned to be chosen for an opportunity to go outside lagos for an assignment. Initially, I thought we will be going through a bus until I was called to send my ID card details for flight.
Mehnn, this is my first time of going to an airport to board a plane ✈. First time to seat in the lounge waiting to fly. First time typing from an airport about to board a plane.
Spoiler: I am scared.. I fear height so much.
Local me , I have never been shy of asking people anything I don't know.. My village people wan first catch me for my ID card.. They insisted my national ID is not clear enough which is true ( thanks to Nigeria ways of doing things basha basha), but as an intentional man, I brought another ID and they were still contemplating if it was me . Háà village people wan carry me handicap on my first time to board a plane...
Later they cleared me, I still had to face another queue again, the one that surprised me most was when people were pulling off their shoes, Haaaaaaa wetin happen na? Why are we pulling our shoes ńa? My village people whispered to me and said "Denrele, don't pull your shoe, go back home" and I replied them saying "Shut up village people, the God of Denrele rebuke you".
I humbled myself and I pulled my shoe, I kon dey waka with leg to go sit. We should have boarded our flight by 7 but it was announced that it will be delayed for 14 mins. 14 mins came and gone, nothing yet..
So we waited for about 1 hour than the departure. First time, I entered a plane ✈.. Jésù
DenreleDave: Firstly, I am not ashamed to say this is my first time boarding a plane, I decided to support our own, one of the best carrier "Airpeace". I will board Airpeace whether local or international.. I will support her. Though the fee was quite high but we will always support her.
So I was opportuned to be chosen for an opportunity to go outside lagos for an assignment. Initially, I thought we will be going through a bus until I was called to send my ID card details for flight.
Mehnn, this is my first time of going to an airport to board a plane ✈. First time to seat in the lounge waiting to fly. First time typing from an airport about to board a plane.
Spoiler: I am scared.. I fear height so much.
Local me , I have never been shy of asking people anything I don't know.. My village people wan first catch me for my ID card.. They insisted my national ID is not clear enough which is true ( thanks to Nigeria ways of doing things basha basha), but as an intentional man, I brought another ID and they were still contemplating if it was me . Háà village people wan carry me handicap on my first time to board a plane...
Later they cleared me, I still had to face another queue again, the one that surprised me most was when people were pulling off their shoes, Haaaaaaa wetin happen na? Why are we pulling our shoes ńa? My village people whispered to me and said "Denrele, don't pull your shoe, go back home" and I replied them saying "Shut up village people, the God of Denrele rebuke you".
I humbled myself and I pulled my shoe, I kon dey waka with leg to go sit. We should have boarded our flight by 7 but it was announced that it will be delayed for 14 mins. 14 mins came and gone, nothing yet..
So we waited for about 1 hour than the departure. First time, I entered a plane ✈.. Jésù
Please am very sorry to post this here, I have health issues and am down financially pls help me with little amount 9130958156 Palm pay Ibrahim Adeyemi
It good to experience it, my wife boarded a plane before me, when she went for NYSC in Kano, both to and fro, she was the one telling me the experience..
Later I got another job that needed me to be flying from one state to another for engagement, that was how I got my multiple experience too..
The last time I boarded a plane I saw hell with with Dana Air, there was bad weather, and we are almost close to Lagos airport 🛫 when the pilot got a radio call that the weather is bad, so he was told to hang on, so he was just turning round the airport for like 30min, before the weather now got good for him to land, omo, I fear my village people that day...
DenreleDave: Scenario 1: plane ✈ going up... First I felt weak but I later align. I saw men like ants, I saw mansions like ant colony, I saw the 3rd mainland bridge and the oceans. I went into the clouds 🌥, I stayed amongst the cloud 🌥, I went above the cloud 🌥. I saw the 5th heavens 😂😂😂. The plane looked slow in my sight but I'm sure it is not what I see it to be. It was as if something were blocking my ears, I had to dip my fingers in my ears.
Scenario 2: They gave us dwarf plastic water and snacks (though I was expecting vegetables and swallow 😂) . As the moment of typing this 8.20am, I am above the clouds.. The cloud 🌥 feel so lonely 😂😂😂. I finished my snacks in 2 minutes (me wey be ebinna 😂).
So it got to point I could not see anything again and the plane was shaking (Lord, hope this is not your call to home 😩). People were just sleeping and snoring, but as for me, Lagos boy, my eyes were wide open 👀👀 (I can't be caught unaware)
Scenario 3: We are preparing for landing 8.36am. E be like say something dey block my ears again 🙄🙄 and it's kinda heavy blocking. We are about landing 8.44am, cabin crew are instructed to sit and prepare for landing. I can see farmlands and scanty houses. Aeroplane wheels touched the ground 8 46 am. We got down from plane at 8.53am
Scenario 4: while I was in the sky, I remembered that iran has been firing bombs. I was praying they don't mistakenly fire one into Nigerian airspace while I am in the sky . I was just watching out from the window
Finally, that was how my flight trip to asaba went. This is my first time in delta state.
My nairaland fans in delta, Oya come and do meet and greet óòo 😂😂😂😂
This is just the beginning bro, you are going to many countries by God's grace.
Scenario 1: plane ✈ going up... First I felt weak but I later align. I saw men like ants, I saw mansions like ant colony, I saw the 3rd mainland bridge and the oceans. I went into the clouds 🌥, I stayed amongst the cloud 🌥, I went above the cloud 🌥. I saw the 5th heavens 😂😂😂. The plane looked slow in my sight but I'm sure it is not what I see it to be. It was as if something were blocking my ears, I had to dip my fingers in my ears.
Scenario 2: They gave us dwarf plastic water and snacks (though I was expecting vegetables and swallow 😂) . As the moment of typing this 8.20am, I am above the clouds.. The cloud 🌥 feel so lonely 😂😂😂. I finished my snacks in 2 minutes (me wey be ebinna 😂).
So it got to point I could not see anything again and the plane was shaking (Lord, hope this is not your call to home 😩). People were just sleeping and snoring, but as for me, Lagos boy, my eyes were wide open 👀👀 (I can't be caught unaware)
Scenario 3: We are preparing for landing 8.36am. E be like say something dey block my ears again 🙄🙄 and it's kinda heavy blocking. We are about landing 8.44am, cabin crew are instructed to sit and prepare for landing. I can see farmlands and scanty houses. Aeroplane wheels touched the ground 8 46 am. We got down from plane at 8.53am
Scenario 4: while I was in the sky, I remembered that iran has been firing bombs. I was praying they don't mistakenly fire one into Nigerian airspace while I am in the sky . I was just watching out from the window
Finally, that was how my flight trip to asaba went. This is my first time in delta state.
My nairaland fans in delta, Oya come and do meet and greet óòo 😂😂😂😂
Firstly, I am not ashamed to say this is my first time boarding a plane, I decided to support our own, one of the best carrier "Airpeace". I will board Airpeace whether local or international.. I will support her. Though the fee was quite high but we will always support her.
So I was opportuned to be chosen for an opportunity to go outside lagos for an assignment. Initially, I thought we will be going through a bus until I was called to send my ID card details for flight.
Mehnn, this is my first time of going to an airport to board a plane ✈. First time to seat in the lounge waiting to fly. First time typing from an airport about to board a plane.
Spoiler: I am scared.. I fear height so much.
Local me , I have never been shy of asking people anything I don't know.. My village people wan first catch me for my ID card.. They insisted my national ID is not clear enough which is true ( thanks to Nigeria ways of doing things basha basha), but as an intentional man, I brought another ID and they were still contemplating if it was me . Háà village people wan carry me handicap on my first time to board a plane...
Later they cleared me, I still had to face another queue again, the one that surprised me most was when people were pulling off their shoes, Haaaaaaa wetin happen na? Why are we pulling our shoes ńa? My village people whispered to me and said "Denrele, don't pull your shoe, go back home" and I replied them saying "Shut up village people, the God of Denrele rebuke you".
I humbled myself and I pulled my shoe, I kon dey waka with leg to go sit. We should have boarded our flight by 7 but it was announced that it will be delayed for 14 mins. 14 mins came and gone, nothing yet..
So we waited for about 1 hour than the departure. First time, I entered a plane ✈.. Jésù
Who needs a Schengen visa? Anyone travelling to Europe or entering the Schengen Area and is a citizen of a nation without a visa-free travel agreement with any Schengen country.
Here are (5) five types of Schengen visas 2024
1. Type A Schengen Visa or Airport Transit Visa: Just to travel through a Schengen airport from a non Schengen country to another non Schengen country. One cannot exit the airport.
Note : UK is no longer part of Brexit. So you need this visa if traveling to UK via a Schengen country. Some Airlines like Ethiopian airlines have technical stops in Europe cities like Geneva, Zürich en route other destinations. For such flights technical stops usually do not last more than an hour, involves no aircraft change or passengers disembarking from plane and passing through security checks. For such flights, one does not need a transit visa.
However it is always good to confirm visa requirements and check air routes before finalizing on air tickets.
2. Type B Schengen Visa: Similar to a transit visa to be used for a period less than 5 days. One can leave the airport ,go into the city (to book an hotel or brief tourism) and return back to the hotel for an onward journey. One can also go to another Schengen country and exit from there all within the stipulated days.
3.Type C Schengen visa or Short Visit Visa: This is the most common visa given to tourists and business visitors. Different countries have different issuing authorities with different rules. For example, a country can give one a multiple entry visas of just 30 days, others can give 6 months or one year or even two weeks. While some will give a single entry for just five days or a week. But one can use this type of visa to enter any Schengen country within the visa validity period.
a. A single-entry visa allows its holder to enter the Schengen area once. Any exit is final, no reentry.
b. A double-entry visa similar to a, but valid for entry twice.
c. A multiple-entry visa allows its holder to enter and leave as many times as they want. This authorization is valid for a maximum of 90 days over a 180 day period. However, this is only permitted once every six months during a period of no more than 90 days.That is one can't spend more than 3 months within 6 consecutive months.
Multiple entry visas (MEV) can be granted for a month, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years or 5 years.
1 year MEV : Can be obtained by those who have used three previous visas within two years period.
3 year MEV: Can be obtained by those who have successfully used a previous 1 year MEV.
5 year MEV: Can be obtained by those who have lawfully used a previous multiple-entry visa valid for at least two years over the past three years.
4. Type D Schengen Visa or National Long-stay Visa: This is for any foreigner wishing to study, work or live, visit family, partake in professional activities (sports, internships, trainings, religious) in a Schengen country for longer than 90 days.
5. Limited Territorial Visa : This restricts travel through just one or more countries which you were issued visa for. Travel is only limited to the countries listed on the visa application.
"What a man can do, a woman can do better." In a world of a predominantly male dominated field of aviation, the ladies have proven to be equal to the task.
This has also include the flying the world’s fastest and sleeky passenger jet airliner - the Concorde that was only operated by the duo of British Airways and Air France. In this piece, attention is directed towards the few females that were privileged to be in the exclusive club of pilot who flew the Concorde.
These three women piloted the legendary Concorde. Jacqueline Auriol was the first of the trio, flying Concorde as a test pilot. Barbara Harmer became the first woman British Airways Concorde pilot in 1993, almost 20 years after the plane entered service. In 2001, Béatrice Vialle began flying the Air France Concordes.
Each woman’s life story and career are fascinating in their own ways; Jacqueline was awarded the prestigious Harmon Trophy four times, Barbara jumped from a career as a hairdresser to a career piloting supersonic jets, and Béatrice had the honor of flying the final Air France Concorde flight.
[quote]-1). JACQUELINE AURIOL (1917 - 2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOFkl4jDtmg?si=fc1nk-4DZ4_hS0_7 Jacqueline Auriol was France’s most famous woman aviator and one of the world’s leading military test pilots of the 1950s and 1960s. The daughter of a wealthy shipbuilder, she was born Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet on November 5, 1917, in Challans, a small town in France.
In 1938, she married Paul Auriol, son of Vincent Auriol who later became President of France from 1947 to 1954. When World War II broke out, Jacqueline refused to leave, but lived in hiding, assisting the French Resistance, and evading Gestapo agents. “I began to realise that I loved danger,” she later recalled.
After the war, Jacqueline took up flying, obtaining her first pilot’s certificate in 1948. One day, she went to meet a famous instructor, Raymond Guillaume, to learn aerobatics. He was sceptical about whether this society lady would be able to withstand harsh aerial manoeuvring.
In order to test her, he went far beyond the 10 minutes required for this type of evaluation and flew for an hour through various manoeuvres, including inverted flight. From the corner of his eye he watched her reactions. She smiled back and seemed happy and said she was feeling wonderful. So he continued to train her and became her friend and mentor, imbuing her with a passion for aerobatics.
By 1949, she was the only woman in France able to perform aerobatics and the public flocked to see her in action. She took part in a competition flight between Algiers and Dakar and then in July 1949, demonstrated her skills at the Paris Air Show.
A few days later, Auriol was sitting next to the pilot in a twinengine hydroplane, when it crashed into the river Seine. Apart from other injuries, her face was severely hurt, with a torn nose and fractured jaw. Yet, her first question while being rushed to the hospital was, “Will it be long before I can fly again?”
The press lamented that the most glamorous woman in Paris would be permanently disfigured. But Jacqueline was determined that this would not happen. Over the next two years, she underwent 22 operations to rebuild her face. Did the experience put her off flying?
She once said, “In the case of pilots, it is a little touch of madness that drives us to go beyond all known bounds.” It merely strengthened her resolve to achieve greatness in the air. Between her last two operations in the USA, she earned her helicopter qualification in just four weeks.
In 1950, she gained her military licence and qualified at the Flight Test Centre at Bretigny, France, as one of the world’s first women test pilots. On May 11, 1951, attaining a speed of 508.8 mph in a British Vampire jet, Auriol established a new women’s speed record, besting the earlier mark set by Jacqueline Cochran. This triggered a friendly rivalry between the two Jacquelines, and they went on to swap the women’s world speed record for over a decade.
Jacqueline Auriol beat her own record on December 21, 1952, in a Sud-Est Mistral. But she had to settle for being only the second woman to break the sound barrier, on August 3, 1953, months after Jacqueline Cochran. She reclaimed the speed title from Cochran on May 31, 1955, this time in a Mystére IV N. During her 20 years of distinguished service to aviation, she totalled 5,000 hours of flight, including 2,000 test flights and trials on more than 140 aeroplanes and helicopters of all types. https://www.sps-aviation.com/story/?id=615&h=Jacqueline-Auriol-1917---2000
-2). BARBARA HARMER: She was Born on September 14, 1953, in Bognor Regis. Harmer began her career journey in hairdressing after leaving school. She transitioned into aviation in 1973 and embarked on a path as an Air Traffic Controller at London. Harmer began her career journey in hairdressing after leaving school. She transitioned into aviation in 1973 and embarked on a path as an Air Traffic Controller at London
She employed £5,000 from her personal savings and a £10,000 loan to finance her flying lessons to acquire her Private Pilot Licence (PPL). Subsequently, she assumed the role of an instructor at Goodwood Flying School. Following that, she dedicated two years to studying, ultimately earning her Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) in May 1982.
After submitting applications to over 100 positions, she was eventually hired by Humberside-based Genair, where she operated Shorts 330 and 360 aircraft. Subsequently, Genair merged with British Caledonian Commuter (BR), leading Harmer to transition to the mainline carrier.
She began flying BAC One-Elevens and later moved on to operate long-haul flights on the airline’s McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. In 1987, British Caledonian merged with British Airways (BA), marking the transition for Harmer to become one of merely 60 female pilots recruited by BA.
Supersonic Dreams Without delay, she aimed to pilot the world’s first supersonic airliner, Concorde, and submitted her candidacy for the six-month conversion course in 1992. On March 25, 1993 Barbara Harmer Becomes First qualified Female Pilot of a commercial Concorde. Harmer embarked on her historic first flight between London Heathrow (LHR) and New York (JFK) in 1993.
This groundbreaking journey catapulted her to global recognition. Amid intense public scrutiny, she gracefully handled her newfound celebrity status. As noted on British-caledonian.com, one of her most memorable moments was when she flew the Manchester United football team to their monumental Champions League Final in Barcelona.
Reflecting on the experience, she expressed, “I was thrilled and honored to be asked to fly the team on their historic journey to Barcelona and felt quite emotional as I taxied the Concorde out to the runway, with British flags flying and thousands of people wishing the team luck on the way.”
Concorde’s Retirement: End of an Era Upon Concorde’s retirement from service in October 2003, Harmer concluded her ten-year tenure with the fleet. Subsequently, she transitioned to piloting the Boeing 777 before opting for voluntary redundancy in 2009. She possessed not only exceptional aviation skills but also held qualifications as an RYA Commercial Offshore Yacht Master.
Her combined experiences in both aviation and maritime domains rendered her a highly sought-after speaker for motivational and inspirational engagements. However, it was at 60,000 feet, cruising through the skies at 1,350mph, where she truly felt her sense of belonging. Reflecting on her time as a Concorde pilot, she expressed feelings of “luck” and being “extremely privileged.”
Harmer continued to be an inspiration throughout her career and beyond. Following Concorde's retirement in 2003, she went on to operate the Boeing 777 until taking voluntary redundancy in 2009.
It’s noteworthy that Barbara Harmer is one of just three women who piloted Concorde. The other two were French test pilot Jacqueline Auriol and Air France pilot Béatrice Vialle. Before the aircraft retired, Vialle began flying Concorde in 2001 and completed around 35 trips between Paris and New York.
Regrettably, Harmer passed away at Wilfrid’s Hospice on February 20, 2011, at the age of only 57. A plaque honoring Harmer’s remarkable accomplishments was revealed at 91 Staples Road, her birthplace, in September 2020.
-3). BÉATRICE VIALLE: Béatrice Vialle is a French aviator and one of three women in the world (along with the Briton Barbara Harmer and French aviatrix Jacqueline Auriol) to have flown a Concorde.
Born: 4 August 1961 (age 62). Bourges, Cher (departement), France. Béatrice Vialle is a French aviator, one of the two operational female Concorde pilots and the first French female pilot on a supersonic airliner.
Graduating from École nationale de l'aviation civile (the French civil aviation university; named as "airline transport pilot student" 1981), she started her career at Air Littoral, flying an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. She moved to Air France in 1985, where she flew an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 747 before becoming qualified on Concorde, on 24 July 2000.
A graduate of the National School of Civil Aviation (class of Airline Pilot Student in 1981), she began her career on Embraer Bandeirante at Air Littoral (1984). She joined Air France in 1985 where she successively flew on Airbus A320 and Boeing 747 before obtaining Concorde qualification on July 24, 2000.
She made her first Concorde commercial flight on November 19, 2001 becoming the first French woman to have piloted a supersonic airliner commercially. She completed a total of 45 Paris-New York supersonic flights and three loops over the North Atlantic.
She is credited for being the only French-qualified female Concorde pilot( and one of the two female Concorde operational pilots) flying the final Air France Concorde flight, AF 4332, with fare-paying passengers on board. 31 May 2003. 🇫🇷 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXQ7Uhdf3C4?si=mlUW_m8FJnk4YIT1
In total Vialle made 45 supersonic flights Paris-New York City and 3 trips above the Atlantic Ocean. After the end of her Concorde flights (31 May 2003), she became a Captain flying Boeing 747-400s.
004gist: This foreign airline that made me travel all the way to Cotonou before I could board a flight going to London for 450k while Nigeria was showing 1.2m to 1.5m that was last year.
I kept on asking why is it like this? The Cotonou airport self is not that busy na we Nigerians come make am busy.. More than half of the plane na Naija full am.
This foreign airline are very wicked,heartless as they said their money was trapped in Nigeria that was why they had to charge Nigerians 3 times what other African countries pay.
Even the Cotonou weh I enter plan from to London na naira I used pay not dollar
Government need to ensure that they are taxed heavily, then reduce tax for airspeace to be able to compete better with them
they are not wicked it is the wicked people in our government that is collaborating with them that makes it difficult for our citizens. Air peace Boss brought up this sabotage in a recent interview. That's why nothing works in this country. They same people are the ones fleecing our country dry including refineries etc. Tinubu has a lot to do. But they bulk lies on us Nigerians. We need to fight these people.
004gist: This foreign airline that made me travel all the way to Cotonou before I could board a flight going to London for 450k while Nigeria was showing 1.2m to 1.5m that was last year.
I kept on asking why is it like this? The Cotonou airport self is not that busy na we Nigerians come make am busy.. More than half of the plane na Naija full am.
This foreign airline are very wicked,heartless as they said their money was trapped in Nigeria that was why they had to charge Nigerians 3 times what other African countries pay.
Even the Cotonou weh I enter plan from to London na naira I used pay not dollar
Government need to ensure that they are taxed heavily, then reduce tax for airspeace to be able to compete better with them
I believe govt understand their game and make sure air peace isn’t frustrated out
004gist: This foreign airline that made me travel all the way to Cotonou before I could board a flight going to London for 450k while Nigeria was showing 1.2m to 1.5m that was last year.
I kept on asking why is it like this? The Cotonou airport self is not that busy na we Nigerians come make am busy.. More than half of the plane na Naija full am.
This foreign airline are very wicked,heartless as they said their money was trapped in Nigeria that was why they had to charge Nigerians 3 times what other African countries pay.
Government need to ensure that they are taxed heavily, then reduce tax for airspeace to be able to compete better with them
It was Buhari government that caused it
He was just uninterested
So they did anyway they wanted
Honestly what that Man did to Nigeria eh Na only God knows
This foreign airline that made me travel all the way to Cotonou before I could board a flight going to London for 450k while Nigeria was showing 1.2m to 1.5m that was last year.
I kept on asking why is it like this? The Cotonou airport self is not that busy na we Nigerians come make am busy.. More than half of the plane na Naija full am.
This foreign airline are very wicked,heartless as they said their money was trapped in Nigeria that was why they had to charge Nigerians 3 times what other African countries pay.
Even the Cotonou weh I enter plan from to London na naira I used pay not dollar
Government need to ensure that they are taxed heavily, then reduce tax for airspeace to be able to compete better with them
Travel / Re: A Nairalander First Time On Plane And First Time In Delta by mipeesoft(m): 10:18am On Apr 16
