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[MiniTES]

I love it - but I also find it to be infinitely more enjoyable when I have a window seat. There's so much to see (and if you look for something, you're far more likely to see it). Once I even saw a sundog from ABOVE it! It always amazes me how people can just get on a plane, close the window shade, and go to sleep.

[TheChemist]

I hope I don't pass as a "chauvinist" if I admit there is nothing more enjoyable than flying over the Aegean on a clear day watching the islands float in deep blue

[dvandorn]

Back in April of 1997, I flew from Chicago to London overnight. This was back when comet Hale-Bopp was reaching its brightest, with its most extensive tail.

I happened to be on the left side of the cabin, looking to the north as we traveled east towards Europe. The cabin lights were down low (it being the middle of the night), and my eyes became dark-adapted.

A glowing display of northern lights, green at the base with red and gold streamers, carpeted the planet, and Hale-Bopp hung near the top of the streamers, its tail beaconing upwards like a ghostly watchtower's lonely beam, guiding lost ships to safe harbor.

I don't think I'll ever, ever forget that view.

Oh, yes -- I love to fly. Especially with a window seat.

-the other Doug