Or the ying and the yang, depending how you can see this metaphor !
Thanks again for your visit and reading.
Now the return leg which proved to be pretty inverted from the previous one while things evolved starting with the checking-in, custom clearance and people-mover to terminal E steps.
The convention was pretty nice, an auction sale on Saturday Night and a Ramp tour on Sunday morning were among the highlights of the event.
June 28th 2004
LX 686
Swiss International Airlines
Airbus A.320-214, HB-IJN, cn 643, originally introduced into svce by SR
[photoid=226872]
ZRH/Terminal E-CDG/Terminal 2B, 256 nautical miles
20.10/21.30
Capt Jean Bernard Gerhardt, F/O Michel Salsmann acting as Pilot Flying
Boarding 19.46 thru gate E36, opposite E56 at arrival, same seat 29C
The screens are already unfolded.Kept mute
but not blind they unfolded a heavy supply of Tom & Jerry classic cartoons, until push-back + engine start at 20.27 when the 3D English only animated safety demo filled the screens. This time the delay was caused by connecting passengers who could not located and whose luggage had to be off-loaded !
Barely 2 minutes later Juliet-November departed the gate and made her way to runway 32/14 from which we lifted off at 20.31. When climbing the 3twenty flew through some severe turbulences fueled by thunderstorms hitting the area. At cruise level, the screens got lit again with Tom & Jerry while a quick food and drink service was intiated. Not eager to run after an open outlet after arrival (don't forget were are in France, the country of no-service), I came to the point of parting with 11 Euros which bought a pretty good beef sandwich and a 25 cl bottle of Old River, a good Australian red Cabernet Shiraz wine. Some duty free sales soon followed the food and drinks while a feature on the A.340-300 in LX c/s and now Swiss' new flagship took over from Tom & Jerry. Approach was soon proceeded with a long descent beginning at 21.10. Over the P/A, Pilot Flying F/O Salsmann gave the status of the Euro2004 Soccer Quarterfinal game opposing the Czech Republic and Denmark underway at Porto. (the Czech ultimately won 3-0). Finals were initiated at 21.20 and 4 minutes later Juliet-November touched down on runway 26L/08R concluding a 55 minute stint in the airways. But reaching the gate was a pretty lenghy affair and we were finally docked to B26 at 21.36....Once in the terminal it was "welcome in France" at its best, with just one custom booth kept opened for the who flight arrival

Now the return leg which proved to be pretty inverted from the previous one while things evolved starting with the checking-in, custom clearance and people-mover to terminal E steps.

The convention was pretty nice, an auction sale on Saturday Night and a Ramp tour on Sunday morning were among the highlights of the event.
June 28th 2004
LX 686
Swiss International Airlines
Airbus A.320-214, HB-IJN, cn 643, originally introduced into svce by SR
[photoid=226872]
ZRH/Terminal E-CDG/Terminal 2B, 256 nautical miles
20.10/21.30
Capt Jean Bernard Gerhardt, F/O Michel Salsmann acting as Pilot Flying
Boarding 19.46 thru gate E36, opposite E56 at arrival, same seat 29C
The screens are already unfolded.Kept mute





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