Christmas Eve Travel III: Take-off!
There are few things more exhilirating than those moments surrounding take-off...
- The forceful thrust from behind of tons of airplane
- The trees/houses/terminals next to the runway accelerating past
- The ground beneath giving way as the sky grabs hold
- The plane tilting first gently, then forcefully to one side, spilling the sun's rays into the cabin
- The plane righting itself -- and the curve of the Earth, its true nature, is revealed.