Speedbird 72 heavy you are clear for final approach on runway 7 right.

Its sadly true that all the romance of commercial air travel was wrung from flying years ago. Even without the recent humiliations at the hands of TSA, airline travel has all the sex appeal of taking a Greyhound bus to Bridgeport. If you want a sense of occasion, take a train. Better yet take a train in Europe. Still I've never lost my boyhood sense of wonder at watching planes. If you want to enjoy flying again I strongly recommend a trip to Vancouver Island where you can fly from one inlet to the next via seaplane. In the meantime the next time you hear the whine of a turbofan look up and take a second to think about this: A 747 taking off can weigh up to 255,000 lbs.