What is flying like?
Hi! I know this might sound silly, but I've never flown before. Now I need it for my book, which I'm writing as a hobby. The main character is 14 years old, comes from Germany, and wants to escape to Scotland. She gets help from an adult family friend who pretends to be a parent. Once she's at the airport, I can't continue writing because I don't know my way around.
This happens before the flight:
She goes to the check-in switch, where her baggage is checked and her passport is checked. Then it comes again to check whether it carries illegal substances or sharp/point objects etc. Then the passport is checked again. Now it can either read on a board where it has to go to the right platform (gate), (here it is important or interesting that usually a gate is always called: A12, B35, C05, …) or its flight is passed through a microphone and then it is also said where it has to go, that sounds like: “Lufthansa 571 stops at Edinburgh Gate, Boarding begins. Here is an example of a Lufthansa A320, what a typical airplane is that that flies from Germany to Scotland, here you can choose the protagonist a seat for extra realism according to your preference, a window is e.g. seat 10A (10th row, seat A).
The plane is off:
It takes forever until they are on the runway, while the cabin crew shows what to do in an emergency (if the aircraft is supported etc.). At the start, the engines are louder and you can see how everything is quickly swiped by the window, while lifting off, it gets a strange, indescribable feeling in the belly, which, however, moves again after a short time.
During the flight:
The flight attendants go through the corridor and offer small snacks and a drink (very popular is tomato juice, which tastes better in the air than on the ground). Then she may sleep for a while (for the temporal classification, a flight from Germany to Scotland takes about 1h30min. – 2h).
The landing:
The captain shall have a response that they shall land in a short distance and shall provide information on the weather. A strange tingling in the abdomen, which disappears only after the aeroplane was set up on the ground, is again shortly before the occupant. The captain then holds another address and thanks the passengers for flying with Lufthansa today.
On the ground:
They pick up their baggage from the baggage, then they have to go through the passport control and now they are in Scotland.
It’s a lot, but it’s very detailed, I hope it helps you write on a lot of fun!
The waiting was tedious, let her just observe a couple of people.
Then for security control. You know that from the TV. Baggage is roasted.
Fly the seats tightly. The neighbor is muffled. But the tomato juice is delicious. She’s smiling because she’s finally gone.
Terrible.
You are locked into this much too tight sheet metal bird for several hours without any freedom of movement. In the best case, the siblings Vanny and Benjamin are sitting behind you, who can’t be quiet and scream the ears full. (The good Benjamin during the flight asked if he were adopted. The mother asked how he was coming, then he said that these children cannot be his siblings. This was quite amusing and I have been much more motivated in English lessons since.)
Then there would be the start and landing. I always have the worst ear print I don’t care what I do, I don’t get away, and at best I have to hear the rest of the day my overly glowing breath.
But the view of the clouds is beautiful, or even when arriving to the city.
Small tip for the ears, while chewing climbing and landing, that actually helps quite well, but unfortunately does not always work.
Believe me, I’ve already tried. ♪ Sighs ♪
That’s a pity, it’s really good at me, not always, but mostly.