This takes me back to when my wife and I flew from South Florida to Abaco in the Bahamas in the early 80's. Small aircraft, no separation at all between the cockpit and cabin. We're sitting on the plane waiting for the pilot, several instruments labeled inoperative. The pilot enters the plane through the window, not bothering with the door and says "hello, welcome! here's the safety briefing: If anything bad happens, just follow me because I'll be the first one out".
Once we got airborne and on the way, I felt OK, but on approach for landing at Marsh Harbour Int'l Airport, we flew over one plane wreck in the water and then saw another wreck shoved to the side off the runway. The terminal was a very small wood frame building. What an experience!
Actually, their are four basic types of aircraft engines that could be described as turbine engines because they are powered by gas turbines: Turbojet, Turbofan, Turboprop, and Turboshaft engines.
Interesting that the sound of the "missile" exploding and the flash of the explosion are simultaneous in the video. That is not how things work in reality.
One of my most memorable trips was from Cleveland to Abaco Bahamas. My father-in law made the flight arrangements and my wife and I took a regular commercial flight from Newark to West Palm Beach FL then a small commuter to Abaco. The stop in Newark was surreal. No terminal just a big hangar-like building with a huge mass of humanity trying to figure out what to do and where to go. The Florida to Abaco leg was interesting as well. Sitting in the two engine prop plane (with a number of instruments labeled "inoperable") waiting for the flight crew when a guy pops in thru the cockpit window and says "here's your safety briefing: If anything goes wrong, follow me because I'll be the first one out". We landed at Marsh Harbour International Airport, where there were several wrecks in the water on the approach and one on the side of the runway and de-planed at a terminal which was about the size of a 2-car garage. What a trip!
