The day finally came when I was off again, this time to the Middle East, then Asia, then Europe. So on a cold winter morning somewhere in the tropical and ‘blue’ island of Koje as the Koreans want to call it (perhaps because living there definitely makes you feel blue), a Naval Architect wakes up at around 6am, checks the inside and outside temperature and humidity (in his newly Oregon Scientific instrument bought in Hong Kong few days ago), rushes off for a shower and shave, dresses up, performs final checks in the apartment (well, I was gonna be away for more than a month) and finally leaves at a quarter to eight am bound to Pusan (PUS) Gimhae Airport.
The weather is fine (although cold), the roads are with moderate to low traffic, it is indeed before 9am (the cops with their ‘to-serve-and-protect’ portable radars are not yet out) so high speeds are practically possible. I have not had a good sleep (almost 6 hours, and not of good quality), so for own safety this is not the day to do another really wild run, but of course we cannot go to the other extreme either (only the local ‘geniuses’ have this privilege). Couple of the usual idiots (driving superbly as always by doing 90/100 on the left lane...) on the way to Tongyeong, then getting into highway 35 where of course things are more open (and thus we can indeed be more creative), heading north to Jinju. First few tunnels and straights go by with about 160-170 km/h, approaching the first fixed (double) radar soon thereafter, decision is made (for the first time ever) to test the whole setup and hence I pass through without reducing momentum but instead with wildly increasing speed; half the car is positioned in the right of the two highway lanes and the other half over the hard shoulder, in order to stay out of radar’s field of view and avoid my license plate being photographed. Just manage to see the speed being around 200 km/h while passing under the radar (of course due to speedometer error this should be about 190 km/h real, but no worries, we’re doing great anyway).
Subject area had been examined carefully in my last run and the good thing was that there were no steel inserts on the hard shoulder road surface (those intended to wake up or alert sleepy drivers drifting off to the right). So this was fine and we could finally now try going fast at that point from now on and get rid of the bad and unnecessary habit (enforced on us by the local geniuses, of course) of breaking to a top speed of 110 kn/h when passing under the radar(s) there, then accelerating again (this is actually what everybody does). Sacheon tunnels (#1, #2 and #3) follow with 200+ km/h upon exiting on the last one, 210 km/h on the straight before finally leaving our beloved highway 35 and joining highway 10 which would lead us to Pusan. Always drive to the limit, always have fun, never respect any establishment that forcefully and unfairly is trying to deprive you of your freedoms (like the freedom of high speed commuting) and take the enjoyment away from you. Respect all drivers, but use your means to let know those that do not behave properly, as it is the only way to show them that they are persistently ignorant of an appropriate driving culture, stubborn by exhibiting their inferiority complexes and impolite in that the highway does not belong to them.
Anyway, enough with my driving obsessions, let us continue with our flights. I arrive at Gimhae airport, go to my usual parking place and leave the car, then get transported to the domestic terminal. My flight to Seoul is with Air Busan (BX), the newly created subsidiary of Asiana (OZ), from PUS to GMP. Aircraft was HL-7250 (the same reg as previously with OZ).
SQTalk front page at airport’s internet terminal:
Boarding the plane:
Seat arrangement:
Classic legroom shot:
Aircraft safety card:
Safety demo by our crew:
In no time we were ready for take off:
Here we go (always a great moment):
And here are the pics the local ‘enforcers’ don’t want you to take or see:
This is because you’re considered to be a brainwashed idiot who obeys no matter what they say. No. With me, this just doesn’t happen. Hypocrisy is not accepted and on the contrary will be exposed to the greatest extent possible.
Next: More shots on take off from Gimhae; arriving in snowy Seoul.
The weather is fine (although cold), the roads are with moderate to low traffic, it is indeed before 9am (the cops with their ‘to-serve-and-protect’ portable radars are not yet out) so high speeds are practically possible. I have not had a good sleep (almost 6 hours, and not of good quality), so for own safety this is not the day to do another really wild run, but of course we cannot go to the other extreme either (only the local ‘geniuses’ have this privilege). Couple of the usual idiots (driving superbly as always by doing 90/100 on the left lane...) on the way to Tongyeong, then getting into highway 35 where of course things are more open (and thus we can indeed be more creative), heading north to Jinju. First few tunnels and straights go by with about 160-170 km/h, approaching the first fixed (double) radar soon thereafter, decision is made (for the first time ever) to test the whole setup and hence I pass through without reducing momentum but instead with wildly increasing speed; half the car is positioned in the right of the two highway lanes and the other half over the hard shoulder, in order to stay out of radar’s field of view and avoid my license plate being photographed. Just manage to see the speed being around 200 km/h while passing under the radar (of course due to speedometer error this should be about 190 km/h real, but no worries, we’re doing great anyway).
Subject area had been examined carefully in my last run and the good thing was that there were no steel inserts on the hard shoulder road surface (those intended to wake up or alert sleepy drivers drifting off to the right). So this was fine and we could finally now try going fast at that point from now on and get rid of the bad and unnecessary habit (enforced on us by the local geniuses, of course) of breaking to a top speed of 110 kn/h when passing under the radar(s) there, then accelerating again (this is actually what everybody does). Sacheon tunnels (#1, #2 and #3) follow with 200+ km/h upon exiting on the last one, 210 km/h on the straight before finally leaving our beloved highway 35 and joining highway 10 which would lead us to Pusan. Always drive to the limit, always have fun, never respect any establishment that forcefully and unfairly is trying to deprive you of your freedoms (like the freedom of high speed commuting) and take the enjoyment away from you. Respect all drivers, but use your means to let know those that do not behave properly, as it is the only way to show them that they are persistently ignorant of an appropriate driving culture, stubborn by exhibiting their inferiority complexes and impolite in that the highway does not belong to them.
Anyway, enough with my driving obsessions, let us continue with our flights. I arrive at Gimhae airport, go to my usual parking place and leave the car, then get transported to the domestic terminal. My flight to Seoul is with Air Busan (BX), the newly created subsidiary of Asiana (OZ), from PUS to GMP. Aircraft was HL-7250 (the same reg as previously with OZ).
SQTalk front page at airport’s internet terminal:
Boarding the plane:
Seat arrangement:
Classic legroom shot:
Aircraft safety card:
Safety demo by our crew:
In no time we were ready for take off:
Here we go (always a great moment):
And here are the pics the local ‘enforcers’ don’t want you to take or see:
This is because you’re considered to be a brainwashed idiot who obeys no matter what they say. No. With me, this just doesn’t happen. Hypocrisy is not accepted and on the contrary will be exposed to the greatest extent possible.
Next: More shots on take off from Gimhae; arriving in snowy Seoul.
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