And because they view buying plane tickets as a challenge, this mix of frequent flyers, travel agents and amateurs are often well informed about the ins and outs of booking long-haul flights or complicated itineraries.
Even if the weather's cloudy on the ground, there will be an unobstructed view once the plane climbs above the clouds.
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Eventually, the man himself makes a fairly dramatic arrival as his plane slides into view just yards from the stage.
Indeed, in an effort apparently designed to calm concerns, one of Boeing's airline customers - Bjorn Kjos, chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle - has come out in defence of the plane, echoing the view that "minor problems" such as these should be expected.
Of course, it's hard to anticipate which side of the plane will get the better view, or even if there will be a view, but sometimes there is the possibility of strategic timing and seat choice.
The plane left Moffett Field in Mountain View near San Francisco just after dawn Friday.
But while direct experience often affords the best view of artwork, by no means are plane tickets a requirement, since the world can also be traveled on the web.
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As you fly past the target, the view is automatically switched to the exterior of the plane so you can see the damage you've inflicted.
Any plane taking off or landing at the Detroit airport gave passengers a view of acres of minivans, Jeeps and pickup trucks.
Considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane, the Solar Impulse took off from Moffett Field in Mountain View at first light for a two-hour practice run in advance of a planned multi-city, cross-country tour.
When Jeffrey Skiles, the co-pilot of the plane that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River in January 2009, explained how he and his captain decided that an airport landing was impossible, he described the same "gaze heuristic": The angle of the plane's descending glide made the airport appear to rise in their windscreen view clearly signaling that a landing there was doomed.
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As the captain announced our approach, most of the Japanese on the plane set aside the guidebooks they had been studying and gazed out the windows, anxious to view the famous skyline.
The plane, Solar Impulse, is expected to be ready to leave from the San Francisco Bay Area on May 1, although the actual departure will depend on the weather, the plane's Swiss creators said at a news conference at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.
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