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I think the best part about the Lohegaon airport is the fact that you get to walk up to the plane you are going to fly in. For someone like me who hasn’t flown all that much I still find planes insanely awesome!! I mean it’s a contraption that makes you fly!! Come on!! How cool is that ?!! It emits these vibrations and this roaring sound that just gets inside your chest and makes your heart pound.

At Pune Airport you get to see that airplane so up close it is awe inspiring. The plane powering up is just mesmerizing. I was to board the flight from the rear gate but on my way there I almost walked up to the engine under the left wing, wanting to touch it as if I was in a trance. If it wasn’t for a ground crew steward screaming at me, I almost might have.(DAMN!!)

As the plane takes of you get this sudden rush, I think it’s the body’s way of dealing with the loss of contact to the earth, dealing with a loss of footing maybe?? And once you are in the air you get to look at a city from above. Us architects actually get a perspective that we generally use to describe every design on paper but rarely see in reality.

Not to mention Pune is an amazing city to look at, at night. Ravan’s Lanka might have been made of gold but at night, Pune gleams like it’s made of gold as well. To look at a city from above, to see people walking about and cars driving on the roads is truly amazing . Indeed flying is something everyone should experience at least once.