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Hello all, well I made it to Boston flying from Cleveland. It was an amazingly smooth ride. I sat in the front of the plane and played my computer game which provided wonderful distraction from small bumps and things. The plane was 717-200 serviced by AirTran airline. Wonderful 100+ seat plane! Very quiet, no panel rattling, no strange noises or creaks. I enjoyed the quietness of the engines. We took off quickly and smoothly and this was important for me as I fear takeoffs the most for some reason. In 2 minutes we were leveling off or it seemed that way anyway. The flight was generally uneventfull and short. Maybe with the exception of some pumping or I would call it "floating" Someone on this forum said that for a plane in the air, it is the same as being a fish in the sea. The disturbances of the air rock the plane slightly without any other effects. That "fish in the sea" analogy was in my mind and was wonderful and helped me not to worry too much. Descent was rather sharp and my ears popped a few times and I felt like someone stepped on my chest but this was so briefly that I didn't even bother to stop my computer game. We landed in Boston logan VERY smoothly! Pilots did a wonderful job. Everything was EXACTLY on time and even we arrived 20 minutes early.

So overall, my week-long fears and trembles regarding the flight were dissipated by a nice smooth ride and I am able to go out my business until my coming home flight on saturday. Good luck to all and I hope this report provided some valuable info.

P.S. AirTran is agreat airline. At least I enjoyed its service out of Akron, Ohio