From The Double Ie Comments

Heading south, the plane overshot the harbor, banked and flew to sea a hundred miles or so- all in the span of minutes. Then, it banked once more and flew back with new purpose, til, descending in earnest, everyone felt its new, downward slope and startled to the clunk of the wheel gear descending and the clunk of the wing flaps plating out.Everyone swallowed hard and Langley looked 'round and spotted Charlie in the crowd, twenty rows or so back. He smiled wanly and waved.

In the sunlight ahead, past a network of runways, they could see the glint of the terminal. Lower and lower sank the plane and the runway rose faster and faster until the solid white strip broke up into dashes and the plane's shadow loomed large beside them. Then, the nose wheel touched down with a bump and a shiver, followed by the cabin wheels and the plane settled flat. Suddenly, the wing flaps were up and slowing them with a roar. Mountains and lawns flew by quickly then less quickly, then more and more slowly, until soon the plane was taxi-ing toward the terminal at an understandable clip.Everyone clapped and sighed and the cabin became loud with the sound of people collecting themselves and seat belts unbuckling and some passengers jumped up and popped their overheads.
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