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Pucker factor go around

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Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:39 pm

Pucker factor go around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRr5u__U ... re=related Wow I bet they sucked some serious seat cushion on that one!
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:43 pm

"Wow" is an understatement!!
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:20 pm

Wooooow

that was a close call.....sucks to be them....need more rudder..
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:40 pm

I wonder if designers give some thought to wear-surfaces on the wing tips- or deliberately not locating any fuel, electrical or hydraulic systems way out there :-s
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:54 pm

That reminds me of my last go-around.........only the wind wasn't blowing??
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:50 pm

Reminds me of a biz-trip several years ago. We got weathered in at O'Hare and spent a couple days at the Courtyard when the next stop, Philadelphia's airport stopped accepted arrivals. So out of boredom one howling night, I trudged around to the approach end of the active runway to watch the jets coming in.

They were fighting the gusts and making very un-stabilized approaches. I stood there and watched a half dozen jets go over (looked closer than this vid) then had the realization that this was probably a stupid place to be standing. If one screwed up, I'd just be missing from the hotel, not on any passenger manifest, or anything. And besides there was a piano bar--heated--waiting for me back at the hotel...

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