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Airbus A380 Collision

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hobie1616
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This is an amazing video.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/12/us-impounds-superjumbo-after-collision

Who sez mass doesn't count?


 
Posted : April 12, 2011 10:34 am
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That was all over the news here. Can't believe no one got hurt, the commuter plane got whipped around like a toy!

Mike


 
Posted : April 12, 2011 1:23 pm
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I didnt know Timbo flew for Air France...


 
Posted : April 12, 2011 1:39 pm
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Originally Posted by MN3
I didnt know Timbo flew for Air France...

No, that was Timbo's instructor...


 
Posted : April 13, 2011 4:03 pm
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Brings new meaning to the phrase

Pushing Tin


 
Posted : April 13, 2011 5:40 pm
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Yeah we were all talking about it last night on our way to Tokyo. Not sure what happened, apparantly the A380 was headding out for takeoff and the little Regional Jet was taxiing in to park, but looked to me like he stopped short waiting for his gate to come open, and obviously the AF guys never saw him stopping short, with his tail still hanging out there in the...way.

The hardest part of the job is not the

flying

, it's the taxiing around a busy aiprort at night in the rain.

And I'll get my turn tomorrow morning at 2am in Singapore...watch CNN, you may see me!


 
Posted : April 13, 2011 8:50 pm
hobie1616
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Originally Posted by Timbo
And I'll get my turn tomorrow morning at 2am in Singapore...watch CNN, you may see me!

Don't land on the alternate runway with all the planters down the middle.


 
Posted : April 13, 2011 9:13 pm
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Hey, real men land where ever they damn well please!

A good landing is any landing you can walk away from. A GREAT landing is one where they can use the airplane again...


 
Posted : April 13, 2011 9:49 pm
pgp
 pgp
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Didn't you tell me you guys can do anything....once?


 
Posted : April 14, 2011 5:23 am
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Hey, real men land where ever they damn well please!

A good landing is any landing you can walk away from. A GREAT landing is one where they can use the airplane again...

hahah. that reminds me of when people say

any day on the water (or sailing) is a great day

... obviously they have never been in a real hairy lightning all around you kinda storm...


 
Posted : April 14, 2011 8:23 am
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Originally Posted by pgp
Didn't you tell me you guys can do anything....once?

Yup, you can even smack another airplane's tail, with your wingtip, so hard you spin it 90 degrees...once!

I'll bet he -never- does that again!


 
Posted : April 15, 2011 12:09 am
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So, would you fly the smaller jet again? Did they fix it right??? hmmm


 
Posted : April 15, 2011 4:10 pm
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Nope and probably not!


 
Posted : April 16, 2011 1:23 am
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On the water, it's the sole responsibility of the smaller vessel to steer around the larger.


 
Posted : April 17, 2011 3:04 pm
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