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Offline Swoop

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« on: August 31, 2003, 07:40:17 AM »


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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2003, 09:21:35 AM »
"Hey, let's try if this floats, I've seen it done in a movie!"
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2003, 09:31:22 AM »
Toad, the bases AREN'T closer yet, really.
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2003, 09:32:36 AM »
I was living in HK when it happened - weird to see a jumbo 100 meters offshore....
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2003, 09:42:03 AM »
guess he shoulda used auto-takeoff
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2003, 09:55:21 AM »
Testflight of one of the new super large aircraft carrying over 1000 passengers. Wake turbulence doesn't allow them to use normal airports, so they are designed as float planes. The concept of commercial float planes dates back to the early times of cross-atlatic flying, when aircraft had to be refuel on their way.
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Offline Berra85

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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2003, 10:19:19 AM »
Thr pilot had recently seen a small plane land on the back of a trailer at a local airshow.........So he tried to copy and land on the boat:D
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2003, 11:16:24 AM »
The origin of the phrase: "cool your jets."
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Offline Fuzzy

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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2003, 11:26:08 AM »
Captain: "Give me 5 degree down bubble on the bow planes, make turns for 10 knots, make your course 188!"

Crew: "I think he's trying to cover his bellybutton for missing the runway..."
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Offline Fuzzy

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« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2003, 11:27:19 AM »
Is that off of Kensai?
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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2003, 11:33:14 AM »
"Made in China by 12 year-old labor"
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2003, 11:57:22 AM »
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Originally posted by Fuzzy
Is that off of Kensai?


HK's old airport, Kai Tak

Other side is a big pool and the other is a big mountain.
You don't want to overrun your landing to the other direction, theres densely buildings in between the mountains.

I think this is the boeing which overran it's landing in poor visibility and ended up floating.

Lots of 747's at Kai Tak had their outboard engines changed due to striking the runway on landing :D

Kai Tak had one of the most dangerous approaches, but surprisingly no bad accidents happened during the years of its usage.
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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2003, 11:58:41 AM »
"Boeing's Ekranoplan saw limited usage, primarily in Asia...."
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« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2003, 01:45:05 PM »
the japanese whale hunters were having a bad day...
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« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2003, 10:37:52 PM »
Howard Hughes Lives! :D
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