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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:15 PM Original message |
we just had to abort our landing at SFO |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've had it happen 3 or 4 times in the past 15 years. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yeah it really surprised me |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. I recall one descent into O'Hare |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. glad these pilots are on the ball. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. that is scary. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I handle bumps in the air... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. very true, any landing where the plane is in one piece is a good one. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. roger that! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Wrong |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Same deal in Houston a few years ago... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. There are some song lyrics that can sum that up nicely for you. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. thank u so much for that post! Made me laugh :-) |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. That is scary! Glad you're OK... |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. thanks. I used to fly twice a week for years and it never happened. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I had a similar SFO abort. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I like those parallel landings. Wonder if the pilots are dissing each others approah |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. we need to ask our own DemoTex |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Or you could ask trof. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. When ATIS advertised the Quiet Bridge Visual 27L&R, or similar approach at SFO ... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Take a look at this one: |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. As a PAX, I love the sound of hydraulics running the gear down .. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Aircraft on runways where they aren't supposed to be |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I flew a Singapore air flight and the plane later crashed at Taiwan airport |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. That was the worst accident ever... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've been through more of those than I can count. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have been on a plane that aborted take off |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Sounds like a compression stall... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. You're online while they are trying to land? |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. Go-arounds are pretty routine... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. I had it happen twice into SFO about 1 year apart, both flights from San Diego |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. That happened to us in Jamaica |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. that happened to me last year |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm in the middle of a business trip. Whyowhy did I click this thread? |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
34. For a minute there I thought this was a start of a copy-cat thread |
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