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Old 19th Mar 2004, 06:39
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jon01
 
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What an occasion:

-It did an excursion around Warwks/W.Mids for about 20 mins weaving in and out of Birmingham's traffic, passing over Cov airport at 9000ft 25 mins before it landed while B'ham radar tried to keep it inside controlled airspace during descent, but it has to leave the airspace eventually to land on Rwy 23 anyway...

-Got covered in foam when a fireman selected the wrong lever during the water cannon ceromony.

-There was no ILS, did an old fashioned talkdown approach.

-The day before a European 737-200 blocked the apron entrance for 3 hours when a pin broke on the brand new B737 tow bar while it was being moved.


Good old Coventry!
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