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Old 21st Nov 2008, 15:26
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I remember the day it touched down... Also remember loading one of its first (if not the first) flights LUX-Hawaii (Not HNL) with the two yachts for that Waterworld film. November -10c early in the morning. That aircraft was full, not an inch of space left; 14T was the payload. One yacht was blown up in the movie, the other sold...

Also remember GCV, think it was Dec same year, MTOW LUX-HKG, reject at V1 due all tv screens went dead. 16 flat tyres (tires ) Aircraft had been loaded while snowing, snow not removed from pallets. Boeing had not sealed the floor, so when it melted the water poured into lower 41. I had just gotten to work that day and had to figure out how to offload it without tipping it....
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