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Old 12th Feb 2010, 17:48
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BEagle
 
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Assuming you consider the VC10 to be 'an airliner', I've landed them several times at ASI and it isn't difficult. In fact it's really dead easy as the wind is always predictable and the cloudbase is usually benign. Day or night.

But I've also suffered controlled crashes, followed by very firm braking to take the wrong exit of the high-speed turn off at the hands of DeathStar drivers. On one occasion I was perched in the jump seat and all seemed to be going fine until the AP was disengaged, then it was all audio alarms and frantic arm wrestling, followed by an almighty thump. "Almost impossible to predict where you're going to touch down in one of these", was the comment.....

One hopes that CBSFAI will 'ask' his blue-suit chums why such an utter goat is at large on the Malvinas shuttle these days....
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