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Old 3rd Jan 2015, 01:14
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bloom
 
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I love how everyone describes the landing as so smooth. But really, the aircraft was designed to land on four trucks of tires. With only three available, they had to flex more than four. It's like if I punched you in the chest three times simultaneously instead of four at the same time. If the aircraft had say ten trucks of tires how would anyone ever survive the initial impact?

Like the old ad for using prunes vs. a laxative went: "is one enough? Six too many?"
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