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Old 7th Jan 2015, 09:06
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Stan Woolley
 
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Quite an an interesting mix of types on the ramp in that picture.

Waiting at A1 one morning we watched a DHL727 smash into the runway and bounce only to hover about 10feet off eating up runway before bouncing once more before finally 'landing' and ....... He must have made it because he was backtracking when we turned around to take off ! Probably line training at the end of a long night ?

I felt sympathy for him having once landed a KingAir in fog at Copenhagen having decided I was too tired to go around if it was below minima, rather land near the runway,controlled, being better than inverted at high speed. Luckily I saw the lights before minima ,I'm sure all the guys who flew single crew night freight have similar stories?
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