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Old 18th Sep 2016, 11:00
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fox niner
 
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I did a touch-and-go once with passengers on board (737). At 30 feet we got a windshear warning. Winds were gusty, and coming over a line of trees ajacent to the runway. So when we were below the tree line, a windshear warning was issued.

You did't read about it in the papers beacause I firewalled the engines. We very smoothly touched the runway, and off we went.

The most striking thing that I remember about this incident, was the absolute backbone instinct that drove me to firewall the thrust levers.

That was't the chimp in me. That was the fish ancestor trying to escape from danger.
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