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Old 18th Feb 2014, 16:01
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EASYWIND...

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Phew...

Thank goodness for the hero on the flightdeck - looks like he narrowly missed the playschool at the end of the runway
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What a legend!!! Wouldn't have happened if he'd been in the flightdeck on his own.....

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I thought those A-thingies kept their wings level themselves

Edited to say that I've only had a go at one in the sim and wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be doing and when

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"I thought those A-thingies kept their wings level themselves"

Unless they are <50' radio then they seem to get friskier?

And when <30' radio they drop the nose just to give the pilot that warm wet feeling that he/she is flaring a real aeroplane?

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How to confuse a Bonobo chimp/OrangUtan the easy way!
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