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18th February 2014 | 16:01

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JPHIL68

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EASYWIND...

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18th February 2014 | 16:03

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beatrix

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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

18th February 2014 | 16:06

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BN2A

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What a legend!!! Wouldn't have happened if he'd been in the flightdeck on his own.....

18th February 2014 | 19:21

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Basil

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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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18th February 2014 | 19:28

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BARKINGMAD

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From: Another Planet.

"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?

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