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Oops: American Accidentally Flies Wrong Plane To Hawaii
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| 9/11/2015
Posted on 09/11/2015 11:12:44 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: anymouse
I flew this last January.
A lot of people are so used to seeing maps distorting the curvature of the planet they don't realize that the shortest distance is quite often over the top. 
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posted on
09/11/2015 11:44:57 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: DannyTN
"It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether."
"It's an entirely different kind of flying,"
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posted on
09/11/2015 11:44:58 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Gamecock
I wonder who ended up taking the blame for that one!
If not named Wilber now...
To: US_MilitaryRules; Lx
Missed it by that much.
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posted on
09/11/2015 11:52:50 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: Gamecock
At least they should include a bobber on a sting to find them when they go down! ;-)
To: FreedomPoster; Lx; Gamecock
Not only did Gamecock beat lx by five seconds, he managed to include a quotation from the article propely formated at the same time.
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:03:19 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: dfwgator
Surely you can’t be serious.
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:09:26 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:16:59 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
To: Lx
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:20:09 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:21:58 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: anymouse
There are different ETOPS, 120 minutes, 180 minutes, etc. You have to be within that flight time of a suitable airfield.
To: tcrlaf
Not to mention the ETOPS mechanic pre departure check.
To: Gamecock
I do not want to fly in an Airbus over land, let alone 2500 miles of ocean.....
To: doorgunner69
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:46:13 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
To: ebshumidors
IIRC Boeing funded an appropriate landing strip out in the middle of the Pacific to meet ETOPS requirements for the 777.
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posted on
09/11/2015 12:50:09 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: Lx
You fly them if you want to. I still remember watching one orbit LAX with the nose gear cocked 90° unable to retract it before finally scraping in on it.
To: Gamecock
I wonder who ended up taking the blame for that one! The Bush-Cheney-Trump-Haliburton Right Wing war-monger Tea Party shall be blamed.
To: Gamecock
Didn’t Amelia Earhart make it way back when.
Nothing happened to her....
To: doorgunner69
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posted on
09/11/2015 1:30:08 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
To: Lx
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