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1 posted on 04/13/2008 7:22:11 AM PDT by drzz
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Glad they have the new Airport now.


2 posted on 04/13/2008 7:29:13 AM PDT by GoforBroke
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bfl


3 posted on 04/13/2008 7:29:18 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
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yikes.


4 posted on 04/13/2008 7:35:34 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand ( If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you...)
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Looks perfectly normal to me.


5 posted on 04/13/2008 7:42:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
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Landing...no big whoop.....

Takeoffs however, double yikes....


6 posted on 04/13/2008 7:45:21 AM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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I think the one in St. Maarten is scarier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCBUYsRTO48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvNONncieu0&feature=related


7 posted on 04/13/2008 7:49:36 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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Some of my favorites
St. Maartens...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCBUYsRTO48


8 posted on 04/13/2008 8:12:44 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: drzz

I flew into that airport in 1962 on a C130.


10 posted on 04/13/2008 8:43:46 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, youÂ’ve got it made." Groucho Marx)
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Those are very interesting but what you get when you click on Ronald Reagan is even better!


11 posted on 04/13/2008 8:44:53 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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Kai Tak has been closed for some time now.I flew into it twice in my life and the first time I had no idea of its reputation....I (truly!) thought I was gonna die! Now I understand why they coined the phrase “Kai Tak Heart Attack”.Just part of the mystery that is Hong Kong,IMO.
16 posted on 04/13/2008 11:04:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Women swooned in Mao's presence too.)
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I used to visit friends that lived right under the landing pattern for Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Those planes landing overhead were so close to the homes. When one of the big AWACS came in for a landing, what conversation you had going on, whether in person or on the phone, just stopped completely, no shouting because it was useless with the noise. You just waited for a few long seconds, then continued on with your conversation as if nothing happened. No explanation or apology on why you stopped speaking was necessary, because everyone understood.
17 posted on 04/13/2008 2:32:34 PM PDT by rawhide
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Kai Tak was interesting whether going in or out! The first time I flew out, I could see the buildings just below the plane, and I kept saying to myself —”Get higher, get higher!”. The thing is, the plane WAS getting higher, but the buildings were on a hillside so the jet was skimming them as it rose!

Landing was always an experience, too. You just went down! One time the pilot casually said, “ A right turn and we will be there in a minute or so”. (OWTTE). And it was so. He made a sharp right, and pointed the nose down, and we were in!!

Exciting!


21 posted on 04/15/2008 6:51:30 AM PDT by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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