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Crushed it!
1 posted on 04/16/2020 8:01:26 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I thought the A380 required reinforced runways and taxiways and that only a relatively handful of airports had these.

I remember back in the day O’hare was one of the airports.


2 posted on 04/16/2020 8:05:19 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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This was once a USAF overhaul depot and before that a GAF depot, JU-%@ assembly point. The RAF used the field during late 1944 to 45. Before 1940 it was a major French Air Force repair and maintenance depot. The work force was known to be rather unemotional and unflappable compare to most Frenchmen. The joke was the base kept a selection of flags of major powers, including the USSR, on hand for quick flagpole changes.
4 posted on 04/16/2020 8:09:39 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
"sank into pavement"

Standard should have been reinforced concrete.

5 posted on 04/16/2020 8:15:03 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Tower, BA A380 heavy, over”


7 posted on 04/16/2020 8:50:43 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

perfect metaphor for the a380. The ground feel out from under it in a graveyard because of its own dead weight.


8 posted on 04/16/2020 9:26:58 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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“Tower this is 380 heavy actually very heavy.” I need assistance. It seems my landing gear has crushed the concrete of the taxiway. Please advise.”


10 posted on 04/16/2020 11:06:15 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oil field trash, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, Constitution worth dying for)
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