[CGASMIA68]

Job well done Capi.....Congrats

[clee1]

Airbus: When you absolutely, positively must crash tonight.

[Larry Lucido]

Here's a link to the live thread for the play by play:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488925/posts

[Last Dakotan]

Which third world country do they do their maintaince in?

[ikka]

Can someone explain to me why there is not a way to dump fuel, which is why they had to fly around for 3 hours?

[Paleo Conservative]

If it's not Boeing, I'm not going!

If you want on or off my aerospace ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.

[wideminded]

I'm not a pilot, so I have the following questions:

1. Can the pilot steer the front wheel of the plane while on the ground in some way other than by using the engines?

2. If so, is this accomplished using the same yoke that steers the plane in flight?

3. If so, how does the pilot transfer between these two functions?

[Babu]

ScareBus - Socialism's groupthink committee airplane ...

"Who says the nose wheels have to be parallel to the fuselage? That's just an American custom."

[decimon]

...the pilot landed using the back wheels first and then easing onto the front tires.

If that's not the usual practice then I think we've identified the problem. :-)

[wolfcreek]

Saw it on the tube last night. That pilot was cool as the other side of the pillow. Now I know what they mean by "Discount Air Carriers"