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PLANE REPORTING LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING AT CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS AIRPORT
FOX NEWS ^ | 03/04/13 | FOX

Posted on 03/04/2013 11:02:59 AM PST by Doogle

live feed............

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1155606214001/

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: aviation; cahokia; plane
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To: Hulka

“...zuess-fasteners...”

I still have my zuess key. I started out my AF career as a firefighter and got it when I was just a very young Airman at Myrtle Beach. The Wing at MBAFB was transitioning from F-100’s into A-7’s. Heavy flying schedule and used my zuess key many times. Once had 7 barrier engagements in one shift. Later crossed trained and became an Air Traffic Controller, but I digress!


61 posted on 03/04/2013 12:56:34 PM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: NormsRevenge
How do you bend the propellers on a Lear jet>>>
62 posted on 03/04/2013 12:59:21 PM PST by BooBoo1000 (Some times I wake up grumpy,,, other times I just let her sleep.)
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To: ops33
It's DZUS fasteners, LOL.

Named after Will Dzus


63 posted on 03/04/2013 1:01:00 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: BooBoo1000

technically a turbine blade is something like a prep sort of...soo.. good point, thanks.. got my ‘crashes’ maligned. ;-)

ya see the Congo claimed another Fokker today?

DR Congo plane crash in Goma kills at least 30
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21660308

I hate twinprop ,, just give me a chute when I climb aboard,, and a double.. :


64 posted on 03/04/2013 1:06:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: dfwgator

Lambeaux Field Packer Stadium is in Green Bay. I lived so close I heard the touchdown cheers on TV first followed by the actual sound.

;^)


65 posted on 03/04/2013 1:07:57 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Doogle
There's an old fighter jet manual warning that goes something like: "If you have to accelerate at full throttle to turn onto the taxiway, your landing gear is still up."

Three of the most often heard last words before a crash are: "Did you feel that?", "Did you hear that?", and "Oh $hit!"

66 posted on 03/04/2013 1:36:32 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: BerryDingle
and "Oh $hit!"

"First you say it, then you do it." - Bill Cosby

67 posted on 03/04/2013 1:38:21 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: nascarnation

Thank you. I never knew they were named after the inventor. I still have my DZUS key but the only thing I open with it are paint cans. I ought to go on ebay and see if they are still available. Mine was given to me by an A-7 crew chief because I needed to get into the aircraft battery compartment.


68 posted on 03/04/2013 1:43:45 PM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: ops33

A crash rescue truck approaches a crashed experimental plane and the driver notices the wings torn off and the bloodied experimental pilot is still moving around in the cockpit. The rescuer asks “what happened?” and the pilot answers “I don’t know, I just got here myself!”


69 posted on 03/04/2013 1:45:57 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: BerryDingle

70 posted on 03/04/2013 2:15:52 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Hulka

Hah! A fine story, sir... :-)


71 posted on 03/04/2013 4:06:16 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Hulka

That’s a great story, thanks!


72 posted on 03/04/2013 4:10:14 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: dfwgator

No, St. Louis. I thought it was spelled Lamberth but alas, that is the spelling a snaggle-toothed child would use. It is “Lambert” Field. I don’t know what the name is for the Green Bay port.


73 posted on 03/04/2013 4:19:02 PM PST by miele man
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To: Hulka

You should send that into Reader’s Digest for the Humor in Uniform section. Thanks for the chuckle.


74 posted on 03/05/2013 9:26:45 AM PST by RedWing9 (Zero sucks... Jesus Rocks...)
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To: RedWing9

Thanks. . .funny now, even then. . .but the commander didn’t think it was so humorous.


75 posted on 03/05/2013 2:03:15 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Thanks, guys.


76 posted on 03/05/2013 2:06:44 PM PST by Hulka
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