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leftchick
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:39 AM Original message |
Plane Lands at Air Force Base by Mistake |
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lectrobyte
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. the good old days before GPS etc., I could see how this might happen |
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mhr
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Sometimes Airports Look Remarkably Similar From The Air |
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mike1963
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Sun Jun-20-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I haven't flown into Rapid city in a few years but FAA radar coverage |
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mhr
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Sun Jun-20-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes I Know, Mistakes Do Happen, I Have A Few Stories As Well |
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Kellanved
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. or the Eastern Jets landing in Berlin-Tempelhof |
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Ripley
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Creepy...why were the passengers told to close their shades? |
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IthinkThereforeIAM
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Sun Jun-20-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Ellsworth AFB... |
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lumpy
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've heard there is a shortage |
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Ripley
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think it's probably more like a "drunk pilot error" than... |
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October
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Sun Jun-20-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. That was ugly |
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Ripley
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Mon Jun-21-04 08:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. What? |
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PfcHammer
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. Don't look out ? WTF. So if I can't see |
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peacetalksforall
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Sun Jun-20-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Close the shades? |
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Kipper58
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Sun Jun-20-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Or shoot them down! |
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jobycom
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Sun Jun-20-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. That was my thought, too. Some war preparedness. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli
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Sun Jun-20-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. All security assets probably over in Iraq keeping us safe from terra. |
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discordian
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Sun Jun-20-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. doh!!! |
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IthinkThereforeIAM
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Sun Jun-20-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I wonder... |
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Paradise
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Sun Jun-20-04 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Never to be seen again! |
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peacebuzzard
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Sun Jun-20-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Bingo! Pink slip! Yrs ago a DC10 mistook Brussels for Amsterdam |
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Paradise
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Sun Jun-20-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. unless there is need for an emergency landing, |
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Pale_Rider
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Sun Jun-20-04 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. A few miles off course is probably an understatement ... |
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soup
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Mon Jun-21-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. 6.3 miles according to the calculator at the first link. |
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UpInArms
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Sun Jun-20-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. can't stop myself from posting this one |
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burrowowl
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Sun Jun-20-04 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. It happens quite frequently |
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jmowreader
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Sun Jun-20-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is pretty fucking stupid... |
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Art_from_Ark
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Sun Jun-20-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. This doesn't pass the smell test with me |
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peacebuzzard
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Sun Jun-20-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. A thought: With all the layoffs, etc, personnel have been shifted around, |
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mike1963
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Sun Jun-20-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but here it is anyway: |
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Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jun-21-04 02:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I follow your explanation up to a point |
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mike1963
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Mon Jun-21-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Sorry to be so late replying, I've been away |
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livinginphotographs
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Mon Jun-21-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. As if I needed another reason not to fly.... |
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mike1963
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Mon Jun-21-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Well, it's still true that driving to the airport is more dangerous than |
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October
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Sun Jun-20-04 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Pilot: only job in the world where perfection is the norm |
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llmart
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Mon Jun-21-04 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
30. And these are the kind of people we want to carry guns? |
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LiberalBushFan
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Mon Jun-21-04 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. whew |
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Mon Jun-21-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. This story is hard to believe - So an airline pilot can just fly into |
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