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madokie

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8. Pretty common coming into Los Angeles

Reply to Atman (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 09:29 AM

Dec 2014

from over the mountains. We dropped 300 plus feet once and I'm here to say that was an unnerving feeling. I was setting over the left wing and it looked like the plane was flapping its wings. I'd say the tip of that old 737 or 727 wing traveled a good 6 or 7 feet between when it was supporting the plane to when it wasn't. Yikes

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I'm going to speculate and predict what happened to Asiana QZ8501. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Dec 2014 OP

interesting Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #1

Airbus has changed out all the pitot tubes on the A330 since AF 447. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #2

I'll concede everything you wrote.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2014 #3

I think the original tubes were made by Thales The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #5

they requested to climb but were denied TorchTheWitch Dec 2014 #4

I know the conditions were horrible Warpy Dec 2014 #6

I experienced that once, when I was young. Atman Dec 2014 #7

Pretty common coming into Los Angeles madokie Dec 2014 #8

Here's a vid of a wing loading test on a 777 A HERETIC I AM Dec 2014 #9

I don't think they deflected that much but they dang sure flexed a ways madokie Dec 2014 #10