Picture from the road

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Picture from the road

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Snapped this flying overhead today.

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Poetic, no?
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Nark wrote:Snapped this flying overhead today.

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Poetic, no?
That AC now gets a tow to the runway before starting up to save fuel?

Just kidding

Interesting idea though...maybe not....

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Lol good one nark , I have never seen lines painted on grass, but I guess they do things differently down south :) :rolleyes:
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That AC is flying a new generation a/c, and American is using an old gas guzzler?

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I don't get it... :smt017

My question is...did American forget to unhitch the tow-tug? Looks like it's still hanging off it's nose and about to fling off!

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Grass in San Diego? Not the kind you mow. A lot of surfers here.



Here is the full version:

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The area at the bottom of the pic is MCRD SD, (Marine Boot camp). Has a special place in my heart. I spent 12 weeks there before spending 8 weeks elsewhere.
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wow...don't I feel like a dumb-dumb for not catching on :roll:

Any chance I can take my initial post back? :?

BTW Thanks for taking out the time to e-x-p-l-a-i-n it to me.

In my defence...I just got one of these installed in my bar...

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DOH, for some reason I knew that was gonna happen... :? It looked so much like a Herpa set or something in the first pic. Thats why I made that dumb comment haha.
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Heck of a long push back for the AC Embraer
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Getting pushed back that far is common at SAN.

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