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Topspin
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by Topspin » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:55 am
Seen starlings, snowbirds, chickadees, crows, seagulls.....but nothing like this. Would they notice? 340-600.
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Siddley Hawker
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by Siddley Hawker » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:05 pm
Maybe a hawk? That brown circle below the windshield post must have been what went through his mind right at the end there.
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DeltaHotel
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Location: Montreal CYUL
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by DeltaHotel » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:58 pm
Don't know what it was, but the pilot's aim was dead on!
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FastFlyBy
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Location: In a glass case of emotion
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by FastFlyBy » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:50 pm
Any chance it could be from a lightning strike? I saw the same thing happen with a 737 once.
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stick'n'rudder
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by stick'n'rudder » Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:35 pm
Who gives a crap what it was, it imposed damage on an Airbus and for that I solute it!
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Hedley
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by Hedley » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:40 pm
Talk to me, Goose!
Why is it that Goose always has to die? It's not like he wears a red shirt.
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Meecka
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Location: The other side of sanity.
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by Meecka » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:50 pm
Hedley wrote: Why is it that Goose always has to die? It's not like he wears a red shirt.
Hmmmmm... Sounds like a Star Trek reference....
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niss
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by niss » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:33 am
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She’s built like a Steakhouse, but she handles like a Bistro.
Let's kick the tires, and light the fires.... SHIT! FIRE! EMERGENCY CHECKLIST!
grimey
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by grimey » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:03 am
stick'n'rudder wrote: Who gives a crap what it was, it imposed damage on an Airbus and for that I solute it!
This doesn't help us solvent the problem. We need a solution on what caused it.
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