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01-17-2009, 10:48 PM
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#51 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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so lucky and mad props to the pilot
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01-17-2009, 10:50 PM
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#52 | | RS Operative (G)
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Originally Posted by thumper  they showed footage of the ditching from a nearby security camera on the tv news... but i can't find it posted online  | dude that video was nuts man
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01-17-2009, 11:51 PM
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01-18-2009, 12:07 AM
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#54 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Originally Posted by Alatar | lol? they float by a concord? @6:46
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01-18-2009, 12:12 AM
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#55 | | I don't get it
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i give props to the pilot, he handled it the way he was supposed to, and didn't panic  | |
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01-18-2009, 12:20 AM
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#56 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul | Didn't see this footage yet, until now that is!! Good stuff! | |
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01-18-2009, 12:28 AM
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#57 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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One of the retired BA concordes is located on a barge at a NYC aviation museum
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01-18-2009, 12:31 AM
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#58 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Major props to the pilots..
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01-18-2009, 04:30 AM
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#59 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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+100 for the pilot...amazing the plane landed intact in the water.
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01-18-2009, 01:21 PM
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#60 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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the fbw on the airbus really helped the pilot land the aircraft. the pilot was able to fly the slowest without stalling the aircraft. so upon landing, he was at the slowest but safest speed to hit the water thanks to stall protection software
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01-18-2009, 01:22 PM
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#61 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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btw, no doubt the captain's skill and experience played a huge part in the gliding.
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01-18-2009, 04:56 PM
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#62 | | Witness protection
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whoa did you see the person falling off the wing around 1:20 in the clip above? someone (wearing a white shirt so it might have been one of the flight crew) had to go and fish him out 
i am amazed at how fast everyone on a boat responded within that 7-1/2 minutes that footage covered... takes me longer than that to drag myself out of bed for work every morning  :
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02-05-2009, 06:50 PM
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#64 | | Marcosexual Fan Club, CEO
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Originally Posted by hud 91gt I'm assuming you would run into alot of icing troubles with a screen if they did that. I'm sure there is more reasons as well. Logical idea though. | Of course the thrust from the engine isn't enough for the birds to become sucked right through the screens or for the screen to clog up with other debris, is it Einstein?
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