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2007-08-30 Great White North

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Posted by Skunky Glins5285 2007-08-30 06:26|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 With the engines idling? Is that as impressive as it sounds?

Separately, I'm glad the Conservative government is spending money to support their troops.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-30 11:25|| 2007-08-30 11:25|| Front Page Top

#2 On a normal approach, you cut the power to idle as you cross the runway threshold--at least, that's what they told me to do in the Flight Simulator tutorial!

Posted by Mike 2007-08-30 11:34|| 2007-08-30 11:34|| Front Page Top

#3 bird of steel

Sounds like the Grumman navalized version.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-08-30 14:07|| 2007-08-30 14:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's count the errors in this story, shall we?

First off it is an aircraft not a carrier. a carrier is either a class of warships or a person that has a disease.

and 'bird of steel?' I doubt it; while there are some steel fittings on it, the vast majority of the aircraft is aluminum, with some composite secondary structures. to build the entire thing from steel would be, well stupid.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-30 14:13|| 2007-08-30 14:13|| Front Page Top

#5 All I can say is that the C-17s sure look nice when they fly over my house on their way to Peterson AFB. We get about three a month. The Canadians just jumped ahead of every other NATO country outside the US in airlift capacity.

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