The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Forget cars on ice - how about Boeings?
This Scandinavian Airlines System Boeing 737 was trying to taxi at Bodø Airport in Norway. Unfortunately, the buildup of ice on the apron made for a wild ride!
Heh... but THAT was a fun conversation in the cockpit... We took off out of Adak, AK once with the brakes locked... runway was so slick with ice, we never noticed it...
Good grief, I can only imagine what the runway was like!
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You sure the pilot wasn't doing it on purpose, for the fun of it? :)
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering how he thought he was going to maintain control during that takeoff with so much ice on the runway?
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Heh... but THAT was a fun conversation in the cockpit... We took off out of Adak, AK once with the brakes locked... runway was so slick with ice, we never noticed it...
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