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Old 11-12-2012, 09:32 AM   #51
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once you've seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RugjHovWX8s everything else is tame
He had to have been low on fuel and that was his only option, smart he was, he used the spotter with the small flags to wait for that VERY small window when the wind lowered briefly and he got her down..
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Old 11-12-2012, 12:12 PM   #52
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Psh, that's nothing.


Now trying to land on the aircraft carrier in Top Gun on the NES...
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:54 PM   #53
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No shit Sherlock, you don't have to be a pilot to realize you can't land a jumbo jet on an aircraft carrier, geez....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84

Not a jumbo jet...but not a fighter
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Old 11-12-2012, 09:43 PM   #54
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That's fake.

But will it take off from said carrier?
Maybe with category 5 hurricane levels of headwind.
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