04-02-2008, 08:52 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
CA
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Posts: 26,615
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Jams, When I was in the Military we had to abort some landings, but when I got back home and started flying all over the country for my job, we aborted several landings and once in San Francisco we had to abort twice and then circle for quite a while to burn fuel and wait for a break in the WIND as it was so strong across the bay it had already caused two of the 747s to go off the side of the runways. Also once going into the Burbank Airport where the jets fly below the top of the canyon on final approach, they hit a wind pocked and the plane turned upside down about 1/2 mile from the Airport fence. they managed to get it back right side up just as we cleared the fence by less than 50'. That was my most thrilling ride of the bunch. 
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