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Re: Speaking of airplanes....
Posted By: Etienne, on host 24.203.107.153
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001, at 18:55:30
In Reply To: Re: Speaking of airplanes.... posted by Howard on Tuesday, August 28, 2001, at 16:18:02:

> > > On TV just now, I watched two pilots land a Cessna 172 with the wheels up. Nice job. They just set the old girl down on her belly, opened the doors and calmly walked away. Pilots are a special breed.
> > > Howard
> >
> > Have you heard of the Air Transat pilot who flew his plane 60 Km into the Açores without engines? Gliding, I mean. Like... Wow.
>
> No, I didn't hear about that.
> But I noticed that the emergency landing was so popular yesterday, they did it again today with a nicer plane. Can't wait for tomorrow's episode.
> Howard

It was an Airbus 320 or something like that, I believe. The guy's a star, now :)