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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:28 PM Original message |
JFK and Reagan - Two of the scariest airports in the world |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm amazed St. Barthelemy and Schipol didn't make it onto the list. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. A friend of mine who's a flight attendant with United |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That was certainly true of the old Hong Kong airport, Kai Tak. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah, after I typed that |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Vids from the ground of airliners flying into Kai Tak |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Wow! Those bring back some memories. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I watched a couple of cockpit views of landings. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. We've been to Hong Kong -- once into Kai Tak, and the second to the new airport. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. It is a much longer journey into town now. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Tsim Sha Tsui! I love that name -- when I first heard it, I sang a little song that I made up... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. I remember the 1992 El Al 747 cargo crash at Amsterdam. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Trof, I recall a crash maybe in the 1960s or 1970s... a plane that went in to a suburban community |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Pilot error: Breaking the chain |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Thanks Trof -- great analogy! |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Piffle and bosh. Those 2 aren't even in the top 200! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Terrifying Video Of A Plane Coming Into Toncontin Airport |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Wow. My palms got all sweaty! |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I flew in and out of there in March |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Glad you're here to give the report!! nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Logan in Boston is a thrill a minute for passengers |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Lived in Boston for 30 years. The World Airways crash in the 1980s took place while I was on the |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I was working on the end of the Fish Pier when that happened |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No kidding! Yes, we talked about that crash on another thread. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I'm older than dirt |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Well, so am I. How old is actual dirt? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That must have been horrific for you! |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Yeah, it was. Also, the Florida air crash in the Everglades. My mother's relatives |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'd not heard of Linda or Mary Rogers. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Linda Rodgers is mentioned in this article; there is a lot more information on her now. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. My Google search brought up the first time I posted about Linda Rodgers... |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Oh, TRI (Tri-Cities Regional) is still there... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm flying into National next month. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I still call it National, too. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. That word will never cross my lips either |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Well we've learned from some intrepid travelers here - |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Goofy approaches don't bother me. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. I find LaGuardia much scarier than JFK.....and other than the maneuvering over Rosslyn.... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Sitting in traffic on the runway to take off from LaGuardia is scary. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. I use National all the time- thanks alot! |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have to include Ingalls Field Airport in Bath Co. VA - very scary . . . |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Yikes -- no kidding! The photo |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. Very interesting to hear these examples from the pilots' perspectives. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. And Raygun' was one of the scariest Presidents...how come he doesn't have initials too? POS? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. Kai Tak had to be the worst. |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
39. have you ever |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
41. Landing at Lindbergh Field/San Diego... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. ... OT |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. Tex Johnson talks about his famous 707 barrel roll - footage! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. The airfield at Camp Humphreys, Korea, was always a joy |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. WRT to National Airport... |
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