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marmar

(77,078 posts) Wed May 9, 2012, 01:10 PM May 2012

A reassuring peek out the airplane window

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A reassuring peek out the airplane window (Original Post) marmar May 2012 OP

Yep. Everything looks like everything's there. TrogL May 2012 #1

Fifty percent of everything or one-hundred percent of nothing Brother Buzz May 2012 #2

Oooops... Scuba May 2012 #3

Is this what they call "propwash"? Scuba May 2012 #4

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you'll please look out the windows on the LEFT side of the plane..." Scuba May 2012 #5

Electric plane mid-air refueling... Scuba May 2012 #6

Sitting in a DC 3 getting ready to take off MuseRider May 2012 #7

Yeah, well, Gomer was taking a joint break and forgot some minor details. HopeHoops May 2012 #8

Could be worse sarge43 May 2012 #9

"A reassuring peek out the airplane window" yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 #10

That'll buff out. n/t A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #11

TrogL

(32,822 posts)

1. Yep. Everything looks like everything's there.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 01:16 PM

May 2012

Wish we always had a proper view of the engines.

Brother Buzz

(36,423 posts)

2. Fifty percent of everything or one-hundred percent of nothing

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Wed May 9, 2012, 01:26 PM

May 2012

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. Oooops...

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Wed May 9, 2012, 01:32 PM

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Scuba

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4. Is this what they call "propwash"?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 01:34 PM

May 2012

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Scuba

(53,475 posts)

5. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you'll please look out the windows on the LEFT side of the plane..."

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 01:36 PM

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Scuba

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6. Electric plane mid-air refueling...

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Wed May 9, 2012, 01:37 PM

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MuseRider

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7. Sitting in a DC 3 getting ready to take off

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 01:40 PM

May 2012

from the tiny coral runway on Guanaja, Honduras I looked out the window and saw that the wing was on fire. Apparently they run fuel into the plane through an opening in the wing? I alerted the pilot who was serving us OJ before take off and he walked out there, stuffed a rag in the hole and said it would go out once we got in the air. LOL. It was like riding a flying Molotov cocktail!

Thankfully it did because that is a deep part of the ocean we were flying over to get to the mainland of Honduras. We all grabbed as much of our diving gear as we could before we took to the sky just in case.