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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 06:54 AM
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A hole opening in a plane's roof - frightening. Simply coming in for a landing at National airport.
AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH!!!!!

If THAT doesn't make you piss your pants, nothing will.

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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 07:02 AM
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1. Particularly since I'm under the flight path.
What was that on the roof this morning? Hell of a big squirrel.
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 07:08 AM
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2. Flight path? Just follow the Potomac. Wheeeee!
And if the wind is blowing (and it always is)...
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 07:20 AM
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3. Yeah, and the wheels set down about 4 inches from the water's edge.
At least it FEELS that way.

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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 07:37 AM
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5. There are worse examples.... though Reagan qualifies as one of the top 17 scariest.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 09:04 AM
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9. The runway at Botany Bay airport is built on a fucking SAND BAR!
About half of it extends into the bay.

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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 07:22 AM
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4. I flew 100,000 miles in the last year...
Pilots and Air Control have done a spectacular job so far.

Have you ever driven a car in South Florida? Now that will make you pee your pants.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 09:01 AM
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7. Yes actually, I have. E-fucking-gads!
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 08:44 AM
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6. People talking on cell phones or texting while driving freak me out more
Because I see that every day.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 09:03 AM
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8. What freaks me out is that it isn't the teens that are the worst offenders - it is people my age
I'm almost 48. People my age are TERRIBLE about DWY offenses.

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