> I once witnessed an Aeroflot jet on approach to KSEA that had an
> alignment problem actually horse the jet into a 45 degree bank, haul it
> about a quarter mile to the west to get on the right approach. Freaked me
> out on the ground just watching it. I don't want to think about what
> those poor passengers were going through. :)
Reminds me of my flight into Bologna last year in one of go's (now
Easyjet) latest 737-300s -- there was a period of about 10 minutes
when we never flew straight. But they eventually managed to get the
thing aligned, and we did fly the last couple miles in a straight
line... Mind you, it's not normal on a passenger flight to see the lit
runway in its full glory head-on from a passenger window, but that
time we did...
> There's an old joke that goes something like this:
>
> Aeroflot Pilot: "My, these American runways are VERY short!"
> CoPilot: "Yes, but look how incredibly WIDE they are!"
"Yuri, what do you think, is that the phone box marked on the map?
Damn, a cloud has just got in the way..." -- Aeroflot navigator on
board a Tu-134... or Il-76 for that matter!
Andras
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