Joe, any idea what was up with the 747 around the 3:30 mark? It looks like one of the landing gear was collapsed or didn't fully extend, but they knew there was a problem before it landed as you can see the emergency vehicles rushing out before it landed.

 

I have always liked watching crosswind landings.

 

Grooooan:

 

 

 

B52 landing gear was designed to track into a crosswind, in the early 50's...

 

That was Virgin Atlantic VS43, outbound Gatwick for Vegas.

A hydraulic actuator in the gear-retract mechanism for the right outer main had been improperly re-installed during service, rotated 180° out of position. It finally broke (its hydraulic inlet fitting apparently cracked or was knocked out of the body), during gear-up just after takeoff on Dec 29th 2014, about three months after it had been serviced. This caused the gear to jam in a partially-retracted position.

Incident: Virgin Atlantic B744 at London on Dec 29th 2014, hydraulic problem, landed safely without right main gear





The crew detected the fault almost immediately after takeoff, so they aborted the Atlantic crossing and just made a quick hop out to the ocean to circle around while dumping fuel, before returning to Gatwick. So yeah, the airport had plenty of time to clear out inbound traffic and roll the equipment.


Here's a better video of it:

 

 

click to play

 

Don't be the skvirrel:

 

Another Electric Power Pest:





Perhaps the most insidious of power plant pests are the fingernail-sized quagga (Figure 6) and zebra mussels. The invasive species originating from the Black and Caspian Sea region have caused millions of dollars in damage in the Great Lakes region, where they were discovered in 1988. Now, they are making their way through U.S. waterways. Their discovery at Lake Mead in 2007, and subsequent colonization of Lake Powell and parts of Central Arizona Project’s water-delivery system has put the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Salt River Project, and other Western power generators on high alert.

 

I ******* hate quagga mussels. You can't eat 'em, you can't write good porno plots around 'em...

 

Original version not modified by some chick without the artist's permission:

 

^^ Thanks Steve.

 

I think I'm addicted to MT.net



Maybe I'll give it up for Lent.... in 2020

 

I did not even know things like this existed.
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Yikes, that's cringe worthy

 

Now that you have the big red neck ford with the camo they would probably let you hang out with them.

 

It's actually to a pretty big genre. The boys at work love this ****.

One of the songs that really made it took off was released in like 2010.

He drops a line regarding Myspace. lol

You ever wonder what goes on in the midwest... Yup, here it is.

 

Oh... oh wow.