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“The brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built, sat in its hangar in Toulouse , France without a single hour of airtime. Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) on November 15, 2007 to conduct pre-delivery tests on the ground, such as engine run-ups, prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi.
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
Reminds me of two Urban Legends...
Steve Maley (Diary) Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:04AM EST (link)The one about the guy in the rental van who thought that cruise control was an autopilot.
The one about the drunks who thought it would be a good idea to strap a JATO onto the roof of a Chevy Impala.
Only this one has pictures. Priceless!
The blogger formerly known as ‘Vladimir’.
Actually, I wrote about this one on RS 2.0
streetwise (Diary) Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:39AM EST (link)the link is
here
The link exaggerates, I think
rocketeer (Diary) Tuesday, July 22nd at 9:55AM EST (link)In searching, the ‘redplate’ link is the only one with a pejorative version of the flight crew. Any of these links describe the event as overrunning the chocks. For example, wouldn’t the redplate account yield the aircraft as going > 30mph?
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2007/11/ethiad-a340600-severely-damage.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/26/219809/etihad-airways-airbus-a340-600-was-unchocked-during-engine.html
http://www.aviation.com/safety/071116-etihad-airways-a340-600-incident.html
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Never buy a dog and bark for yourself: ‘Slippery’ Jim DiGriz
speciallist gets scooped by streetwise..film at 11
speciallist (Diary) Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:07AM EST (link)I’ll have to call my friend and tell him to be more timely..good job