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Old 02-23-2009, 03:10 PM
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⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
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Originally Posted by Jetjok View Post
... Anyway, about 3 miles out was a 737, on approach, when the f/o says to me "look at that, his gear is not down." The f/o then, for the next 5 or 10 seconds, kept talking to me about how dumb those guys were to be so close in to the runway without their gear. He (the f/o) started getting animated, when I picked up the mic and broadcast on tower freq "GEAR", at which point the guys landing gear came down...
I'm thinking that must have been a SWA 737 and they were simply still slowing down to their "max gear extension" speed...

Sorry SWA folks, I'm just keedin' here...
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