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Old 08-27-2009 | 09:48 PM
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From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
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Originally Posted by Archie Bunker
Anybody check out some of those emergency divert airfields? Or should I say "alert strips?" It should be interesting landing a 747-400 on a 5500 ft gravel runway, should an emergency dictate. Are there any Boeing "hotels" or "landmarks" in those fields that anyone knows about???
Better to plow gravel than swim.
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