Tool of the day
11-16-2012, 07:41 AM
#3191
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Joined APC: Mar 2012
Posts: 59
Originally Posted by saxman66
After being cleared for takeoff the tool behind us in the 170 that told us "that means go!" over the tower freq. I guess I couldn't get those last couple of checklist items done quick enough for him. (there was no one on final)
11-16-2012, 02:57 PM
#3192
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,906
You are waiting to take off at a runway with an aircraft opposite to you. The other aircraft is cleared to line up and wait. A he does, he turns on all his landing lights with lumen values so bright that the retina in your eyes are burned out leaving one blind.
11-16-2012, 03:21 PM
#3193
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Joined APC: May 2011
Position: 737 CA
Posts: 949
Originally Posted by captjns
You are waiting to take off at a runway with an aircraft opposite to you. The other aircraft is cleared to line up and wait. A he does, he turns on all his landing lights with lumen values so bright that the retina in your eyes are burned out leaving one blind.
11-16-2012, 05:20 PM
#3194
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Position: Ending the Backlog one claim at a time
Posts: 486
Originally Posted by buzzpat
That's some of the worst writing I've ever seen. Crap-ola. He's trying way to hard.
11-16-2012, 05:41 PM
#3197
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Joined APC: Jun 2010
Position: Doing what you do, for less.
Posts: 1,792
Originally Posted by captjns
You are waiting to take off at a runway with an aircraft opposite to you. The other aircraft is cleared to line up and wait. A he does, he turns on all his landing lights with lumen values so bright that the retina in your eyes are burned out leaving one blind.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
11-16-2012, 05:43 PM
#3198
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
Originally Posted by lolwut
One would think that if you're at one end of a runway waiting to go and another plane is lining up on the opposite end, you'd really like to know about it. Lights could help you see them and stop a disaster from happening.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
11-16-2012, 05:49 PM
#3199
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Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: 777 Captain in Training
Posts: 1,457
Originally Posted by lolwut
One would think that if you're at one end of a runway waiting to go and another plane is lining up on the opposite end, you'd really like to know about it. Lights could help you see them and stop a disaster from happening.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
11-16-2012, 10:55 PM
#3200
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,906
Originally Posted by lolwut
One would think that if you're at one end of a runway waiting to go and another plane is lining up on the opposite end, you'd really like to know about it. Lights could help you see them and stop a disaster from happening.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
Thanks for trolling but its not gonna work.
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