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Old 12-15-2006, 12:59 AM
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Default NWA B757 battles strong winds (video)

Gotta love the "guns it!" comment by the anchor...
http://www.weather.com/multimedia/vi...&tab=3&nav=141
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Old 12-15-2006, 02:32 AM
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I wonder how many seats NWA had to replace, do the pucker factor? I have also had to gun the airplane to go around
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Ahh yes the time honored "going around" maneuver. They did it right.
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