A380 Crosswind Certification Video

mad8 wrote
according to the file name, it's in iceland (or Island as they spell it
there), making that Keflavik airport. I pride myself on having lived in
Reykjavik for a year when i was 6

I spent 6 months of the summer of 1960 flying P-2V Neptunes from the
airbase at Keflavik. Back again for 6 weeks in 1962. The men of Iceland
really detested our presence there since after WWII, the American Armed
Forces had carried off (married) 80% of their eligible women, in fact,
our squadron Flight Surgeon married Miss Iceland of 1959, a real beauty.

Bob Moore
VP-21 1959-1962

Bob Moore writes:

The men of Iceland really detested our presence there since after
WWII, the American Armed Forces had carried off (married) 80%
of their eligible women ...

Did those eligible women consent, or were they kidnapped? In the
former case, what's to detest?

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Mxsmanic wrote
Did those eligible women consent, or were they kidnapped? In the
former case, what's to detest?

They would do anything to get off that rock. This left most of the
Icelandic men batchelors. I'm sure that they thought that we had
raped and pillaged their country.

Bob Moore

Bob Moore writes:

They would do anything to get off that rock.

I thought so.

This left most of the Icelandic men batchelors. I'm sure that they
thought that we had raped and pillaged their country.

It's not the fault of the U.S. that they live on a worthless rock.

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Bob,
that is really cool
I'd like to visit as an adult (and maybe bring back a nice Icelandic
girl :P)

From what i remember about it, Iceland is a very strange place.
1) everything is expensive as hell (country barely produces anything
except fish and wool, so nearly everything consumer-related is
imported)
2) the island is about the size of kentucky, with just about as much to
do. (no offense to the State of Kentucky, or Iceland, but you can see
just about everything in both during the course of two weeks)
3) its an average of about 7C year round (like 6C all summer and 8C all
winter)
4) those miniature ponies (they're just weird)

hehe you said pillaged
Pillage the village

/ 22 turning 10 soon

Bob Moore wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote
Did those eligible women consent, or were they kidnapped? In the
former case, what's to detest?

They would do anything to get off that rock. This left most of the
Icelandic men batchelors. I'm sure that they thought that we had
raped and pillaged their country.

Bob Moore

You're such an idiot, Martin, er, sorry, Merry Christmas!

Of course I tell pilots about the page, you moron, er, sorry, Merry
Christmas!

LOL... Jay H, RAP's own "Subliminal Man"

Whoops. Did I really say that out loud?

Happy New Year!

:-)
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On 2006-12-29, mad8 wrote:
1) everything is expensive as hell (country barely produces anything
except fish and wool, so nearly everything consumer-related is
imported)

How is this different from the US, where nearly all consumer-related
goods come from China?

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On 2006-12-29, mad8 wrote:
1) everything is expensive as hell (country barely produces anything
except fish and wool, so nearly everything consumer-related is
imported)

How is this different from the US, where nearly all consumer-related
goods come from China?

They don't have a lot of choice where as in the US we do.
But we chose poorly.

We the consumer made the choice by demanding ridiculously
cheap goods no matter what the 'cost' was to get it.

The corporations supplying the goods complied with our
request by importing them from cheap labor elsewhere.

Now, as a consumer, I can't go into a store and find a
product I like and demand to buy the Made in USA version.
I either buy the foreign made item or I do without.

In a sense we've painted ourselves into a corner.

Brian
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It looked like the pilot kicked out the crab as he touched down so the
forces may not have been all that extreme. That think must have one
massive set of landing gear anyway given its weight.

If you look closely, it appears that he loses a tire on the second
landing. Wish the image were larger.

David Johnson