TriStar_drvr
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After having a very rare lunch date with my wife, we (I) decided to drive over to the Victorville Airport (former George AFB), to see how many more aircraft my airline has parked there. Just as we were about to leave I spotted a 747-400 on the downwind. As I sat there and watched as the pilot made a beautiful arcing short approach to the runway. Much to my amazement and delight, the aircraft powered back up and performed a touch and go! Then more to my amazement it did three more! I was having nearly as much fun as the guys in the cockpit. My wife commented that I was like a kid at Christmas.
The moral of the story is, even in these hard times, lets not forget how much fun flying can be. Finally, my hope is that this magnificant aircraft along with many others parked around the country can soon be back in the air producing revenue, and that those who fly them can soon all be back at work.
By the way, don't forget to throw on a few extra thousand pounds of fuel when you bring a plane to the desert. You never know when you might have to make a go around for a jackrabbit on the runway! ;-)
P.S. The name of the airline has not been stated to protect the innocent flight crews..
The moral of the story is, even in these hard times, lets not forget how much fun flying can be. Finally, my hope is that this magnificant aircraft along with many others parked around the country can soon be back in the air producing revenue, and that those who fly them can soon all be back at work.
By the way, don't forget to throw on a few extra thousand pounds of fuel when you bring a plane to the desert. You never know when you might have to make a go around for a jackrabbit on the runway! ;-)
P.S. The name of the airline has not been stated to protect the innocent flight crews..