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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... stake.html

Couldn't they just go around?
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Not if they were not supposed to fly period.

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Accidental: A bystander videotapes the moment the Victor bomber took-off at an air show when a civilian co-pilot hit the throttle button by mistake


Man, I hate it when I accidentally hit that throttle button.
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Man, I hate it when I accidentally hit that throttle button.

Better stop that if ya wanta make L/C :)

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Im sure someone from Good morning America will fire up this story! :evil: :roll:

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mazdaP5 wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211925/Hero-pilot-averted-air-disaster-pilot-hit-throttle-giant-bomber-mistake.html

Couldn't they just go around?


Slow news day today that they drag up a storey that happened FOUR months ago and has been discussed to the n-th degree all over the web :lol:

And no they couldn't go around, although Bob said he did consider it for a nano-second because that's the SOP for a Victor in a situation like this.....but the CAA would have had a hissy fit, as the aircraft ISN'T airworthy for a start and not flown for 15 years, he elected to try and get it on the ground pronto.


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That's why planes should never be restored to taxi condition.
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I had a look at the pictures and video...if I didn't know any better I would say that the plane was so ugly the ground rejected it. :lol: <runs for cover> Just kidding, just kidding.
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Thank God there were no trees closer to the end of the runway. Wow. Glad all worked out okay. Not sure where the aircraft was headed for the crowd...oh, wait, "journalists" tend to be LYING IDIOTS.

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Well.., i must agree that is one ugly bird.

:lol: :shock: Looks like she was built on a dare!!!!

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the330thbg wrote:
Well.., i must agree that is one ugly bird.

:lol: :shock: Looks like she was built on a dare!!!!



When you were low on gas, she was the most beautiful aircraft in the sky!
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