Airline Empires » Uncategorized http://www.airlineempires.net/blog The Captain Has Turned Off the Seatbelt Sign Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:59:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Airport Trivia http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2009/11/airport-trivia/ http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2009/11/airport-trivia/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:59:07 +0000 admin http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/?p=301 I’m going to try something new with some ‘name that airport trivia’ questions, but from a true airplane geek’s point of view.  Simply look at the picture below, and name that airport in the comments.

Name this Airport

Just enter your answer in a comment.  I’ll be keeping score (massive bonus points for being the first, but you still get a point for being right).  I will also give bonus points for any informative, snarky, witty, or otherwise hilarious comments.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

Airplanes don’t just crash like this.  It’s important to remember that the pilots flying FedEx’s MD-11′s tend to be senior, and thus more experienced.  You’re going to hear about the bad landing technique, and even though I’m one to criticize bad landing technique, there’s too much unknown here to start pointing fingers at the pilots.

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