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Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
I was just cleaning my plane and it went off!
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July 23rd, 2008, 10:01 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
Ouch!
I think they just countered all economic benefit from cleaning compressor blades. |
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July 23rd, 2008, 10:05 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
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 Should the compressor be energized while a person is cleaning them? There's a few Darwin awards for guys cleaning cement trucks while the power was on....
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July 23rd, 2008, 10:19 PM
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July 23rd, 2008, 10:23 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
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July 23rd, 2008, 10:29 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
yeah, but "three planes" did NOT "collide"... ONE plane got smacked into two other parked airplanes. Sheesh.
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July 24th, 2008, 03:15 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
Pics in an ARCHIVED thread (the original got deleted):
http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns...icp=1&.intl=us And a different story about "what really happened and why": http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/re...tml#post420237
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July 24th, 2008, 03:59 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
So, they are actually igniting and doing a runup at the gate?
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July 24th, 2008, 10:17 PM
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Re: Hey, Bubba, what does THIS button do?
Do you suppose their insurance rates will go up a bit?
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