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From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 08:02:47 -0400
A beautiful shot!

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Roger Wesson wrote:
> I hate Top Gear, primarily because of Clarkson, but the 2CV getting blown
> over was quite impressive.  When I travelled in South America a couple of
> years ago, I flew home from Quito.  My flight was delayed by 12 hours and
> I spent part of the wait standing just by the perimeter fence at the end
> of the runway.  I was hugely impressed at the incredible winds generated
> when a large jet took off, and amazed at how I had entirely failed to
> anticipate that I'd have to hold onto the fence for dear life to stop
> myself getting blown across the road.
> 
> OM content - here's a photo I took in Parque Nacional Podocarpus in the
> south of Ecuador a few days before flying home:
> 
> http://www.world-traveller.org/site/Image:SA31-S24-04.jpg
> 
> Roger
> 
>> That Lufthansa landing attempt looks incredibly scary - the wingtip
>> can only have been a few feet from the ground. I once read a book
>> about airliner near-misses and remember the quote, "You know you
>> should be worried when the air hostesses start screaming".
>>

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