DHL A300...

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DHL A300...

Postby Ivan » Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:29 am

The one that was hit with the rocket...

http://radiocockpit.com/galerie/view_al ... dhl&page=1

No, that NATO barbwire won't stop an aircaft, and doesnt mess up the tyres either
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Re: DHL A300...

Postby Mr. Bones » Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:12 pm

i saw them too...when you see that wing, it's quite impressive that pilot managed to land safely!  ;)
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Re: DHL A300...

Postby zeberdee » Sun Dec 07, 2003 3:12 pm

Hi thanks for the link, some brill pictures in the fun section!
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Re: DHL A300...

Postby JVC_systems » Sun Dec 07, 2003 3:43 pm

Bah! Why did they do that? Why would they want to shoot that plane? ???
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Re: DHL A300...

Postby Ivan » Sun Dec 07, 2003 4:03 pm

because they wanted to get into the french evening news...

Actually they don't have a fcking reason, except to irritate the west
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Re: DHL A300...

Postby JVC_systems » Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:02 am

The good things is that no one got hurt. it is really intersting how pilots managed to ladn the aircraft after being hit. Those guys are proffesionals ;)
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