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Who nose?

#1 Post by Cacophonix » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:22 pm

When is the nose wheel not a nose wheel? When it is the left gear on the aircraft. Telegraph 0, gravity 1.
Wheel I just don't know!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11955331/British-Airways-plane-wheel-collapses-after-landing.html

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#2 Post by Alisoncc » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:44 pm

What's the "OR Tambo International Airport"? Is that what was once known as Rand Airport in the days when it was GA only?
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#3 Post by A Lutra Continua » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:19 am

Jan Smuts. Big hoo-hah about naming things after pollies when the new regime took power so they changed it to JNB Intl. Became O.R. Tambo a couple of years later. Didn't take them long to start naming things after their own particular brand of thief again.
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#4 Post by ian16th » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:27 am

In the immediate area around said airport, you still find road signs pointing to each of Jan Smuts, Joburg Intl and ORT Airports!
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