Comments on: Vote! Done voting? Watch this video as a reward. http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 By: Mark Ashley http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/#comment-25311 Mark Ashley Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:22:11 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/#comment-25311 Mark, I'm impressed by your memory, and your faithfulness as a reader. Thanks!! The wingtip-scrape was mentioned in <a href="http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/03/03/video-why-is-anyone-landing-in-this-sort-of-weather/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. I guess I have a morbid fascination with crosswind landings. Mea culpa! :) Mark, I’m impressed by your memory, and your faithfulness as a reader. Thanks!!

The wingtip-scrape was mentioned in this post.

I guess I have a morbid fascination with crosswind landings. Mea culpa! :)

]]> By: mark http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/#comment-25297 mark Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:19:23 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/#comment-25297 Note that at least one of these is from a test/practice flight, not a scheduled passenger flight. <a href="http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/06/02/short-hops-june-2-2006-lost-edition/" rel="nofollow">You blogged</a> a similar video 2.5 years ago. (The scariest one here -- starting at 2:15, where the pilot manages to scrape a wingtip before going around -- was definitely the subject of discussion here when it happened. I remember seeing the video at the time, but I can't dredge up the blog post.) Note that at least one of these is from a test/practice flight, not a scheduled passenger flight. You blogged a similar video 2.5 years ago.

(The scariest one here — starting at 2:15, where the pilot manages to scrape a wingtip before going around — was definitely the subject of discussion here when it happened. I remember seeing the video at the time, but I can’t dredge up the blog post.)

]]> By: S A http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/#comment-25250 S A Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:52:05 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/11/04/vote-done-voting-watch-this-video-as-a-reward/#comment-25250 Watching a gut-wrenching set of videos is a "reward" ? Watching a gut-wrenching set of videos is a “reward” ?

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