UA169 (VCE-EWR), aircraft or parts of it hit truck on I-95

We have the smaller fuselage and bigger wing on the freighter. So we stop pretty fast.

But the 777 is just an impressive airplane.
I never flew one and probably never will at this point unfortunately, but I always got the impression that the 777 is like the 757 of widebodies. Most variants of it at least. It can get in and out of places you wouldn't think something that size would be capable of.
 
I never flew one and probably never will at this point unfortunately, but I always got the impression that the 777 is like the 757 of widebodies. Most variants of it at least. It can get in and out of places you wouldn't think something that size would be capable of.
That's pretty accurate.
 
early aimpoint shift to a duck under? Be interesting to see.

“Leave the Air Force in the Air Force, we do not duck under. EVER.” I told a OE captain once in the middle of his brief. I mean like “We’re done, you’ll be deadheading home after landing and awaiting a call from the board” level of ‘thou shalt not’

This was a 330 “cutting the grass” in Amsterdam:

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“Leave the Air Force in the Air Force, we do not duck under. EVER.” I told a OE captain once in the middle of his brief. I mean like “We’re done, you’ll be deadheading home after landing and awaiting a call from the board” level of ‘thou shalt not’

This was a 330 “cutting the grass” in Amsterdam:

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Big airplanes a no-no for aimpoint shift. That’s a tactical jet thing.

The simple adage of don’t hit the ground, and don’t hit anything attached to the ground, always applies.
 
“Leave the Air Force in the Air Force, we do not duck under. EVER.” I told a OE captain once in the middle of his brief. I mean like “We’re done, you’ll be deadheading home after landing and awaiting a call from the board” level of ‘thou shalt not’

This was a 330 “cutting the grass” in Amsterdam:

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Ducking under is one way to turn a stable approach into unstable.
 
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