Well I had a front row seat to this. I had just put my piper on the ground
at Long Beach airport when this guy called tower and asked for an emergency
approach. After that he asked the tower if he could make a special request.
They granted him the request and allowed him to make a low approach so they
could inspect the gear from the tower. Ill tell ya, that was an odd sight.
I have seen tons of small aircrafts do low approaches, but I haven't ever
seen an airliner do one. Long story short, the tower told all of the
helicopters to "Go Away" as he was diverting the pilot to LAX.
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John Huthmaker
"Bucky" wrote in message
ups.com...
Do you think they have DIRECTV on flight 292? It was pretty ironic to
be watching your own plane on CNN.
September 22nd 05, 11:02 PM
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