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C Kingsbury wrote:

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I know of an operator who operates a Gulfstream 5 on a regular basis from
LAX to HNL. During the winter when the weather is really churning in the
islands with a tropical convergence and all that brings, he files LAX as
his alternate.

Wow. Talk about the mother of all 180 degree turns!

Doesn't hold a candle to Apollo 13.