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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 9:34 am
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When it does hit and it is more badderer than I like, I remind myself when I watched a making of the 777 show - from what I remember there are 2 things that stick in my mind: they put "things" (I hope that is not too technical for y'all !) on the wings and when flying over the Alps or somewhere like that they flick a switch to give the wings an epileptic fit and it did not shake to pieces; the second thing I remember is them strapping down the 777 fuselage and attaching cables to the wings and basically cranking the wings upwards until they destructed - and it was a considerable way they went and I think I remember them saying it was the equivalent of something that has never been recorded in the air. So, that is dragged out of my memory banks when things get bad. And alcohol.
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