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Old Jul 29, 2011, 8:53 pm
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deputter
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: San Jose, CA U.S.A.
Posts: 103
Hate to admit it but..

Originally Posted by Deemus7
Here's my favorite: a while back I took a flight in Y, and the two guys sitting next to me obviously hadn't flown much and were very excited. They were also very flamboyant and kept talking about what they were going to order to drink once we got up in the air. As the plane was finishing boarding, one of them turned to the other and said, "I don't get it...how are they going to back the plane away from the gate without a rearview mirror??"

I really wish I wasn't making this up...
I was a seasoned traveler since age 14 when I went with my class to Europe for the summer. It wasn't until about age 28, while watching flights leave at the airport (I was headed to NYC for New Years) that I saw a plane being "pushed back". I was amazed because I always thought the pilot put the plane in reverse to do that. I'm more knowledgeable now - I actually belong to an aviation historical group :-).
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