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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 7:49 pm
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Originally Posted by halls120
LOL, many years ago on my first ever flight on a 732, I actually asked one of the flight attendants why so much oil was dribbling out of the engines.
I think one of the all time aviation experiences was sitting in the cabin while the L-1011 did its "death shake" as the engines were turned on...

It was totally normal, but if you didn't know it was coming, it felt like the plane was about to fall apart...
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