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Old May 5, 2004 | 11:40 am
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taupo
 
Join Date: May 2003
Programs: NZ Silver, AC SE100K, Westjet, Marriott, Global Entry
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When I worked in (as the loader, not the pilot) aerial spraying and topdressing in NZ, we had frequent near misses, go rounds, tree strikes (wheels through tops of trees), landing in ploughed fields, skids on steeply sloping grass strips, waterskiing the plane down rivers, chasing sheep or cattle off a runway with a very low buzzing, flying under powerlines, stopping at known farmers to fuel up on diesel (closely resembles Jet A1), but never I have had a go round on an airliner.
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