[SOC] Friday 13 ...

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Bonjour � tous,

Tricky day, pse try to beware abt everything and hope this day will be a real 
SOC one for you !

Now, let's go with something which should have happened on a Friday 13th...

Here is a set of pics; once agn aero related. So if of no interest to you, you 
can delete this mesg (!).

There is a French saying : "Je suis sur les rotules", used to explain the fact 
that one is totally exhausted (-> "to be dead beat" / "on one's last legs").

As a title to this file, I would say : "C'est ce que l'on appelle �tre sur les 
rotules" / "That's one can call to be _very_tired_" (SOC experiment of "double 
sens"/"double entendre")

http://www.qsl.net/soc/tmp/transat.pps (HUGE file - 1.5 Mb)

As first glance, you may think that the guy "on duty" was vy SOC. But in fact, 
the pilot has successfully landed the a/c, thus saving a lot of people. Normal, 
you will say, that's is job !
Yep, maybe ... but the abnormal situation was that the a/c tanks were ... empty.
15 minutes fly with empty tanks, and now look at the position of the bird on 
the runway : almost in the center.

More info (check the link is on single line) :
http://www.aviationsafetyonline.com/articles/english/20010910_air_transat_13_min
utes.html

French info (Canada/Quebec) :
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/reseau/actualites/0108/act_101080009494.html

Wishing you an happy Friday 13 !

72!
Claude