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Drifting, or more accurately doing donuts in empty parking lots in my case... is more than fun, it saved my life (not in a MV). A woman I thought would stop came across the median and I had to make some extremely quick decisions to keep from plowing into the side of her. Thank the lord I didn't, she had 2 kids in her van that would have taken a direct hit. My swerve to the right managed to make her van hit the front corner at my door but my forward momentum had me headed sideways for a ditch that I know has claimed several lives in rollovers. I knew I was about to roll and did one one of those "power slides" that leads into a rather fast spin, cranking the wheel hard left. Later, looking at the flat tires, I realised that slide had shoved three nearly off the rims. Thus I went around her front (taking a significant hit) and spinning down the road...but NOT going rolling sideways down the ditch. It all happened so fast that if I was not an experienced parking lot donut aficionado, the results would have been much worse.Have you tried drifting? I gave my neighbor a ride on our ice covered roads that would take your breath away!! he was talking real loudly about how trucks shouldn't drift?, I guess he aint an APPALACHIAN -AMERICAN!!
Man. Glad to hear everybody came out of that okay. That's a blue ribbon story for the telling.Drifting, or more accurately doing donuts in empty parking lots in my case... is more than fun, it saved my life (not in a MV). . It all happened so fast that if I was not an experienced parking lot donut aficionado, the results would have been much worse.
That is really good AA, like a campfire song... Phantom 309 blues.Man. Glad to hear everybody came out of that okay. That's a blue ribbon story for the telling.
Reminds me of the song Phantom 309
This bad boy was at our local REGIONAL air port last week. They had to park it in a particular spot because it was the only place at the airport that would support all the weight. It was pretty awesome.
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looks like an antonovThat kind of ganged main landing gear makes me think it's something Russian.
Do you know if it is?
That kind of ganged main landing gear makes me think it's something Russian.
Do you know if it is?
Yeah, right!?looks like an antonov
What in the name of Sam Hill was THAT monster doing at your local regional airport!?Sorry, yes, it's an Antanov AN-124. only the 4 engine, not the 6 engine. Hence the 2nd largest in the world.
1st: Antanov AN-225
2nd: Antanov AN-124
3rd: C5 Galaxy
Ooops! Read, and responded to your first post BEFORE I looked at your second post.What in the name of Sam Hill was THAT monster doing at your local regional airport!?