Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” flying alongside them

Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by michaelcampbell on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:59PM (#24344705)

I've got a few years on you evidently; I was in a college mechanical drafting class that had just let out after the disaster. As it was at UCF east of Orlando, I had to but look East and see it.

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by ericcumbee on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:20PM (#24344967)

Columbia happened on a Saturday.

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by snapetom on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:32PM (#24345128)

Heh. Yeah, they're clearly confused with Challenger.

A ne'er-do-well kid ran into my elementary school classroom and exclaimed, "The space shuttle exploded!" and the teacher turned on the TV.

For Columbia, I was driving to get bagels for breakfast. I was on the I-80 to I-5 interchange in Sacramento, CA when I first heard on the radio there was something wrong.

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by michaelcampbell on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:36PM (#24347385)

Yes, was thinking Challenger; where the SRB's that <parent> mentioned were relevant. Columbia I saw on TV with my toddler, who's a sophomore in college now.

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by hinkley on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:32PM (#24345123)

I am thinking of the Challenger disaster (obviously Columbia had no SRBs at that point)

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by mcguire on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:32PM (#24345121)

I believe they're talking about Challenger.

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