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Re:Boeing’s last 747 is rolling out of the factory by akiselev on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:18AM (#33904810)
> One interesting thing about the Beluga: the pilots very often fail to land them and have to do multiple attempts!

They're likely just doing a fly by for a visual inspection of the runway since it's not a major public airport with full time air traffic control.

Most people are smart enough not to park something in the middle of a runway but might not have an intuitive grasp of how large a wingspan these things have.

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Re:Boeing’s last 747 is rolling out of the factory by bowsamic on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:39AM (#33904928)
Most of the time they land the first time and you can tell they’re coming in too hot when it happens. It could also be when there are container ships crossing the Elbe that they’re scared they might hit
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