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Old 03-04-2010, 09:11 PM   #42
piper_chuck
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Originally Posted by Slickcraft View Post
I have watched the Mount dock in Alton. After the final alignment a ways out the engines were cut off for a several seconds. Kind of eerie watching that silent glide waiting for the start-up in reverse. Must have made the crew nervous now and then knowing that a failure to restart would mean a crash but I never heard of that happening.
I think there was more than one occasion where failure to start did result in a mishap.
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