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Old 10-25-2007, 07:05 PM   #38
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My coworkers and I thought we might see it yesterday since the flight path goes over our office, but with the rain we figured we wouldn't see anything and we didn't.

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Interesting. Calgary is designated as an alternative (emergency?) landingsite for the Spaceshuttle
Yeah, because Calgary has one or two of the longest commercial runways in North America IIRC. That's why most planes don't turn on those noisy reverse thrusters when they land in Calgary--they just let the plane coast further.
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