"Peter" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:QmE%%j.41503$_c7.15788@newsfe16.ams2... I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from the flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? I was not working in the building...

...who missed? "Peter" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:QmE%%j.41503$_c7.15788@newsfe16.ams2... I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from the flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? I was not working ...

...: I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from ... flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? From what I remember, the Rialto isn't on the approach path to any of the runways at Tullamarine, so if it happened, ...

...: I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from... flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? From what I remember, the Rialto isn't on the approach path to any of the runways at Tullamarine, so if it happened, ...

...: I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from the flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? From what I remember, the Rialto isn't on the approach path to any of the runways at Tullamarine, so if it happened, it ...

Peter wrote: I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. My guess is that it wasn't that low, just looked that way. The Rialto is 251 metres tall, and a 747 has a wingspan, depending on the model, in the region of 65 metres, so a 747 at a height low enough to hit the tower is going to look *really* big. Sylvia.

Craig Welch wrote: Peter wrote: I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from the flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? I was not working in the building but still felt a twinge of fear watching from...

I was in Melbourne CBD yesterday when a large jet(747?) flew very low/close to the Rialto. Anyone have information about this? Was this a planned event of a spur of the moment idea from the flight crew/traffic control? Anyone get in trouble for this? I was not working in the building but still felt a twinge of fear watching from the street. Thinking a few people in the tower would have ...

"werdan" <footrotdog@that.gmail.fad.com> wrote in message news:4841eea1$0$30408$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... "Andy" <woof@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:g1ojun$qm8$1@otis.netspace.net.au... Practise run for the next 9/11? I guess we are lucky there's no corresponding date for '000' How about 112? :-P

"Andy" <woof@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:g1ojun$qm8$1@otis.netspace.net.au... Practise run for the next 9/11? I guess we are lucky there's no corresponding date for '000'