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Old 05-10-2012, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by KarTek View Post
Fantastic story!
To add a little bit to this story, the Captain of the plane was Al Haynes. As I said previously how I was glad their experience helped them out.
Denny Fitch finch said he was 46 years old in that story. Less than two years after the incident, Captain Haynes was forced to retire at the mandatory retirement age of 60. I always thought that was too young and a good pilot should keep flying. Fortunately today the retirement age is now 65.



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