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    Senior Member Winglets747's Avatar
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    Now This Is Pretty Neat

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    That is awesome! It's like jacking your car up on jack stands, though a triple 7 is a bit bigger.
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    Those jacks must be huge when standing next to them, but with the whole plane in the frame they look almost too flimsy to be holding up such a massive object.
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    Yup--it looks like it's just floating there!
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    i wonder what happens if i start jumping up and down on the plane :D
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    Jeez....I won't drive my car thru that neighborhood!!
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    What! It's just a vertical lift 777 :P
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    Yeah, I heard about the 777 VTOL project. I didn't know it got off the ground...literally.
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    Re: Now This Is Pretty Neat

    Gawd! What happens when the winds pick up??

    Mike (shamrock838)

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    You won't catch me under that thing when they swing the gear!
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    Yo yo i'm rollin on a jacked up T7!!
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