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Weird Facts: UK: Two drunk Russian pilots arrested | Weird Facts

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Sat, 2008-08-16 14:09 - Topics:

Two Russian pilots who were about to fly a Boeing 767 were arrested at Manchester Airport early today on suspicion they were drunk.

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http://weirdfactshere.blogspot.com/2008/08/uk-two-dr... 

Space Shuttle Launch: Guy Films Space Shuttle Launch from Passing Airliner

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Fri, 2008-08-15 08:35 - Topics:

Watching a space shuttle launch from the ground is undoubtedly very awe inspiring, but this video of a launch takes the biscuit: It's filmed from thousands of feet in the air. A lucky guy managed to film a shuttle rocketing off the ground (possibly STS-124) from inside a passing Air Canada airliner. It's less fire, smoke and thunder than a sea-level view, more "Holy crap, look how fast it goes!" Check it out... you may be as amazed as it sounds like he was. [PointNiner]

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http://gizmodo.com/5036953/guy-films-space-shuttle-l... 
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