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An RAAF friend with whom I served in Korea in the mid-70s told me that once, as a Cathay Pacific 747 was trundling down the runway at Kai Tak, it passed a Panam 747 that had gotten one set of wheels mired just off the edge of the taxiway and was surrounded by emergency vehicles and workers.
The Cathay Pacific pilot (an Australian) could not resist getting on the intercom and announcing: "Ladies and Gentlemen, if you will look out the right side of the aircraft, you will see the World's Most Experienced Airline having one of its experiences."
Alas, Kai Tak and Panam are both long gone with Northwest (which I will always think of as Northwest Orient) soon to follow.
Don
PS: Looker: That was it!
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