From: "W Wilson" <wlw-jr@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:44 PM WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The American Airlines Airbus A300 that = crashed moments after taking off from a New York airport in November had been = blown backward onto its tail in 1987 during a violent storm, the Washington = Post reported on Wednesday. The plane, which was parked outdoors awaiting completion at the factory = more than a decade ago, was carefully inspected after the storm and no damage = was found and there is no indication the incident had anything to do with = the crash, the newspaper said, citing unidentified sources close to the investigation. <snip> Was it turned over? What does backward on its tail mean? Anybody know = more? Happy New Year Gerry K8EF http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley/ http://www.geocities.com/gerryf.geo/eclipseindex.html http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html