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Originally Posted by BobR
Sounds like a wonderful trip for the middle of winter. That jungle was amazing, especially considering it was just moments from town. Must have been a national park of some kind?
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Are you referring to
this picture? This was taken from the
Manoa Cliff Trail in the Honolulu Forest Reserve ->
Google Maps.
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I'm so very glad to have you back home. No retirement allowed! 
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I was afraid you'd say that
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Oh yeah... and we're on the edge of our seats waiting to hear about the "scary incident!"
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It happened shortly after take-off from Honolulu on a Boing 777-200. You know the time when the plane is making steep swings to get on the right flight track all the while giving you a wonderful view of the ground underneath you. It was all quiet when suddenly some LOUD brumming noise almost made us fall out of the seat. It was accompanied by the plane vibrating and trembling. Very uncool, I thought. Even Rebecca, who is normally not at all afraid of flying, looked a bit pale around the nose. A minute later or so (!) the captain explained the situation. For some weird reason, which he didn't bother to tell us, the gear was overheated after take-off (I found some more on this topic
here). To avoid the gear from catching a fire WITHIN the aircraft, he had to extend it again and have it cooled by the surrounding winds - book procedure he said.
Let me tell you, it did so not sound and feel like what you know when the landing gear is lowered usually before a final landing.