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Yes, it's kind of an ugly plane, but like you say, you've mentioned it many times in the past. Enough. (Though I disagree with previous posters to this extent: the 747 really is a better-looking airplane.)
However, as an indirect result of this article, I ran across an interesting after-action-report on a 1997 Fed-Ex crash at EWR. (I lived 20 miles away at the time, and somehow never heard about it.)
A few more articles on NTSB AARs would be a lot more interesting. The one I found was this:
in which it discusses 'destabilized flare', 'pilot-induced oscillation,' landing-gear & wing failure modes, and other cool stuff. It also discusses what the FAA, Boeing, and Fed-Ex did in response to the crash. It makes fascinating reading even for a non-specialist.
