Plane talk - aviation yux

Wayne Johnson austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
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Yes!!!

wj
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Byron Black=20
  To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net=20
  Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:50 PM
  Subject: Plane talk - aviation yux




    B-52s saw their first active duty in Viet Nam.  They are now older =
than some of the crews that fly them out of Diego Garcia and other =
places.  BUFFs they are called.  Big Ugly Fat Fellows.  Incredibly piece =
of machinery.  Right in there with the top multi-engine designs of all =
time. =20

    [Pilot humor is priceless:

    There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority =
landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit =
peaked."

    Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two =
behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.

    =20

    "Ah," the pilot remarked, "the dreaded seven-engine approach."]



    [Here's some more, from an 'Aviation Jokes' file I've put together:

    A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While =
attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your =
last known position?"=20
    Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

    =20



    =20

    Taxiing down the tarmac, the 757 abruptly stopped, turned around and =
returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off.=20

    A concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What was the =
problem?"

    "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," =
explained the flight attendant," and it took us a while to find a new =
pilot."





    =20

    "Flight 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees." "But =
Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"=20

    "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"



    The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are a short-tempered =
lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location but =
how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some =
amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange =
between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747 (call sign =
"Speedbird 206") after landing:

    Speedbird 206: "Top of the morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of =
the active runway."

    Ground: "Guten Morgen! You will taxi to your gate!"

    The big British Airways 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed =
to a stop.

    Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"

    Speedbird 206: "Stand by a moment ground, I'm looking up our gate =
location now."

    Ground: "Speedbird 206, have you never flown to Frankfurt before?!?"

    Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, I have, in 1944. In another type of =
Boeing, but I didn't stop."

    =20

    Subject: For Those that Fly=20

    =20

    Taxiing down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned =
around and=20
    returned to the gate. After a hour-long wait, it finally took off.=20
    A concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What was the =
problem?"=20
    "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," =
explained the=20
    flight attendant, "and it took us a while to find a new pilot."=20

    Cessna: "Jones tower, Cessna 12345, student pilot, I am out of =
fuel."=20
    Tower: "Roger Cessna 12345, reduce airspeed to best glide!! Do you =
have the airfield in sight?!?!!"=20
    Cessna: "Uh...tower, I am on the South ramp; I just want to know =
where the=20
    fuel truck is."=20

    A man telephoned an airline office in New York and asked, "How long =
does=20
    it take to fly to Boston?"=20
    The clerk said, "Just a minute."=20
    "Thank you," the man said and hung up.=20

    A man walks up to the counter at the airport. "Can I help you?" asks =
the=20
    agent. "I want a round trip ticket," says the man. "Where to?" asks =
the=20
    agent. "Right back to here."=20

    A passenger piled his cases on the scale at an airline counter in =
New York=20
    and said to the clerk, "I'm flying to Los Angeles. I want the square =
case=20
    to go to Denver and the two round ones to go to Seattle."=20
    "I'm sorry, sir, but we can't do that."=20
    "Why not? You did it last time!"=20



    "Flight 1234, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees."=20
    "But Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up =
here?"=20
    "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?" =




    =20

    In his book, Sled Driver, SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: =
"I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as =
Walt (my back-seater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 =
miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other =
aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace. Though they didn't really =
control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope.  I heard a =
Cessna ask for a readout of its ground speed. "90 knots" Center replied. =
 "Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same." "120 knots," Center =
answered.=20

    =20

    We weren't the only ones proud of our ground speed that day as =
almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, 'Ah, Center, Dusty 52 =
requests ground speed readout.' There was a slight pause, then the =
response, "525 knots on the ground, Dusty."


    "Another silent pause. As I was thinking to myself how ripe a =
situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission =
coming from my back-seater. It was at that precise moment I realized =
Walt and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison." =
"Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?" There was a =
longer than normal pause .... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots"


    No further inquiries were heard on that frequency.

    =20



    =20

    In another famous SR-71 story, Los Angeles Center reported receiving =
a request for clearance to FL 60 (60,000ft). The incredulous controller, =
with some disdain in his voice, asked, "How do you plan to get up to =
60,000 feet?

    The pilot (obviously a sled driver), responded, "We don't plan to go =
up to it, we plan to go down to it." He was cleared.

    =20



    =20

    The pilot was sitting in his seat and pulled out a .38 revolver. He =
placed it on top of the instrument panel, and then asked the navigator, =
"Do you know what I use this for?"=20

    The navigator replied timidly, "No, what's it for?"=20

    The pilot responded, "I use this on navigators who get me lost!"=20

    The navigator proceeded to pull out a .45 and place it on his chart =
table.=20
    The pilot asked, "What's that for?"=20

    "To be honest sir," the navigator replied, "I'll know we're lost =
before you will."



    =20

    Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"=20
    Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

    =20



    =20

    One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold =
short of the runway while a MD80 landed. The MD80 landed, rolled out, =
turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

    =20

    Some quick-witted comedian in the MD80 crew got on the radio and =
said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"=20

    =20

    Our hero the Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came =
back with: "I made it out of MD80 parts.  Another landing like that and =
I'll have enough parts for another one."

    =20

    =20


    Cheers

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>wj</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Dblacky@cbn.net.id href=3D"mailto:blacky@cbn.net.id">Byron =
Black</A>=20
  </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
  title=3Daustin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net">austin-ghetto-list@pairli=
st.net</A>=20
  </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 04, 2004 =
7:50 PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Plane talk - aviation =
yux</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>B-52s saw their first active duty =
in Viet=20
    Nam.&nbsp; They are now older than some of the crews that fly them =
out of=20
    Diego Garcia and other places.&nbsp; BUFFs they are called.&nbsp; =
Big Ugly=20
    Fat Fellows.&nbsp; Incredibly piece of machinery.&nbsp; Right in =
there with=20
    the top multi-engine designs of all time.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>[Pilot humor is =
priceless:</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There's a story about the =
military=20
    pilot calling for a priority landing because his single-engine jet =
fighter=20
    was running "a bit peaked."</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Air Traffic Control told =
the=20
    fighter jock that he was number two behind a B-52 that had one =
engine shut=20
    down.</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Ah," the pilot remarked, =
"the=20
    dreaded seven-engine approach."]</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>[Here's some more, from an =
'Aviation Jokes'=20
    file I've put together:</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A student became lost =
during a solo=20
    cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on =
radar, ATC=20
    asked, "What was your last known position?" <BR>Student: "When I was =
number=20
    one for takeoff."</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><IMG=20
    height=3D32 =
src=3D"cid:011b01c44b0c$be607620$0d1e6fcc@wayne8wvactdtz" width=3D32=20
    v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1026"></SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Taxiing down the tarmac, =
the 757=20
    abruptly stopped, turned around and returned to the gate. After an =
hour-long=20
    wait, it finally took off. </SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A concerned passenger =
asked the=20
    flight attendant, "What was the problem?"</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"The pilot was bothered =
by a noise=20
    he heard in the engine," explained the flight attendant," and it =
took us a=20
    while to find a new pilot."</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><BR><IMG=20
    height=3D32 src=3D"cid:007a01c44a8e$a6418620$85739eca@byro" =
width=3D32=20
    v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1025"></SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><BR>&nbsp;</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Flight 2341, for noise =
abatement=20
    turn right 45 degrees." "But Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much =
noise=20
    can we make up here?" </SPAN></B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Sir, have you ever heard =
the noise=20
    a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"</SPAN></B></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P><SPAN>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DGaramond>The=20
    German air controllers at=20
    <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Frankfurt</st1:PlaceName>=20
    <st1:PlaceType>Airport</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> are a =
short-tempered lot.=20
    They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location but how =
to get=20
    there without any assistance from them. So it was with some =
amusement that=20
    we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between =
Frankfurt=20
    ground control and a British Airways 747 (call sign "Speedbird 206") =
after=20
    landing:<BR><BR>Speedbird 206: "Top of the morning Frankfurt, =
Speedbird 206=20
    clear of the active runway."<BR><BR>Ground: "Guten Morgen! You will =
taxi to=20
    your gate!"<BR><BR>The big British Airways 747 pulled onto the main =
taxiway=20
    and slowed to a stop.<BR><BR>Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know =
where you=20
    are going?"<BR><BR>Speedbird 206: "Stand by a moment ground, I'm =
looking up=20
    our gate location now."<BR><BR>Ground: "Speedbird 206, have you =
never flown=20
    to <st1:place>Frankfurt</st1:place> before?!?"<BR><BR>Speedbird 206=20
    (coolly): "Yes, I have, in 1944. In another type of Boeing, but I =
didn't=20
    stop."</FONT></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT=20
    face=3DGaramond>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT=20
    face=3DGaramond><STRONG>Subject: For Those that Fly</STRONG> =
</FONT></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT=20
    face=3DGaramond>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DGaramond>Taxiing=20
    down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned around and=20
    <BR>returned to the gate. After a hour-long wait, it finally took =
off. <BR>A=20
    concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What was the =
problem?"=20
    <BR>"The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," =
explained=20
    the <BR>flight attendant, "and it took us a while to find a new =
pilot."=20
    <BR><BR>Cessna: "Jones tower, Cessna 12345, student pilot, I am out =
of=20
    fuel." <BR>Tower: =
"<st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Roger</st2:GivenName>=20
    <st2:Sn>Cessna</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName> 12345, reduce airspeed to =
best=20
    glide!! Do you have the airfield in sight?!?!!" <BR>Cessna: =
"Uh...tower, I=20
    am on the South ramp; I just want to know where the <BR>fuel truck =
is."=20
    <BR><BR>A man telephoned an airline office in =
<st1:State><st1:place>New=20
    York</st1:place></st1:State> and asked, "How long does <BR>it take =
to fly to=20
    <st1:City><st1:place>Boston</st1:place></st1:City>?" <BR>The clerk =
said,=20
    "Just a minute." <BR>"Thank you," the man said and hung up. =
<BR><BR>A man=20
    walks up to the counter at the airport. "Can I help you?" asks the=20
    <BR>agent. "I want a round trip ticket," says the man. "Where to?" =
asks the=20
    <BR>agent. "Right back to here." <BR><BR>A passenger piled his cases =
on the=20
    scale at an airline counter in <st1:State><st1:place>New=20
    York</st1:place></st1:State> <BR>and said to the clerk, "I'm flying =
to=20
    <st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>. I want the =
square=20
    case <BR>to go to <st1:City><st1:place>Denver</st1:place></st1:City> =
and the=20
    two round ones to go to Seattle." <BR>"I'm sorry, sir, but we can't =
do=20
    that." <BR>"Why not? You did it last time!" <BR=20
    style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><BR=20
    style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"></FONT></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DGaramond>"Flight=20
    1234, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees."=20
    <BR>"<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>But</st1:PlaceName>=20
    <st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, we are at 35,000 =
feet.=20
    How much noise can we make up here?" <BR>"Sir, have you ever heard =
the noise=20
    a 747 makes when it hits a 727?" </FONT></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT =
face=3DGaramond></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT =
face=3DGaramond>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In his book, Sled Driver, =
SR-71=20
    Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: "I'll always remember a certain =
radio=20
    exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my back-seater) and I were =
screaming=20
    across </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Southern=20
    California</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=20
    13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from =
other=20
    aircraft as we entered </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Los=20
    Angeles</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN> airspace. Though they =
didn't=20
    really control us, they did monitor our movement across their =
scope.&nbsp; I=20
    heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its ground speed. "90 knots" =
Center=20
    replied. &nbsp;"Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same." "120 =
knots,"=20
    Center answered. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>We =
weren't the=20
    only ones proud of our ground speed that day as almost instantly an =
F-18=20
    smugly transmitted, 'Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests ground speed =
readout.'=20
    There was a slight pause, then the response, "525 knots on the =
ground,=20
    Dusty."<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><SPAN=20
    style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>"Another silent pause. As I was =
thinking=20
    to myself how ripe a situation this was, I heard a familiar click of =
a radio=20
    transmission coming from my back-seater. It was at that precise =
moment I=20
    realized </STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><st2:GivenName><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Walt</SPAN></st2:GivenName><SPAN>=20
    and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison." =
"Center,=20
    Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?" There was a longer =
than=20
    normal pause .... "Aspen, I show 1,742 =
knots"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><BR><STRONG><SPAN=20
    style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No further inquiries were heard on that =

    frequency.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><SPAN><STRONG><IMG height=3D30=20
    src=3D"cid:007a01c44a8e$a6418620$85739eca@byro" width=3D400=20
    v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1028"><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><STRONG><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In another famous SR-71 =
story,=20
    </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Los=20
    Angeles</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> =
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN>=20
    reported receiving a request for clearance to FL 60 (60,000ft). The=20
    incredulous controller, with some disdain in his voice, asked, "How =
do you=20
    plan to get up to 60,000 feet?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>The =
pilot=20
    (obviously a sled driver), responded, "We don't plan to go up to it, =
we plan=20
    to go down to it." He was cleared.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><SPAN><STRONG><IMG height=3D32=20
    src=3D"cid:011c01c44b0c$be607620$0d1e6fcc@wayne8wvactdtz" width=3D32 =

    v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1025"><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>The =
pilot was=20
    sitting in his seat and pulled out a .38 revolver. He placed it on =
top of=20
    the instrument panel, and then asked the navigator, "Do you know =
what I use=20
    this for?" <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>The =
navigator=20
    replied timidly, "No, what's it for?" =
<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>The =
pilot=20
    responded, "I use this on navigators who get me lost!"=20
    <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN>The =
navigator=20
    proceeded to pull out a .45 and place it on his chart table. =
<BR><SPAN=20
    style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The pilot asked, "What's that for?"=20
    </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: =
black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>"To =
be honest=20
    sir," the navigator replied, "I'll know we're lost before you=20
    will."<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><SPAN><STRONG><IMG height=3D32=20
    src=3D"cid:007b01c44a8e$a647a0a0$85739eca@byro" width=3D32=20
    v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1026"><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tower: "Delta 351, you =
have traffic=20
    at </SPAN><st1:time Minute=3D"0" Hour=3D"10"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">10=20
    o'clock</SPAN></st1:time></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN>, 6 miles!" =
<BR><SPAN=20
    style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We =
have digital=20
    watches!"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
    align=3Dcenter><SPAN><STRONG><IMG height=3D32=20
    src=3D"cid:007b01c44a8e$a647a0a0$85739eca@byro" width=3D32=20
    v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1027"><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>One =
day the=20
    pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the =
runway=20
    while a MD80 landed. The MD80 landed, rolled out, turned around, and =
taxied=20
    back past the Cherokee.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>Some=20
    quick-witted comedian in the MD80 crew got on the radio and said, =
"What a=20
    cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"=20
    <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>Our =
hero the=20
    Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with: =
"I made=20
    it out of MD80 parts. </STRONG>&nbsp;<SPAN=20
    style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>Another landing like that and =
I'll have=20
    enough parts for another one."</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN=20
    style=3D"COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
    size=3D2></FONT></o:p>&nbsp;</P>
    <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
    style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
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    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
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