Like the Ron White joke... when a fellow passenger asked how far
would the plane go with the engines dead," all the way to the scene of
the crash. I bet we beat the ambulances there by 15 minutes!"
Lester
.. yeah, he's got better delivery than I do.. ;-)
On Aug 9, 2010, at 12:51 PM, <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
<robertduquette@sympatico.ca
> wrote:
> I was once flying on an old-style 4 prop plane. Partway through the
> flight one
> engine conks out. The pilot comes over the intercom to advise the
> passengers
> that one engine is dead, but the plane is perfectly capable of
> flying on
> three, although this will delay their arrival time by one hour. A
> while later,
> the pilot advises the passengers that unfortunately, a second engine
> has
> ceased to function. He reassures them that the plane can fly on only
> two
> engines, but their arrival time will now be delayed by 3 hours.
> Shortly after,
> the pilot has more bad news - the 3rd engine is not working, but he
> reassures
> everyone again that the plane is perfectly capable of continuing
> with only one
> engine working, but that their arrival time will now be delayed by 7
> hours. At
> this news, I can no longer contain my frustration. I turned to the
> passenger
> sitting next to me and said "Boy that's just great - if the 4th
> engine stops
> working we're going to be up here forever!".
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: grday@btinternet.com
>> To: derf247@gmail.com; khargreaves2@gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:51:49 +0100
>> CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Wheel Stud
>>
>> I heard of one of them air-rioplanes that crashed.
>> If one failed................
>> :-)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "derf"
>> To: "Kirk Hargreaves"
>> Cc:
>> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Wheel Stud
>>
>>
>>> You should seriously consider replacing all the studs with something
>>> newer and stronger.
>>> If one failed................
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