[Spridgets] Wheel Stud

Lester oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Mon Aug 9 12:57:31 MDT 2010


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 at sympatico.ca> <robertduquette at 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 at btinternet.com
>> To: derf247 at gmail.com; khargreaves2 at gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:51:49 +0100
>> CC: spridgets at 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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