Put one tree within a thousand yards of an airport...

[Iowachild]

Here is the rest of the story.......... Snopes: Airplane in Tree

 

[ray66v]

Here is the rest of the story.......... Snopes: Airplane in Tree

That's what I hate about pipers, they don't know how to glide.

 

[fish6942]

What's that saying? Take-offs are optional, landings are mandatory.

 

[ccsial]

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous, But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.

 

[AlanB]

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous, But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.

So, no stuff, there I was, Sinai 85, the Hydraulics guy is making a hydraulic line for the Italian Patrol boat and the boat captain is nervous and fidgety.... We are trying to understand why, pretty straight forward line, no big deal, as the translator explains too us that the captain is nervous because if the line fails on him it was serious, he could be stuck out at sea, not like when a line breaks on us, in our Helicopter............................

 

[jake98]

'hours of boredom puncuated with moments of stark terror', not really true, but funny.