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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 06:53 PM Original message |
Do you want to know why today's plane crash was funny...or ironic? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. So, Squatch, why was today's plane crash funny...or ironic? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks. Because this was the plane he was flying: |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. that joke went over my head/the irony is lost on me. n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. This plane is equipped, as a standard feature, with one of these |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. is that a Plane-A-Chute?? |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My father's a private pilot |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't understand how that would have helped him over the city. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You're right |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Here's the specific situation to use the chute: WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO CRASH |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No one knows what was going on in the cockpit. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I know what WASN'T happening. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I don't know |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Ummm...he was the pilot. He was in the PERFECT position to |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Are you a pilot? n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. As a matter of fact, I am. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I've been flying with my father since 1966 |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So, what you're telling me is that YOU didn't do the ACTUAL flying? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Deleted message |
Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I've flown since I was about 6 months old. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Would pulling the chute have made him not crash into something? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No chute...plane go really, really fast. Chute, plane go much slower. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thanks for explaining it in a way my tiny cranium could process. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Look, this is not a difficult concept to process. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well, I'm not too bright so even simple concepts are difficult for me. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Nope, still pretty damned funny/ironic. I nominate for a Darwin Award. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. At least you aren't rushing to judgment before you have all the facts. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. First question out of the NTSB investigator's mouth. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Could you cite your source for that please? |
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laugle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Are you having a |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. An emergency airframe paracute will NOT protect you or the plane |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well, damn...I wish I could use this incident to refute your premise... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That chute only helps in a powerplant failure or a structural failure |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "collide with something" |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You're right about "fly the airplane..." however.... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Congested area" |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:19 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It would, although nobody knows yet |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. And this is the plane my dad built, and flies. Would it be funny if he |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. HOW FUNNY OR IRONIC WAS IT?! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think there was anything funny |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No need to apologize. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. Personally, I think he was too concerned with trying to avoid hitting |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. Kick, because I am still hoping the OP will provide requested information: |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. I understood |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is just a mean, ugly thread. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I can't believe this thread hasn't been scrubbed. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. Locking |
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