So long as you are not the next person to go up in that plane! Jon
Steven Montgomery wrote: > Well, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. > > -- > Steven Montgomery > > At 09:14 AM 5/31/2003, you wrote: > > >No bounce at this end. You message landed with a > >solid thud. But, not to waste a perfectly good email: > > > >Many years ago at an international airport, I was in an > >airplane behind a British Airways airliner. We were both > >waiting for an airliner from another country to land before > >we were to depart. > > > >The other plane came in, hit solidly on the painted numbers > >at the end of the runway, and bounced several feet back up > >into the air. The second time he hit the runway it was nearly > >as hard, and he bounced again. The third time, with some > >wing wobbling, the plane finally settled down and the pilot > >slowed to safely taxi off the runway. > > > >Before the tower could clear the next plane for takeoff, > >a distinctly British voice came on the air and said, > >"Well, that's one way of doing it." > > > >Regards, > > > >Larry Jackson > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
