Great story .. but having spent some time in helicopters.. it takes both
hands and both feet to fly one. It's a job getting your shades on .. you
have to hold the stick between your knees. How did this guy draw and hold
a sign ? Waving is also tough.
pete, kn6bi
Peter Gerba
pgerba@crl.com
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 km1h@juno.com wrote:
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>
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> A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical
> malfunction
> disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications
> equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the
> helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw
> a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and
> held it in the helicopter's window.
> The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters.
> People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a
> large sign, and held it in a building window.
> Their sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
> The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to
> steer to
> SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the
> copilot
> asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine
> their position.
> The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building
> because
> they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless answer."
>
>
> Doesnt the punch line remind a few readers of one chap on this reflector?
>
> 73...Carl KM1H
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