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January 31, 2005

Airport quiz

This airport has 2 runways. One of them has something special. What is it?

Scroll down for the answer

The "black" runway is a water strip for seaplanes!

Click here to read more about Frazier Lake Airpark in Hollister (California, USA)

Posted by Elie at 11:01 PM

January 13, 2005

You know you've been flying too much when...

by Bill Adler - www.smoothsky.com

You pull out of your driveway and start to drive with your car centered on the dashed line

You spend so much time scanning for (airplane) traffic when driving that you forget there's a truck comming toward you

You pull into the parking lot and start turning off the radios, electrical equipment, and saying where's the dang mixture?

You use your car's parking break just before reaching your destination

You roll down the window and shout "CLEAR" before starting your car

You break through left turns and accelerate through right turns

You get really nervous about the skids around corners

You drive home from work - you start sequencing cars for the approach at a four way stop sign

You drive into a fog bank and immediately start to stare at the dashboard

You start logging the odometer readings on your car

You are lost in a strange city and you let go of the wheel and get out your map without pulling over or stopping

You tell the cop who pulled you over that you are allowed to go up to 250 below 10,000'

As you're merging onto the highway, you pull back on the wheel and don't get airborne. In panic, you abort the takeoff, and hit the breakes (This drives the guy in close trail with you crazy)

You get out of your car and start looking for the tiedown ropes.

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Thank you to Bill Adler for this fun piece. As it was given to me in a printed form and as this is not available on his www.smoothsky.com site anymore, I copied it here.

Posted by Elie at 10:32 PM

January 09, 2005

You have been fllying that damned airplane again

A fighter pilot goes to a bar after a good days flying. Whilst there he meets a young, attractive and available lady. She is charmed by his tales of aerial combat, high speed flight, and death defying feats. The inevitable happens and they slip away to somewhere more comfortable for an evenings intimate entertainment.

Much later that night the pilot drives home to his long suffering wife. On the way he puts on his oxygen mask and draws the straps up as tight as they will go. When he gets home he removes the mask and bravely enters the house. Immediately he tells the wife exactly and honestly what he has been up to that evening.

She replies: "Do not lie to me, I can see you have been flying that damned airplane yet again".

Posted by Elie at 11:50 PM