Cessna 'incident'
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From: Eiron on 9 Aug 2010 15:03 On 09/08/2010 16:43, platypus wrote: > On 9 Aug, 11:30, darsy<dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel<w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> People still run out quite regularly though. >> >> or irregularly. >> >> The Gimli Glider comes to mind. > > It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a half-hour > sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport. But they did. The eagles that brought Frodo and his lover, Sam back from Orodruin could have taken them there in the first place. -- Eiron.
From: Tosspot on 9 Aug 2010 15:41 On 09/08/10 16:59, TOG(a)Toil wrote: > On 9 Aug, 16:06, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Aug 9, 4:30 am, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> >>> wrote: >> >>>> People still run out quite regularly though. >> >>> or irregularly. >> >>> The Gimli Glider comes to mind. >> >> good call...very vaguely familiar. > > The Transat flight that ran out completely over the mid-Atlantic was > better, mind. Wasn't that the afore mentioned Gimli glider?
From: T.J. Higgins on 9 Aug 2010 16:14 In article <boqdnV9B5858xP3RnZ2dnUVZ8rudnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Tosspot wrote: >On 09/08/10 16:59, TOG(a)Toil wrote: >> On 9 Aug, 16:06, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> On Aug 9, 4:30 am, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> People still run out quite regularly though. >>> >>>> or irregularly. >>> >>>> The Gimli Glider comes to mind. >>> >>> good call...very vaguely familiar. >> >> The Transat flight that ran out completely over the mid-Atlantic was >> better, mind. > >Wasn't that the afore mentioned Gimli glider? No. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236> -- TJH tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net
From: Ace on 9 Aug 2010 16:37 On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:03:48 +0100, Eiron <E1ron(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On 09/08/2010 16:43, platypus wrote: >> On 9 Aug, 11:30, darsy<dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel<w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> People still run out quite regularly though. >>> >>> or irregularly. >>> >>> The Gimli Glider comes to mind. >> >> It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a half-hour >> sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport. > >But they did. The eagles that brought Frodo and his lover, Sam >back from Orodruin could have taken them there in the first place. No, they were only able to overfly Mordor airspace once the ATC systems and fast interceptors were disabled.
From: S'mee on 9 Aug 2010 17:28
On Aug 9, 2:14 pm, ernest.p.worr...(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote: > In article <boqdnV9B5858xP3RnZ2dnUVZ8rudn...(a)giganews.com>, Tosspot wrote: > >On 09/08/10 16:59, TOG(a)Toil wrote: > >> On 9 Aug, 16:06, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Aug 9, 4:30 am, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> > >>>> wrote: > > >>>>> People still run out quite regularly though. > > >>>> or irregularly. > > >>>> The Gimli Glider comes to mind. > > >>> good call...very vaguely familiar. > > >> The Transat flight that ran out completely over the mid-Atlantic was > >> better, mind. > > >Wasn't that the afore mentioned Gimli glider? > > No. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider> > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236> What is it with canadians running out of fuel over the atlantic..have proper failure like everyone else. sheesh they just gotta be special. |