Cessna 'incident'
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From: Tosspot on 10 Aug 2010 01:34 On 09/08/10 21:14, T.J. Higgins wrote: > 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> Is it me or are the Canadians too Pikey to buy a) enough or b) proper go gas?
From: darsy on 10 Aug 2010 04:16 On Aug 9, 4:43 pm, platypus <monotr...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > On 9 Aug, 11:30, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. heh. Is it just me or is Pip reminiscent of a taller Gimli? -- d.
From: SIRPip on 10 Aug 2010 05:09 Ace wrote: > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:03:48 +0100, Eiron <E1ron(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > On 09/08/2010 16:43, platypus wrote: > >> 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. Even if the Winged Nazgul were distracted, I'll bet Sauron kept an Eye on them. -- SIRPip : B12
From: SIRPip on 10 Aug 2010 05:15 darsy wrote: > Is it just me or is Pip reminiscent of a taller Gimli? This is not the first time that has been ... ummm ... levelled at me, you know. I prefer to draw comparisons with Nick Nolte, for perverse and personal reasons. -- SIRPip : B12
From: darsy on 10 Aug 2010 05:19
On Aug 10, 10:15 am, "SIRPip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > darsy wrote: > > Is it just me or is Pip reminiscent of a taller Gimli? > > This is not the first time that has been ... ummm ... levelled at me, > you know. I prefer to draw comparisons with Nick Nolte, for perverse > and personal reasons. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2934150144/nm0000560 yeah, I can see that. -- d. |