The following chain letter made the rounds in early February 2011. These unique photographs use the Sun in the background as a rather unique prop…
One day many years ago, a fisherman’s wife blessed her husband with twin sons. They loved the children very much, but couldn’t think of what to name their children. Finally, after several days, the fisherman said, “Let’s not decide on names right now. If we wait a little while, the names will simply occur to…
The following is a real-life exchange between air traffic controllers and British Airways 747. The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport were a short tempered lot. They not only expected you to know your parking location but how to get there without any assistance from them so it was with some amusement that pilots listened to…
Scientists at NASA have developed a gun built specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all travelling at maxi- mum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.