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Luf at Large 18
During the recent air show at Avalon, near Melbourne in Australia, the pilot of a C27, a modernised G222 troop transport aircraft designed in Italy, did a low level barrel roll. Just as well... |
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Combat Art in Iraq
War's come and go these days with CNN footage. Combat Artist Steve Mumford travels to Iraq to paint the war and tell a story with his paintings. Caleb Schaber talks with Steve in this exclusive. |
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Luf at Large 15
Etihad Airlines have just commenced direct flights between Abu Dhabi and Sydney. The first landing in Sydney was not a great success. Coming in to land the A340-500 overshot the taxiway off the main 34-left runway and the aircraft had to potter along to the end of the runway before turning in towards the international terminal. Poor Sydney Airport aircraft controller inadvertently left his microphone open and was heard to say. "Bloody hell. Here it comes, another bloody Sunday driver". Perhaps he was not amused? Another comment was. "Where the hell is he going, the Opera House?"
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Oooops...
A case of oops. Boeing 777 landed at Canberra Airport, a very unusual event in its own right.
Upon touching down the aircraft blew a tyre making a mess all along Canberra's brand new runway extensions.
Canberra Tower: E991, you just blew a tyre. Do you need assistance?
E991: Negative on the assistance, but someone better get a large broom to clean up the mess that I have just made all along your nice new shiny runway.
Canberra Tower: Yeh, thanks for that. |
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Odds and Ends
This is a very recent conversation that took place somewhere in the Middle East.
Unit 87: "Tower we are ready".
Tower: "Very good Unit 87. Runway 24, turn right, climb to flight level 220". (22,000ft)
Unit 87: "I don't think that will be possible".
Tower: "And why not?"
Unit 87: "We are the runway sweeper, we are here to clean runways, not to fly them".
Tower: "Nothing further" and then a deafening silence.
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Confessions of an Ad-Man
Many years ago I started writing in self-defense. I ran a fairly successful advertising agency and found that I was constantly in the middle of a serious conflict between my writers and my clients. The conflict was always the same:
The clients complained that the writers didn’t give them what they wanted and the writers complained that the clients just didn’t understand advertising. As with most conflicts, both sides were right and both sides were wrong. The clients weren’t communicating very well and the writers weren’t listening very well. |
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Light Of The Quasar: The Cold Night Air
I said I needed to walk for a while, just to get my head straight. She wanted me to say something, anything. I had no words, very little thoughts either. I needed that fresh air, the quiet, ... |
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