STRANGE THINGS ABOUT PLANES AND FLYING

IN 2002, A TEENAGER NAMED CHARLIE J.

BISHOP FLEW A SMALL CESSNA PLANE INTO A

SKYSCRAPER IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. IT WAS ONLY A

FEW MONTHS AFTER 9/11. BISHOP WAS THE

ONLY CASUALTY

IN 2001, ROWAN ATKINSON, BETTER KNOWN AS

MR BEAN, WAS FLYING IN A SMALL PLANE WITH

HIS FAMILY OVER KENYA WHEN THE PILOT

PASSED OUT. ROWAN TOOK THE CONTROLS AND

PROCEEDED TO SLAP THE PILOT SEVERAL

TIMES AFTER WHICH HE WOKE BACK UP AND

SAFELY LANDED THE PLANE

ALTHOUGH SAUDI WOMEN ARE ALLOWED TO

FLY PLANES, THEY HAVE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE

AIRPORT BECAUSE IN SAUDI ARABIA WOMEN

AREN'T ALLOWED TO DRIVE

DURING THE 1910 INTERNATIONAL LOS ANGELES

AIR MEET, WILLIAM BOEING ASKED NEARLY

EVERYONE FOR A RIDE ON AN AIRPLANE BUT

EVERYONE TURNED HIM DOWN. DISAPPOINTED,

WILLIAM WENT BACK TO SEATTLE AND

FOUNDED BOEING

IN 2006, DURING A FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON

TO DALLAS A WOMAN TRIED TO COVER UP THE

SMELL OF HER FART BY LIGHTING MATCHES.

THE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING

WHEN PASSENGERS COULD SMELL SMOKE

ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, OVERWEIGHT

PASSENGERS WHO TAKE UP MORE THAN ONE

SEAT MUST BUY MULTIPLE TICKETS

BLACK BOXES ON AIRPLANES ARE DESIGNED TO

WITHSTAND INSANE CONDITIONS. IN SPITE OF

INSANE WATER PRESSURE, THE BOX OF

AIR FRANCE 447 WAS RECOVERED FROM 3 MILES

UNDERWATER AFTER 2 YEARS AND THE

INVESTIGATORS COULD STILL RECOVER THE DATA

THE XF-84H WAS THE LOUDEST PLANE EVER BUILT.

IT WAS SAID THAT WHILE ON THE GROUND IT

WOULD CREATE VISIBLE SONIC BOOMS AND

EVEN KNOCK PEOPLE OVER