STRANGE THINGS ABOUT PLANES AND FLYING
Added on: 27th Sep 2016
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
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