Sundry MLU-ers

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
Go figure... the green fields of England are turning upside down at the start of a one point hesitation roll so I could hang upside down to feel at home positionally.

Keith...
Reminds me of one of your adventures....
maybe it was you...

A news photographer is on assignment covering a major forest fire.
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> > He gets permission from the firefighting folk to rent an airplane and
> > shoot aerial photographs of the fire.
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> > He's told to report to a nearby airport where a single-engine plane
> > will be waiting for him.
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> > He arrives at the airport and sees a plane warming up near the gate.
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> > He jumps in and shouts, "Let's go!"
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> > The pilot swings the plane into the wind. Within minutes they are in
> > the air.
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> > "Make two or three low passes over the fire," he says, "so I can take
> > some pictures."
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> >"Why do you want to take pictures?" asks the pilot.
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> >"Why? Because I'm a photographer!"
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> > The pilot is silent for a moment.
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> >"So," he finally stammers, "you're telling me you're not the flight
> > instructor?"
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