Simviation Forum - Helicopter Hints for Seattle . . .

Sep 26^th, 2004 at 2:44am

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A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport.

The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters.

People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign read: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position.

The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless answer."

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Reply #1 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 2:09pm

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HA!!

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Reply #2 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 4:39pm

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Ha! that is pretty good! 8)

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Reply #3 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 6:03pm

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First off, already been posted* Grin

As for the question, You probably copied it from these other threads where it was posted here.

* http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=joke;action=display;num=10...

* http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=joke;action=display;num=10...

* http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=joke;action=display;num=10...

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Reply #4 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 10:04pm

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Andrew, you are correct, sir! Grin

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Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 10:34pm

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lol, good old Andrew....must have nothing better to do...:_)

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Reply #6 - Sep 30^th, 2004 at 10:05pm

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Even if it was around before, it's still good... Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 5:31am

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lol, good old Andrew....must have nothing better to do...:_)

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Reply #8 - Oct 1^st, 2004 at 5:40pm

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how true that is

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Reply #9 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 7:52pm