The Homer Simpson Trophy

 

1. Amazing! I have to say that those parking brakes really, really work, unlike the joke parking brake in most of our cars and SUVs. And he did do the landing safely, though I’d guess the landing gear is pretty much busted at this point.

   Posted by Drew458       04/29/2006  at  12:28 PM  



2. They may repair the landing gear --

   But they’ll NEVER get the stains out of the seats!

   Posted by bigbyrd       04/29/2006  at  04:41 PM  



3. Routine, followed by 30 seconds of intense stress, then followed by a shower and change of underwear....

   Posted by John C       04/29/2006  at  04:51 PM  



4. So...do you think the bill for the damage repair is going to be coming out of the pilots’ paychecks?

   Posted by shinjinrui       04/29/2006  at  06:03 PM  



5. I don’t think the pilots’ salaries are near enough to pay for that kind of damage.  That’s a 3 or 4 million dollar repair job.

   Posted by John C       04/29/2006  at  06:49 PM  



6. My Brother flys for that airline. Since I know it wasn’t him I’ll have to ask him about this the next time he calls here.

   Posted by Archangel       04/29/2006  at  07:24 PM  



7. Wow. Since I’m not an aircraft mechanic I never thought I would ever see a true cutaway view of the inside of a landing gear.

   Posted by Jester       04/30/2006  at  10:29 AM  



8. *L* I showed this to my husband (he’s a P-3 mech) and he was like “Wow. I’m glad I’m not the AM on THAT thing”

   Posted by Severa       04/30/2006  at  07:14 PM  

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