[ARC5] Off topic (?) WW2 radio com store

[Tim]

Or a related one:  The pilot climbed out of the aircraft wreckage just as
the fire trucks pulled up.  The firemen asked "what happened?".  The pilot
responded,
"I don't know, I just got here myself!"

Hi Hi

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Bruce Long via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Hello all:This might be a little off topic but I thought the ARC-5 list
> members would be interested.
> I was lurking at PPRUNE  (Professional Pilots Rumor NEtwork) following
> events associated with the missing AirAsia flight and came across this:
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> The above post about communication priorities reminds me of the story of a
> tower controller in the Pacific in WW2.
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> In the Pacific during WW2 a battle damaged B-29 touched down and the gear
> collapsed. As the aircraft slid down the runway the tower controller
> frantically asked if they were requesting medical assistance. The pilot
> calmly replied " I don't know, i am not done crashing yet!"
> Sounds about right
>
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