tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post8825286893111673140..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Carving the landscape something beautifulcarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-8355609989709514302013-08-30T02:44:15.357-04:002013-08-30T02:44:15.357-04:00This is a long long story, but I'll keep it sh...This is a long long story, but I'll keep it short. I'm sitting in a window seat just behind the wing on a sold out flight from Washington DC to Los Angeles. Shortly after take off we're informed that the plane has lost almost all instrumentation, they have so much fuel on board that we are going to continue to Los Angeles anyway. As we are getting close to LAX, they tell us that the fog has rolled in and they can't land with the instruments. We got there and circled around for a bit waiting on the fog. It finally started to clear. Oh heck, this is going to be long anyway! Sorry...<br /><br />We are on final approach and getting lower and lower, we finally break through the fog and just as we are about to touch down, they realize that they've overshot the touch down zone and the pilot has to floor it and we go up through the fog again. We go around for another attempt and down we go through the fog and again it is clearer at ground level. This time the pilot touches down and puts on the brakes and hits the thrust reverse. We are aren't slowing down much though. He REALLY hits the brakes then and it was clear that we were skidding down the runway. The plane was starting to skid sideways. In a few more seconds the right wing (that I was sitting behind) was now leading us down the runway. Yes, we were skidding almost totally sideways. People on my side of the plane (those that were still looking) could clearly see the barrier at the end of the runway racing up to meet us. When we finally came to a stop, the freaking wing was OVER the barrier!<br />Whew... It's late and I should probably edit this, but I'm too tire...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-77890781926065384932013-08-29T22:56:42.840-04:002013-08-29T22:56:42.840-04:00Lost my wallet in Oregon, and had to fly to Boston...Lost my wallet in Oregon, and had to fly to Boston! to get to Columbus. So getting onto the plane in Oregon was a hassle, with no photo id. And then my flight to Columbus was from a different building in Boston...so I had to go out through security and then have an even bigger hassle getting back in again than I did in Oregon. It was one long day...<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com