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Old November 28th 07, 03:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
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Default Pilots are, indeed, rare...

Jim Macklin wrote:

Helicopters don't fly either, they just beat the air into submission.


It has been said during periods of "attitude adjustment" within the
fixed wing flight test community at the Pax River NAS O Club that the
only reason helo's can fly is that they are so ugly the earth repels
them :-)


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Dudley Henriques