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Old July 3rd 10, 12:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air,rec.arts.movies.past-films,rec.arts.tv,alt.gossip.celebrities
The Starmaker
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Default Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane

The Starmaker wrote:

Jim Logajan wrote:

The Starmaker wrote:
If I run out of gasoline, or my car..stalls, I'm not going to crash
into the ground!


Ha - I've flown aircraft that had no gasoline or other fuel and never
crashed into the ground!

(I was piloting a glider....)


That doesn't mean that gliders don't crash...

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q...ed=0CDcQsAQwBQ


two die in glider...
http://media.apnonline.com.au/img/ne...20908_t312.jpg


probably ran out of ...air?

It's not gliding, ...it's trying to crash.