Pilot just thought he saw a dime on the runway
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The pilot of this Cathay Pacific Airways new Boeing Co. 777-300 ER passenger jet, shown Jan. 30, 2008 flying very low over Paine Field, in Everett, Wash., has been fired, airline officials said. Capt. Ian Wilkinson, who has appealed the firing, reportedly flew as low as 30 feet above the field with the landing gear retracted after taking delivery of the new jet. (AP Photo/Matt Cawby)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | 12:01 am
Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? A Cathay Pacific pilot is appealing his pink slip for buzzing 30 feet above a Paine Field runway at 322 mph.
As far as barnstorming-pilot antics go, it doesn't come close to Alvin "Tex" Johnston's barrel roll of a Dash-80, the precursor to the 707, above a Seafair crowd in 1955. Tex, however, kept his job because he was smart enough not to try it with a load of airline bigwigs aboard.
Sorry, kids; Brussels sprouts will survive: Norway has opened its "doomsday" vault where it will safeguard plant seeds in the event of a large-scale disaster that wipes out food crops.
It sounds like a good idea until you remember that the Norwegian method for preserving fish is to soak it in lye until it becomes cod Jell-O.
Nicorette, anyone? With a City Council vote expected Monday, Lake Stevens will ban smoking at all its parks.
Not wanting to put smokers at too great an inconvenience, Lake Stevens city officials have offered to build a covered shelter where smokers can light up without being pestered further. They've already picked out a spot -- in Marysville.
As far as barnstorming-pilot antics go, it doesn't come close to Alvin "Tex" Johnston's barrel roll of a Dash-80, the precursor to the 707, above a Seafair crowd in 1955. Tex, however, kept his job because he was smart enough not to try it with a load of airline bigwigs aboard.
Sorry, kids; Brussels sprouts will survive: Norway has opened its "doomsday" vault where it will safeguard plant seeds in the event of a large-scale disaster that wipes out food crops.
It sounds like a good idea until you remember that the Norwegian method for preserving fish is to soak it in lye until it becomes cod Jell-O.
Nicorette, anyone? With a City Council vote expected Monday, Lake Stevens will ban smoking at all its parks.
Not wanting to put smokers at too great an inconvenience, Lake Stevens city officials have offered to build a covered shelter where smokers can light up without being pestered further. They've already picked out a spot -- in Marysville.
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