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Trans American Flight 209 Emergency Landing

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  1. rimrocker

    rimrocker Member

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    Before I go to bed on Easter night, I think it's important we remember Trans American Flight 209, which had an emergency landing on this day in 1980. After the crew had been overcome with food poisoning, a passenger who happened to be an ex-Air Force fighter pilot and a stewardess landed the plane in Chicago with the help of the auto-pilot, an air traffic control specialist, and the fighter pilot's former commanding officer. Reportedly, a passenger who happened to be a doctor also provided assistance. Miraculously, all passengers and crew survived. It was just luck that Air Force vet Ted Stryker happened to be on that plane. This was a big deal for those of us of age in 1980 and many cultural references came out of the incident.
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  2. rocketsjudoka

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    Surely you’re not serious?
     
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  3. CCorn

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    TransAmerican? Woke.
     
  4. ima_drummer2k

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    Not sure if you're joking or not, but yes it was a TransAmerican plane. It's a big pretty white plane with red stirpes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol!
     
  5. MadMax

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    Not many people know this.
     
  6. ima_drummer2k

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    I'm not sure what's going on. I haven't seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.
     
  7. RunninRaven

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    I was completely unaware of this story. I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue!
     
  8. IBTL

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    *Kawhi laugh *
     
  9. Surfguy

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    "What was it they had for dinner that night?"

    "Well, we had a choice of steak or fish."

    "Yes, yes, I remember...I had the lasagna."
     
  10. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    Oveur. Over.
     
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  11. Two Sandwiches

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    The crew was so overcome by food poisoning that they were incapacitated?

    Wild times. Weak stomachs. Ahhh. The 80's.
     
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    You could fly airplanes during the day, and then drag bill Waltons carcass up and down the court at night for money. It was a different time.
     
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  13. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    What’s your vector, Victor?
     
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  14. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Not many people speak jive. But I do.

    Love all mah' cf homeys, cf be de best fo' plum about any rap
     
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    Thankfully there are subtitles.

    First Jive Dude : Shiiit, man. That honky mofo messin' mah old lady--got to be runnin' cold upside down his head, you know?

    [Subtitle: Golly, that white fellow better stay away from my wife, or I will punch him]

    Second Jive Dude : Hey, home', I can dig it. He ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap-up on you, man.

    [Subtitle: Yes, he is wrong for doing that]

    First Jive Dude : I say hey, sky. Subba say I wan' see...

    Second Jive Dude : Uh-huh.

    First Jive Dude
    : ...pray to J, I did the same-ol', same-ol'.

    [Subtitle: I knew a man in a similar predicament, and he ended up being sorry]

    Second Jive Dude : Hey, knock yo'self a pro, Slick. That gray matter backlot perform us down; I take TCBin', man!

    [Subtitle: Don't be so naive, Arthur. Each of us faces a clear moral choice]

    First Jive Dude : Hey, you know what they say. See a broad to get dat booty ac'ion...

    First Jive Dude , Second Jive Dude : ...lay her down, an' smack 'em, yak 'em!

    [Subtitle: Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise]

    First Jive Dude : Cold got to be! Y'know?

    [Subtitle: How true!]

    First Jive Dude : Shiiit!
     
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    What can you make out of this ?
     
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  17. Jontro

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    haven't heard about this flight. maybe they'll netflix it
     
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  18. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Amazing story. Also, do you like movies about gladiators?
     
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  19. rocketsjudoka

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    Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
     
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    I started playing Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild for the first time in 4 years yesterday. I forgot how beautiful the game is.
     

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