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Freddie Woo says: Looking back on it, the moment when we left the road because I was trying to get the demister to work, regaining control just in time to miss a tree probably wasn't my finest bit of driving, nor my cleanest pair of pants. Tell us about your lucky escapes

(, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 15:44)
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Aloha can also mean goodbye...
I used to know two astronomy students, at university. They were due to fly to Mauna Kea in Hawaii, for some observatory experience.

One of them went to the doctors for some unrelated reason, and was told that he had a previously undiscovered heart condition, which meant that he would probably have dropped dead in the thin air at the top of Mauna Kea.

In the confusion caused by his sudden removal from the trip, it had to be put back a week. Which turned out to be lucky for the other fellow, as the plane they were due to be on turned into the worlds first 737 convertible at 24,000 feet:


(, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 17:00, 5 replies)
It's really stupid
to try and fly a plane with the roof off like that.
(, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 17:29, closed)
I've been on a plane.

(, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 17:50, closed)
I can't complain

(, Wed 10 Jul 2013, 21:40, closed)
I don't think the three guys sitting in it have noticed.

(, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 20:50, closed)
They'll get off when they've finished their card game and not before.

(, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 23:29, closed)

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