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Skriven 2007-01-04 16:56:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: sky high, sky high 812
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 GJ> I have observed from the ground a failed P&W engine.  It was at the
 GJ> famous village of Kokoda, in the Owen Stanley Mountains of PNG.  The
 GJ> DC3 had been struggling at full power to climb over "The Gap" to get
 GJ> from New Guinea side to Papuan side, when one engine vibrated and
 GJ> poured oil.

What's famous about it, aside from one incident that leads
one to believe that Douglas MacArthur wasn't quite the
gifted leader that he set himself up as.

  The pilot shut it down before dangerous damage to the
 GJ> plane occurred, circled for some time to use up fuel, and landed at
 GJ> the Kokoda strip, where I and half the village were waiting.   One
 GJ> cylinder had broken away from the crankcase, and was only held in
 GJ> place by the inlet and exhaust manifolds.  A replacement DC3 was sent
 GJ> from Pt Moresby for the stranded passengers, but it took until the
 GJ> next day for (I think) a Caribou to deliver a replacement engine and
 GJ> the mechanics to cut trees to rig up a tripod and change the engine.

Did you have a hand in this repair work, or did you
just stand by agape the way the rest of us would?

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 GJ> Virgin Airlines has already progressed to dealing with that situation.
 GJ> The swill is still taken on board, but only doled out to passengers if
 GJ> they get so hungry that they are prepared to pay exhorbitant sums of
 GJ> money for the very limited choice of food and drink available.

We encountered that in the horrid Sydney Virgin terminal, which
strikes me as the perfect symbol for that disgusting city.

 GJ> Branson is a genius at making money.

That he is; and the fact that the populace sees the likes
of him and Herb Kelleher as harmless niceguys is a tribute
to idiocy on the one hand and genius on the other.

 ML> And quite low in sunlight that has been filtered by window glass.
 GJ> It is reduced somewhat, but any Australian housewife will be happy to
 GJ> point out to you how her curtains have been bleached by the sunlight
 GJ> coming through the closed windows.

At a far greater length of exposure than is allowed for
museum rooms.

 GJ> I have just heard a sad story of a German who wished to visit his
 GJ> girlfriend in Australia, and ordered and paid for his ticket over the
 GJ> Internet.  Unfortunately he misspelled his destination, putting in
 GJ> "Sidney".  He was not too hot on geography, and by the time he worked
 GJ> out something was wrong, he found himself in Sidney, Montana.  He was
 GJ> stuck there for 3 days until his family sent him money to go to Sydney
 GJ> where he had originally intended.  He won't repeat that caper!

I don't know - subsequent reports indicate that he's sold his
story for far more than the E600 required to rectify his error.
I'm wondering whether he's not more like a Wrong-Way Corrigan
type who deliberately ignored instructions so as to be able to
do what he wanted in the first place.

O'Keefe's dilly dip
cat: dip
yield: 1 c

1/2 c sour cream
1/2 c mayo
3 T onion flakes
3 T parsley flakes
1 T dill weed
1 t EVERGLADES SEASONING

Combine all ingredients and chill.

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