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June 07, 2006

SOMEWHAT REASSURING UPDATE REGARDING SNAKES ON PLANES

But only somewhat.

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The reason why the flying public is safe is not because TSA got their FIRST, but Samuel "The MAN" L. Jackson!

Is that a snake in your cockpit or are you just happy to see me?

With all the animals listed in this article, squirrels are surprisingly absent. I think they're planning something.

now if they would teach snakes to safely land planes then there would be no danger.

Sounds like the author didn't even convince himself.

Tropic Hunt you are so right. When Samual says I want these MotherVeryVeryBadWord off this plane those snakes are going to listen or he will get medevil on their @$$

so this guy lands the plan with his stick in one hand and his snake in the other...

Apparently [a hawk], before being rudely run over by the jet trainer and projected through the cockpit's bubble canopy at more than 200 knots, killing the instructor, the hawk had been airlifting his lunch — a very upset Texas diamondback rattlesnake.

That story is a CRACK up. I was lol'ing all over the place.

OK, I was NOT going to go to "page 2" of that article, but you know journalists HAVE to give you a teaser, and I fell for it: "That left the student pilot to attempt to, 1., put out a small fire in the instrument panel; 2., deal with the lack of communications from the scream of the airflow around the exposed cockpit; 3., stomp said poisonous snake to death; and, 4., safely land the airplane alone. The young second lieutenant accomplished all four tasks successfully."

So, GOING (regrettably) to "page 2": "It's not uncommon to find cattle, sheep, gorillas, chimps, and an occasional elephant getting an intercontinental airlift these days aboard a cargo Boeing 747."

"NOT UNCOMMON?????" Just HOW common IS THIS?

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