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# 2006-05-14 17:49:58 -0400 | General / Java | 4 Comments

The plan was to fly out from Sydney to San Francisco today. The plane was fueled, the travelers boarded. The aircraft taxied out to the runway, takeoff speed was reached, and the front wheel may have even left the tarmac.

Then some bloody bird flew straight into engine two, the pilots hit the breaks, and we came to a halt just before tasting the salty brine in Botany Bay.

Fucking wildlife!

Oh well, we can try again tomorrow.

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4 Responses to this entry:

  1. 2006-05-15 07:21:47 -0400 # Brett Porter Says:

    Wow! I’m glad that I left the day earlier :)

  2. 2006-05-15 08:33:11 -0400 # Alan Green Says:

    I hope you ate chicken last night.

  3. 2006-05-15 15:18:58 -0400 # Kirk Says:

    You should thanks the airport designers for having the foresight to make the runways long enough that you could be so close to take-off yet be able to stop and remain on the pavement! Most runways are too short to allows that to happen.

  4. 2006-05-16 01:49:40 -0400 # bjd Says:

    Guess I won’t stay up waiting for my lost budgie to come home.

    Here tweety……

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