After that chap fell out of a plane's undercarriage and landed in Clapham, I looked

[Rich]

into this phenomenon a bit more and it's more common than you think.

You do wonder at what point during the 10+ hour flight at 38,000ft with very little oxygen and -50 degree temperatures they start to realise that this might not have been a particularly brilliant plan.

http://www.airpor****ch.org.uk/2015/06/falling-objects/

EDIT: Oh, fúck this site's absurd censorship. The site is www.airportwátch.org.uk but obviously without the silly accent thingy.

Apparently he landed around 1 meter from a chap that was sunbathing in his garden. Imagine enjoying the sunshine, slurping away on a fishbowl of G&T, thinking that all was right with the world and then.... BLAMO! Body.

[IUFG]

Apparently he landed around 1 meter from a chap that was sunbathing in his garden. Imagine enjoying the sunshine, slurping away on a fishbowl of G&T, thinking that all was right with the world and then.... BLAMO! Body.

"His head was not in a good way"

No shít

[Burney]

They're not still running 74s, surely? I flew into JK with Kenya a couple of years ago and it was a spanking new Dreamliner.

The only way to prepare for such a journey really would be to wear a space suit and carry 8 hours oxygen :heh:

I didn't actually look as it was purely for the sake of the gag, but it turns out you're right - a 787.

[Burney]

Someone's already hosed it down, apparently...




the beauty of astroturf, eh?

Anyone who puts astroturf on their lawn deserves to have a frozen black man land on it from 10,000 feet imo.

[Rich]

Anyone who puts astroturf on their lawn deserves to have a frozen black man land on it from 10,000 feet imo.

If the garden was 'covered in blood' then he either defrosted on the way down or was never frozen through.

[Burney]

If the garden was 'covered in blood' then he either defrosted on the way down or was never frozen through.

It was the hottest day of the year, r. I reckon he'd have defrosted pretty sharpish.

[Sir C]

I didn't actually look as it was purely for the sake of the gag, but it turns out you're right - a 787.

I'm not a spotter, honest!

747s will all be gone within a few years, b. It's sad, really. There have been few airliners quite as elegant as the 'Queen of the Skies' as she is often dubbed. Now all airliners look the same. I can barely tell one form another.

When I started going to Heathrow as a child you'd see 747s, VC10s, 707s, DC10s, TriStars, Tridents, BAC 1-11s, Caravelles... all distinctive and individual. Now the aircraft, like the passengers, are dull, dull, dull.

[Rich]

I'm not a spotter, honest!

747s will all be gone within a few years, b. It's sad, really. There have been few airliners quite as elegant as the 'Queen of the Skies' as she is often dubbed. Now all airliners look the same. I can barely tell one form another.

When I started going to Heathrow as a child you'd see 747s, VC10s, 707s, DC10s, TriStars, Tridents, BAC 1-11s, Caravelles... all distinctive and individual. Now the aircraft, like the passengers, are dull, dull, dull.

I quite like the windscreen of the A350.

[Sir C]

I quite like the windscreen of the A350.

That is because you are a deviant, r.

[Rich]

That is because you are a deviant, r.

Have you seen the B748 in BOAC livery?

https://www.google.com/search?q=747+...FY7MOQNTdnbsM: