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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
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Subject: Re: joking about a tragedy
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 13:52:47 EST
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Pilots have long made jokes about aviation problems.
It's one way to relieve the tension.

For instance, here's one that's sometimes told among
pilots of single-engine airplanes:

	What do you do if you're flying at night over
	unfamiliar terrain and your engine quits?

	Answer: you glide until you're low enough that
	your landing light will show you what's down there.
	If you like what you see, go ahead and land.

	If you don't like it, turn the light off again.

People who think this is merely sick humor are missing the point.